SunPower

PlanetSolar picks SunPower’s cells for next-gen catamaran

September 2, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Around the world in 140 days: Swiss boat maker is planning to take its vessel on a world tour powered only by renewables. Full Story »

Construction begins at new Evergreen Solar 100 MW China plant

August 31, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Massachusetts solar PV maker looks to ramp its wafer production at new facility with SunPower contract manufacturing partner. Full Story »

Suniva bumps solar efficiency up to 18% at 96-MW facility

August 26, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Atlanta-based company says it's the only solar cell maker achieving such high efficiencies using low-cost processes. 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 »

Silver Spring Networks brings SunPower CEO on board

May 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Tom Werner plans to add his expertise in the boardroom of Redwood City, Calif.-based smart grid networking company. Full Story »

IPOs back on the table?

May 7, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Could the public markets start providing relief to cleantech? Details of this, and we spot 35 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Vestas raises $1B, SunPower $400M in new share offerings

April 30, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - The wind and solar giants weren’t the only public companies offering up new shares this week. Details of this, and we spot 44 deals this week. Full Story »

Analysts slam SunPower after unexpected 1Q loss

April 24, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Revenue slides 22 percent as leading American crystalline silicon solar panel maker sees 'most challenging quarter' since IPO. Full Story »

National Semi plans to reduce solar energy losses due to shading

March 2, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - National Semiconductor thinks add-on distributed control system for solar panels could one day make up a quarter of its sales. Full Story »

S. Korea plans $72M for renewable energy

January 30, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Government says investment could help domestic firms win orders in a market dominated by foreign companies. Full Story »
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