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10.26.10 Solar 19

Four Really Big Things Happened in Solar This Week

SunPower, BYD, Solar Millennium at Blythe and more.

by Eric Wesoff

10.25.10 Solar 13

Largest Solar Plant in the World Receives Final Regulatory Approval

Solar Millennium’s 1,000 MW Blythe plant checks the final box in its permitting checklist. Still waiting on the federal Loan Guarantee, some hefty equity investors—and then it’s shovel time.

by Brett Prior

10.21.10 Solar 8

Sec. Salazar Approves Another Massive Concentrating Solar Power Plant

Tessera/Stirling’s Calico Dish-Engine project receives final approval from the Dept. of the Interior. Now all they have to do is borrow a couple billion dollars from the DOE & Wall St. before the year ends. Good luck!

by Brett Prior

10.20.10 Solar 8

Varian Looks to Enforce Moore’s Law in Solar

Ion implantation revolutionized semiconductor manufacturing and could do the same for solar.

by Eric Wesoff

10.19.10 Solar 3

Sharp Solar and Solar Frontier Ready to Reclaim Japan’s Leadership in Solar

Gargantuan, fire-breathing thin film players are arriving on the scene, looking to take on First Solar.

by Eric Wesoff

10.18.10 Solar 76

Research Spotlight

Are Solar Thermal Power Plants Doomed?

Solar thermal power plants provide consistent power output and the ability to incorporate storage, but there are dark clouds on the horizon.

by Michael Kanellos, Brett Prior

10.18.10 Solar 2

First Solar to Acquire 5N Plus to Access Tellurium?

Is global tellurium supply really an issue?

by Eric Wesoff

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10.15.10 News 30

The Costs and Benefits of Solar

The dollar value of solar depends on cost-benefit variables, but there’s no doubt about its core value.

by Herman K. Trabish

10.14.10 Utility-Scale Solar 3

Research Spotlight

Suntech Revamps Manufacturing Lines, Says Goodbye To Gemini

The company will stick to manufacturing and leave project development to others.

by Michael Kanellos

10.13.10 Utility-Scale Solar 27

SunPower Gets Serious About Concentrators

The company will crank on getting the balance-of-system costs down, too.

by Michael Kanellos

10.12.10 News 1

Big Growth, Small Turnout, Calls for Teamwork at Solar Power International 2010 Kickoff

The solar industry is up in a down economy and busy doing business with utilities, winning the White House and fighting fossil fuels.

by Herman K. Trabish

10.12.10 Solar 1

Concentrating Solar Power Rocks and Solar Power International 2010 Opens

Fred Morse of Abengoa sets the tone for a big Q4 in CSP. Don’t let anyone tell you the Obama administration’s stimulus program is not effective.

by Eric Wesoff

10.11.10 Solar 0

Glass Expert Corning Joins Fortune 500 in Rush to Solar

High-tech glass improves efficiency for amorphous silicon, cadmium telluride and CIGS solar panels

by Eric Wesoff

10.08.10 Solar 3

BrightSource’s Ivanpah Plant Checks the Final Box on the Regulatory Checklist

It’s an approval free-for-all at the BLM.

by Brett Prior

10.08.10 Research & Analysis 5

Research Spotlight

NTR Encounters Surprises in Solar and Wind Projects

Time after time, Irish project developer NTR set out to develop a renewable opportunity and discovered it was doing something unexpected.

by Herman K. Trabish

10.07.10 Solar 1

MEMC Gets O’Rourke, Cramer and Texas

Personnel and business changes at the acquisitive, aggressive and diversifying solar player.

by Eric Wesoff

10.07.10 Solar 18

Research Spotlight

Milestone: 10 Gigawatts of Solar Panels in 2010, Part 2

With Solar Power International looming, we find ourselves approaching the milestone of 10 gigawatts of solar installed in 2010. Greentech Media asks a few solar luminaries to reflect on the event. You are welcome to add your voice.

by Eric Wesoff

10.07.10 Solar 5

SolFocus Figures Out a Path to CPV Bankability

An insurer backs the performance of SolFocus’ concentrating photovoltaic panels.

by Eric Wesoff

10.06.10 Solar 13

Research Spotlight

Milestone: 10 Gigawatts of Solar Panels in 2010, Part 1

As Solar Power International looms and we approach the milestone of 10 gigawatts of solar installed in 2010, Greentech Media asks a few solar luminaries to reflect on the event. You are welcome to add your voice

by Eric Wesoff

10.05.10 Solar 20