First Solar just announced that it has purchased a planned 115 MW solar energy project, the Carrizo Energy Solar Farm, from Ausra. According to the New York Times, First Solar doesn’t plan to build ...

Posted by Tate Dwinnell | # | 08:56:45 am on September 11, 2008 According to a report released by Greentech Media and the Prometheus Institute, the solar power market will continue to grow, with ...

This morning I posted the concerns out of Credit Suisse and Axiom Capital that solar companies are adding too much capacity when demand is expected to soften. I think part of the reason Suntech Power ...

Capstone (CPST) is soaring nearly 50% this morning after the company announced that it has successfully integrated its C30 liquid fueled microturbine into a Ford S-Max plugin hybrid which was designed ...

Applied Materials just announced the release of its new Charger PVD system, which can produce double the amount of wafers compared to competitor’s products. From a company press release, here are the ...

Yesterday, Canadian Solar (CSIQ) announced an expansion of the original MOU signed with LG CNS of South Korea last April. The add on MOU potentially adds another 10MW of solar projects in South Korea ...

The Sherbino I Wind Farm, a joint venture between NRG Energy and BP Alternative Energy, is now up and running. Located on top of a mesa in Pecos County, the wind farm consists of 50 Vesta wind ...

Exelon just announced that is will be slashing 500 jobs as part of a company-wide cost-cutting campaign. As a result, the utility expects to post a charge of $40 million in the second quarter of this ...

LDK Solar just announced that it has entered a framework agreement with Best Solar Company. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together on downstream PV projects, with LDK providing ...

In a Barron’s interview this weekend, Hapoalim Securities solar analyst Gordon Johnson reiterated his bearish call on the sector due to oversupply and soft demand. He sees a supply vs demand ratio of ...

Cree is expanding their LED manufacturing capacity in North Carolina. This year, they will add an additional 275 jobs at their Durham, North Carolina facility. They have also begun manufacturing LEDs ...

About a year ago LDK Solar (LDK) announced a deal with JYT Corp (a competitor of GT Solar) to begin purchasing silicon ingot furnaces that would be capable of producing 800kg ingots, allowing the ...