Sentences with phrase «solar panel makers»

German solar panel makers Solon, SolarWorld and Schott Solar all have recently opened factories in the U.S.

a sharp decline in prices, coupled with slowing demand, has hurt global solar panel makers and Chinese firms have also borne the brunt.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

«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.

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.

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

Via Mercury News More on Alternative Energy China's Largest Solar Panel Maker Expect Sales to Climb 20 % in 2011 We Could Have 10 MW Wind Turbines by 2011 and 15 MW Turbines by 2020 U.S. Needs to Boost Spending for Energy R&D;, Panel Tells Obama Some U.S. Utilities Starting to Replace Coal with Natural Gas Steven Chu: China Giving U.S. a Clean Technology «Sputnik Moment» iSuppli Forecasts 15.8 GW of Solar PV in 2010, 19.3 GW in 2011 South - Korea to Invest $ 8.2 B In Massive Offshore Wind Farms Stirling Engine Made with Soda Cans Spins to 860 RPM (Video)

Via WSJ More on Energy Acoustics Experts are Working on Making Wind Turbines Quieter Google Invests $ 100m in What Will be the World's Largest Wind Farm (845 MW) China's Largest Solar Panel Maker Expect Sales to Climb 20 % in 2011 We Could Have 10 MW Wind Turbines by 2011 and 15 MW Turbines by 2020

Via GRC More Green Tech Google Invests $ 168 Million in 392MW Mojave Desert Solar Thermal Plant China's Largest Solar Panel Maker Expect Sales to Climb 20 % in 2011 We Could Have 10 MW Wind Turbines by 2011 and 15 MW Turbines by 2020

As we've already pointed out a few times, things aren't going so well for the once promising solar panel maker Solyndra.

Via Indiana University More on Alternative Energy China's Largest Solar Panel Maker Expect Sales to Climb 20 % in 2011 We Could Have 10 MW Wind Turbines by 2011 and 15 MW Turbines by 2020 U.S. Needs to Boost Spending for Energy R&D;, Panel Tells Obama Some U.S. Utilities Starting to Replace Coal with Natural Gas Steven Chu: China Giving U.S. a Clean Technology «Sputnik Moment» iSuppli Forecasts 15.8 GW of Solar PV in 2010, 19.3 GW in 2011 South - Korea to Invest $ 8.2 B In Massive Offshore Wind Farms Stirling Engine Made with Soda Cans Spins to 860 RPM (Video)

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

Van der Werff is CEO of Ecolibrium Solar (No. 443 on the 2017 Inc. 500), a $ 27.2 million maker of hardware that connects sunlight - absorbing panels to roofs.

Samco Machinery, an auto - parts maker, recently announced plans to install new equipment at its Mississauga plant to build racking equipment that hold solar panels and allow them to track the sun's movements — another 60 jobs.

Germany, one of Europe's green superpowers, is home to clean - tech manufacturers like wind turbine maker Siemens and solar - panel producer Solarworld; there's hope such companies might one day rival legends like Volkswagen and BMW.

In June, Rive shocked the solar world by announcing that SolarCity would acquire Silevo, a California maker of solar panels, for $ 200 million in shares, plus another $ 150 million if cost and volume targets were met.

The solar roof was an integral part of convincing shareholders and analysts that an electric - car maker and solar - panel installer was a simple, obvious pairing.

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.

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.

China's push to become a major maker of solar panels has driven down global prices by close to 90 percent over the past decade.

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.

China's push to become a major maker of solar panels has driven down global prices by close to 90 percent over the past decade, helping international efforts to curb emissions of planet - warming greenhouse gases.

It was good enough for Silevo, a solar panel manufacturer, and Soraa, the makers of high - efficiency light bulbs.

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.»

A pair of California - based companies - solar panel manufacturer Silevo and LED lighting - maker Soraa - have agreed to become the first two tenants in the complex, which is being based on the same economic - development model that the state used to build a thriving semiconductor industry in the Albany area.

The bankruptcy of photovoltaic panel - maker Solyndra is actually good news for the U.S. solar industry

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.

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.

The term «cleanweb» was coined by San Francisco - based venture capitalist Sunil Paul and is meant to draw a distinction from cleantech, the high - risk, capital - intensive industry led by battery startups, biofuel makers, and makers of wind turbines and solar panels.

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.