Solar startup Alta Devices says its achieved a new efficiency for its solar cells developed for mobile gadget makers. In a difficult year solar companies are heads down focused on boosting… Read more »
First Solar, one of the largest solar panel makers in the world, says it’s breaking a record for the amount of sunlight that its cadmium-telluride solar cells can convert into electricity… Read more »
The fourth quarter in cleantech saw attention paid to two prominent and publicly traded companies: EV maker Tesla and newly minted public listing SolarCity. It remains a transitional period for the… Read more »
By 2017, solar modules could cost below 50 cents to produce, says Lux. They are as low as 70 cents per watt now. The cost will drop partly because of manufacturing… Read more »
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 »
Selling solar panels and projects into China is notoriously tricky for American solar makers — the market is already flooded with low cost Chinese solar panels, and domestic suppliers seem to… Read more »
As many eagerly await a delayed report on the impact of exporting natural gas on the domestic economy, the renewable energy sector finds itself in the strange position of needing higher… Read more »
India has emerged as as a potentially huge market for solar energy development. It also is experiencing the growing pains of cultivating a new type of energy development that relies heavily… Read more »
Leading domestic solar panel maker First Solar survived the quarter in tact as it lowered guidance on revenue but stuck to its earnings guidance, even upping the bottom of the range… Read more »
First Solar generated profits for the third quarter as it marches into new markets and carries out cost-cutting measures to compete at a time when there is an oversupply of solar… Read more »