Who is the World Leader in CIGS Solar Shipments?

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Who is the World Leader in CIGS Solar Shipments? It’s not Stion or Nanosolar or Solibro or MiaSole or any other VC-funded startup. Low Concentration PV Deployments From SunPower and Skyline Solar Less balance-of-system and less exotic than HCPV; perhaps a better LCOE than flat-panel solar? Impressions of the Wind …

SunPower and Total: With Friends Like These…

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GTM SunPower and Total: With Friends Like These… CEO says Total will “turn around” SunPower. Green Jobs: Where Do Solyndra PR Pros End Up? Answer: at LSI. Plus, personnel moves at Rockport Capital, Soladigm, Cisco, and Impress Labs. Germany Installed More Than 2 GW of Solar in December The annual …

With Volt’s Success, Gm Jumps Production

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Newenergynews Daily Headlines Click Here For Main Page: Http://Www.Newenergynews.Net/ Things-To-Think-About Friday, May 20: * With Volt’s Success, Gm Jumps Production * How Much Sun Does A Small City Need? * Wind Encouraged In China * Uk Wave Project Funded By Oil * Cleantech Open Lights The Fire Yesterday * Study: …

Will Big Oil and Oil Speculators Take the Enron Fall?

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Some CPV News You Might Have Missed Last Week Concentrating photovoltaics are actually starting to generate megawatts of energy in 2011. Greentech Venture Funding in April Roundup A total of more than $330 million invested in 26 deals. Can You Run a Wind Farm From a Cell Phone? European wind …

The End of Utilities?

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The End of Utilities? One industry veteran warns utilities that if they’re not contemplating their relevance in the future—they should be. Networked Grid 2011: Is HAN Hosed? Home Automation: the future or a figment? It’s one of the big topics next week at Networked Grid. Amyris Moves Into Commercial Production …

Agriculture 2.0: Harvest Power Profits From Biomass

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Agriculture 2.0: Harvest Power Profits From Biomass Did you know that Germany has a feed-in tariff for biomass-generated power? Networked Grid 2011: The FAQ on HAN You’re talking to the HAN. Mixed Greens: Nissan’s R&D Center Mountain View, Chromasun Goes Live, and Natural Gas as a Battery Plus, how FERC …

Solazyme raises $52m to bring micro-algae biofuel products to market

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10 August 2010 DEALS NEWS… Solazyme raises $52m to bring micro-algae biofuel products to market LDC funds Green Sky Energy’s acquisition of two DWEC energy management businesses, furthering global expansion Etrion acquires €48m equity in Italy’s largest solar park from SunPower’s SunRay pipeline Attero raises $3.3m for Indian e-waste recycling …

Interesting Times for VC, Greentech and Globespan- GTM Daily

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Interesting Times for VC, Greentech and Globespan “If we can’t take companies public, the model doesn’t work.” Will Natural Gas Hurt Renewables? Investment bankers dither about regulations but remain hopeful about alternatives at REFF-Wall Street . Entering Wind’s Jumbo Jet Age Wind industry innovators are upping turbine power from the …