GigaomWhy greentech startups need to renew their focus on volume manufacturing
The lack of greentech hardware success stories points to a potentially missing piece of the puzzle: a Samsung-style intense focus on manufacturing. Read more »
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The lack of greentech hardware success stories points to a potentially missing piece of the puzzle: a Samsung-style intense focus on manufacturing. Read more »
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Solar startup Semprius says it will open its first factory in North Carolina next week. The company makes solar modules for solar concentrating systems, which use mirrors to focus light onto… Read more »
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Research firm Lux Research has named the top ten global makers of solar modules — which make up solar panels — by production for 2011. Read more »
Half of successful VC-backed cleantech start-ups stumble along the way. Entrepreneurs who raise big financing rounds at sky-high valuations can end up shooting themselves in the foot. Read more »
Suntech, the largest solar manufacturer in China if not the world in terms of production capacity, saw 22 percent of its sales in the third quarter of this year from China. Read more »
There’s been a similar sentiment from both companies that received loan guarantees from the Department of Energy and then declared bankruptcy: The terms of the loans were too onerous. Read more »
It’s been a rocky couple of months for solar companies, but First Solar just hit an unexpected hurdle. The thin-film solar darling announced that Rob Gillette will no longer serve as… Read more »