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Solar media flub

Solar media flub

News of Silevo’s decision to build new solar factory in Buffalo met with deafening silence in the trades Aside from a handful of notable exceptions, there is little solar cell and module manufacturing going on in the United States. One would think that the renewable...
Happy days for U.S. solar big dogs

Happy days for U.S. solar big dogs

After boffo quarters, SunPower moves to add production capacity while First Solar makes serious manufacturing cost reduction, efficiency progress Having the quarterly earnings releases from two of the big dogs of U.S. solar—SunPower and First Solar—on successive days...
Solar in distant lands

Solar in distant lands

New deployment, development and production in Fiji, El Salvador, Brazil, Lithuania, and Turkey underscore solar’s increasing geographic diversity As followers and fans of the Curator know, I love finding new and unexpected locales where solar power has been deployed...
The commercial embrace of solar

The commercial embrace of solar

New report underscores surge in solar PV installations in the U.S. business community When I was growing up, if someone said, “he means business,” the phrase implied that the guy was serious in intent and focused on his objectives. The play on words inherent in the...
Solar-powered suds

Solar-powered suds

South Coast Solar’s video toasts Abita Brewing PV installation job in Louisiana Two of my favorite market disruptions–solar power and craft beer–converge when a brewery puts photovoltaics and/or solar hot water on its property. A freshly brewed example of the...