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U.S. panel maker First Solar Inc. jumped 9 % to $ 75.20 in after - hours trading in New York.

This put the brakes on an industry that was fast expanding to meet demand from Chinese solar panel makers.

Even the stronger U.S. - based panel makers are facing setbacks.

They resulted from a trade complaint by the U.S. subsidiaries of two foreign solar panel makers.

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters)- Solyndra LLC, a solar panel maker that received $ 535 million in federal loan guarantees, filed for bankruptcy, the third U.S. solar firm to succumb to pressure from Chinese rivals in recent weeks.

DETROIT — Tesla wants to put its car and energy storage businesses under one solar - powered roof.Tesla said Monday it will buy solar panel maker SolarCity Corp. in an all - stock deal worth $ 2.6 billion.

The glass tiles were unveiled by Tesla last fall just before the company merged with solar panel maker SolarCity Corp..

In the solar panel case, massive Chinese government subsidies and industrial planning were blamed for a surge in China's production of solar cells and modules, and the demise of up to 30 U.S. solar panel makers.

The U.S. International Trade Commission this week will hear arguments over calls by bankrupt solar - panel maker Suniva Inc. for new barriers on imported solar cells.

The levies should ease pressure on surviving panel makers, who account for about 15 pct of the U.S. solar industry's 260,000 jobs.

And prices fall as adaptation rises, as investors in solar panel makers have found.

Solyndra, the solar - panel maker that filed for bankruptcy protection two months after executives extolled its prospects, is being investigated by the FBI for accounting fraud, an official said.

When the Chinese - owned factories in Southeast Asia are included, Chinese panel makers account for about four - fifths of global sales.

That bright future for solar in America is just one part of the global story, but it should give investors a flavor of the upside potential for solar panel makers like First Solar.

That said, while that rising market should benefit most panel makers, First Solar stands apart as one of the best positioned to profit from it in the future given its lower cost solution.

Solar panel makers in the United States say higher tariffs would add only modestly to the cost of projects.

A Colorado - based solar panel maker that received a $ 400 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration is set to file for bankruptcy, the latest setback for an industry battered by the recession and stiff competition from companies in China.

California solar panel maker Solyndra and Beacon Power, a Massachusetts energy - storage firm, declared bankruptcy last year.

And the slow - motion unraveling of the Utica deal has raised anew questions about whether the state is spending its millions wisely by trying to engineer New York's Rust Belt into a can't - miss destination for solar panel makers and chip fabricators.

In addition, a NYSERDA release discussing one critical part of the Buffalo Billion revitalization points to the state's $ 750 million investment in a 1.2 million - square - foot «gigafactory» for solar - panel maker SolarCity to «establish infrastructure, construct facility and purchase required equipment.»

Only later did we learn that some of those critical investments included things like repairs on tennis courts, a study on the mating decisions of cactus bugs, hundreds of thousands of dollars for a plant database, and a $ 535 million loan to a California solar panel maker which, instead of hiring 1,000 new workers, as planned, just laid off 175 instead.

That's been the goal of solar panel makers for a long time, because as those prices decline electricity from the sun costs the same as, or is even cheaper than electricity from burning fossil fuels.

Though Spain backpedaled on severe cuts after panel makers balked, companies like Energias de Portugal Renovables are pulling out because of profit worries and, in August, BP shelved plans for the world's largest solar panel plant in Spain.

He's one of the biggest solar panel makers, he's pushing a revolutionary new battery, and he runs a private space program used by NASA.

As for Sharp, it's shaping out to be the LCD panel maker of choice for both Apple and Samsung, both of whom have picked up stakes in the ailing company.

These two panel makers are also supposed to be commencing their panel shipment for Apple by mid November or December.

Meanwhile e Ink received a record high royalties fee at NT$ 400 million by licensing Hydis» patents to Sharp, LG Display and other panel makers to make high - resolution LCD panels that are partly used in Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics patents.»

Meanwhile, the Hsinchu - based company said it received a record high royalties fee at NT$ 400 million by licensing Hydis» patents to Sharp, LG Display and other panel makers to make high - resolution LCD panels that are partly used in Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics patents.

Although Amazon is estimated to be able to ship 4 - 5 million tablets in a year, most of them are 7 - to 8 - inch models, with their panels being supplied by China - based touch panel makers.

The large - size tablet's panel is supplied by a Taiwan - based touch panel maker, sources have said.

«Not all of the panels listed here will go into mass production, as panel maker strategies can change» said DisplaySearch.

The company last year booked NT$ 3 billion in royalty income by licensing high - resolution fringe - field - switching LCD manufacturing technology to LCD panel makers.

LG Display will work with two PVI subsidiaries — Massachusetts - based E Ink will supply e-paper to LG Display, Flat - panel maker Hydis Technology will work with the Korean company to develop future e-paper display modules.

Digitimes wrote that «sources from touch screen panel makers also pointed out that PlayBook shipments were postponed for about a month from the original...

TPX Holdings, the touch panel maker, has reportedly landed the order for the touch model, the sources added.

George Kaiser, a major fund - raiser for Mr. Obama's 2008 campaign, was an investor in Solyndra, the failed solar panel maker, but there are also examples of Republican and Democratic campaign contributors who also invested in firms supported by the loan guarantee program.

Aside — that suggests that solar panel makers could do the same thing, with a pigment that's as efficient as chlorophyll at rejecting infrared while capturing the useful frequency range — and since the photovoltaics we have now do need some cooling airflow to keep them efficient in really hot weather, that might be worth doing.

While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem.

Now, with demand running at high levels, big Chinese panel makers have the confidence to invest in leading technologies such as PERC (passivated emitter rear contact) lines.

Indeed, the type of spending proposed by this survey isn't that different from the Department of Energy program that provided a much - criticized loan guarantee to Solyndra, the now bankrupt solar - panel maker, yet it appears to be the best chance to sell a carbon tax to Republicans.

The extremely high FIT in the early years didn't just support German firms; it attracted lower - cost Asian competitors and ultimately unleashed a wave of bankruptcies in Germany's cell, module and panel makers.

Across the straits, Taiwan might become host of the first concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Asia, while Taiwanese solar panel makers are seeing the cash roll in.

It's not unthinkable, in other words, that a solar panel maker would purchase electricity generated using coal or natural gas.

Chinese solar - panel maker Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in Ontario, Canada.

«China's Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd said on Tuesday it expected net income to surge in 2007 as the solar panel maker ramps up production and captures global market share.

Only Europe requires solar panel makers to collect and dispose of solar waste at the end of their lives.

Norwegian solar panel maker Saga Energy signed a deal worth $ 2.9 billion with Iran's state - owned company Amin Energy Developers to develop solar farms around the country totaling 2GW of installed capacity.

Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell yesterday announced that a Greek solar - panel maker will open a manufacturing facility in Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

For evidence they look no further than Solyndra, the solar panel maker that landed $ 528 million in taxpayer loans before going bankrupt.

For its planned solar parks in the Netherlands, however, the company will rely on modules provided by the Dutch panel maker Energyra.