Fresh off its bullish earnings last week, SunPower has bought some new solar tech.…
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Battery Ventures comes out swinging for solar, efficient lighting, green IT
Quite a few greentech companies closed sizable funding rounds this week, and Battery Ventures is involved in three of them. Is cleantech support holding on in the venture world?…
Read MoreSolar inverter maker Enphase lines up more money
Enphase Energy wants to raise money from the public market, but given how much the IPO market sucks these days, the solar power conversion gear company is turning to private investors. The company has raised $21.86 million from a fundraising goal of $81.86 million.…
Read MoreSunPower embraces microinverters for the first time
Solar panel giant SunPower has decided to embrace microinverters, which are a new emerging form of solar inverter that are embedded on each panel and are used to convert direct current generated by solar panels into alternating current for the grid.…
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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 raising $51M for solar microinverters
Enphase Energy, which makes solar microinverters, is in the process of raising $51.5 million according to a filing. The company filed the fund-raising form just a week after it announced it's aiming for a $100 million IPO.…
Read MoreSolarBridge draws $19M to push solar microinverters
Here is another sign that a new class of solar inverters is cementing its hold in the market: SolarBridge Technologies announced Monday that it has raised $19 million to expand the sales and manufacturing of its microinverters.…
Read More5 Hot Topics To Watch For At Solar Power International
The solar industry will take over the LA Convention Center via the Solar Power International (SPI) event this week to showcase the latest technologies and discuss regulatory and financing trends. Here are five hot topics that you will no doubt hear about during the show:…
Read MoreEnphase Planning to Embed Inverters Directly Into Solar Panel
A growing number of companies are working on technologies to squeeze as much juice as possible from solar panels and reduce the…
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