Business model innovations have been crucial for the solar industry in recent years. Community solar — where people can buy into community…
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Big growth, but also losses, for solar company SolarCity
By the end of 2014, solar installer and financier (and soon to be solar panel manufacturer) SolarCity had installed about 1 GW…
Read MoreThis Berkeley startup & its energy machines are about to take off
A decade ago the sprawling artist compound just off of Ashby Avenue in an industrial part of West Berkeley, Calif, was filled…
Read MoreAn increasingly rare type of solar farm goes online in California
When the huge solar farm just outside of Las Vegas called Ivanpah opened up in early 2014, many lamented that this type…
Read MoreThis Israeli startup makes robots that dry clean solar panels
Meet robots that can clean solar panels without water for dry, dusty places.…
Read MoreIs it boom time ahead (again) for solar panel manufacturing?
Why are we seeing such optimism when it wasn't so long ago when dozens of solar manufacturers shrank or went out of business?…
Read MoreThere’s high trust in clean power despite the negative headlines
Contrary to the politics and headlines of the day, clean energy is a relatively trusted sector, and companies should be leveraging that good faith to lead.…
Read MoreABB responds on why it decided to stop investing in GreenVolts
Here's ABB's side of the story, explaining why it decided to pull out of its investment with solar startup GreenVolts: the uncertainty in the solar panel market.…
Read MoreWalmart dominates the list of U.S. companies using solar
One less reason to hate Walmart -- the retail behemoth uses the most solar panel systems out of any other company in the U.S. Collectively companies and governments in the U.S. are delivering 2.3 GW of solar power, mostly on the rooftops of their buildings.…
Read MoreSolar panel power is rocking it in the U.S. in 2012
Solar panel power projects in the U.S. are a bright spot for the solar sector, in a difficult year for solar manufacturing.…
Read MoreToday in Cleantech
A lot of the focus of the Intersolar solar power trade show in San Francisco this week is on the “balance of…
Read MoreEnphase Energy IPO: By the numbers
Enphase Energy, which makes small distributed microinverters for solar panels, filed an S-1 yesterday for a $100 million IPO. Here's the breakdown of how much Enphase is earning, spending, and shipping, and who will win out in the public debut.…
Read MoreSolar Rises on the East Coast
California is home to the U.S. solar industry, and it will continue to be. Of the roughly 2 gigawatts of installed domestic solar photovoltaic capacity, half of it is in California. But the industry is spreading out. -- to the other coast.…
Read MoreGerman Organic Solar PV Developer Heliatek Grabs $27M
The solar PV industry is currently dominated by silicon-based cell technology, but modules made of organic solar cells are seen as one…
Read MoreThe Case of AT&T's Incredible Shrinking Broadband Tiers
Updated with AT&T response: Time Warner Cable (s TWC) may have backed off its plans to meter broadband for now, but AT&T…
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