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Hello 10 billion people
By now, most of us know the story of how Silicon Valley’s love affair with “cleantech” didn’t turn out so well. As…
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SunPower unveils details of a battery pilot for the first time
SunPower gives a sneak peek of a battery pilot project it’s been working on in California. Batteries and solar panels could transform the edge of the power grid in some places in the world.
SunEdison looking to light up rural India with solar
Many of India’s solar projects are being connected to the grid to generate power for cities. But some companies are looking to build businesses off of solar for off-grid rural India, including solar developer SunEdison, which announced a new rural solar project in India on Wednesday.
A solar canal rises in India
India is testing out an idea that marries solar panels with irrigation canals and conserves land and water.
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A tale of two solar energy reports
Two opposing reports were just published, each supporting solar. Which one should we listen to?
Solar energy blooms in India
The Indian state of Gujarat — a hot bed of solar power development over the past year — will throw a big party on Thursday to celebrate the commissioning of 600 MW of solar energy projects over just one year.
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How a startup is cracking the Indian solar market
“It’s year one for solar in India,” says Alan Rosling, the chairman and executive director of Kiran Energy, a solar developer startup based in Mumbai. Kiran Energy has 75 MW’s worth of solar contracts; that makes it the largest solar-specific player in India.
Only entrepreneurs will remake the energy industry [video]
Jigar Shah talks about how the incumbent energy companies — utilities and power producers — can’t change the energy ecosystem because of economics and regulations. It’s up to the entrepreneurs, he says.
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The Path to Becoming A Solar Power Broker in Korea
SunEdison said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with a provincial government in South Korea to install 400 megawatts of solar panels, a sizable project considering the country’s market shrank dramatically following a cut in incentives.
Note Taking With Capturx For Microsoft OneNote 2007 2.0
Like many web workers, I take a lot of notes in client meetings and on phone calls, but have yet to leave…
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Solar Thermal Startup Ausra Looking to Sell?
When news breaks that a company is in talks to be acquired, pundits are often quick to point to it as a…
How to Solve Tech-savvy Shortfalls
We’ve talked a lot on WWD recently about the tech-savvy of our clients, our site’s users, the public, and, well, everyone ……
M&A Heats Up In the Solar Biz
The first U.S. solar IPO in a year could be coming soon, but the merger and acquisition market is what will be…
Take That, Apple: Download Torrents With Your iPhone Without Any BitTorrent App
Apple created a little bit of an uproar this week when it refused to approve a BitTorrent application for its App Store.…
Smartphone Sales to Keep Growing
Recession or not, smartphone sales are expected to remain strong for the foreseeable future, according to Infonetics Research, a market research company.…
SunEdison Seals $20M for Solar Farms as Rivals Sell Their Assets
Raise money, or sell your assets. Those are the options many solar companies are facing these days as looming oversupply and the…
Duke Energy Trying to Ditch Rooftop Solar
Duke Energy’s (s DUK) Carolinas subsidy will renege on its proposed $50 million solar rooftop program unless North Carolina utility regulators remove…
Mobilize: Launchpad
Here’s the end-of-the-day portion of the show that many of us have been waiting for all day: the Launchpad, where a…
Intersolar: Germany's 40MW Solar PV Project More Than Halfway Done
And you thought the U.S. was getting big solar photovoltaic projects (like the one being built by SunPower for FPL, or SunEdison…
Mac mini: Creative Uses for the Little Mac that Could
Last year, AppleInsider claimed inside sources foretelling the forthcoming discontinuation of the Mac Mini. This year, they are claiming that not only…
Wainy Days Won’t Get You Down
Comedian David Wain is a busy guy. In between directing movies like The Ten and performing live comedy with his group Stella,…
HSUPA modem arrives at AT&T: AirCard 881 PC Card
That HSUPA modem I considered waiting for two months ago is now on the shelves at the AT&T store. Actually, I was…
Talking Torrents
The Broadband Daily: James Enck talks to Gary Lerhaupt, the developer of Torrentocracy, the fusion of BitTorrent with open-source PVR, and more…
