Q-Cells

China’s LDK faces stock slump as Q-Cells ends supply deal

November 2, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Citing LDK’s failure to fulfill contractual obligations, German solar company plans to reclaim $244.5 million payment. Full Story »

Suntech surpasses its own module efficiency record

September 23, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Chinese PV module manufacturer achieves 16.5 percent conversion efficiency for its multi-crystalline silicon photovoltaic module. Full Story »

First Solar plans 2 GW solar power plant for China

September 8, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - 25-square-mile facility in Inner Mongolia is expected to be the biggest solar installation in the world when completed in 2019. Full Story »

Inside the year’s 2nd largest solar round

July 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Suniva CEO sheds light on the top-secret cost-per-watt of its silicon solar cells, also revealing today’s $75M Series C actually closed in Q2, solar's worst quarter in three years. Full Story »

Cash-strapped cleantech firms seek cure in common stock

May 21, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Heavyweights find reprieve from economic strife with new shareholders looking for a bargain. Details of this, plus 37 deals we spotted in the last seven days. Full Story »

Q-Cells stock spikes with €530M sale of REC shares

May 6, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Shares of Norway's Renewable Energy Corp. down 10 percent after surprise announcement. Full Story »

Thin film crowd prompts merger of Sunfilm with Q-Cells subsidiary

April 29, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - New German company expects to be one of the largest producers of tandem junction thin film silicon solar modules in the world, with 169 MWp of production capacity. Full Story »

LDK stock spikes despite dismal Morgan Stanley solar report

March 24, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - CEO quoted as saying 80 percent of Chinese solar firms have gone bankrupt. Meanwhile, LDK plans JV with Q-Cells. Full Story »

Day4 Energy lays off one-third of workforce

January 6, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Canadian solar module maker says it's streamlining operations to save capital and materials costs. Full Story »

Extra solar panels in Spain driving down prices

December 23, 2008 - Best of the web - Some installers and developers snatch up panels at bargain prices, while credit crunch limits others' participation. Full Story »
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