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Solar Focus: German Lawmakers Compromise on FiT Reductions
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Friday, July 9, 2010. German Lawmakers Compromise on FiT Reductions. The reductions will be introduced retroactively from July 1, scaled back by three percentage points for each category until Sept. 30, when the full 16, 15 and 11% cuts will take effect. Germany's solar industry now faces the big challenge of lowering production costs even faster than they were cut in the past," said Carsten Koernig, head of the BSW German solar-industry lobby. See the original article here. SMA Raises Guidance for FY2010.
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Solar Focus: November 2010
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010. US Voters Deliver Mixed Message to Renewable Energy. LOS ANGELES, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Tuesday's U.S. election results sent a mixed message on alternative energy, with Republican victories in Congress likely to curb national alternative-energy policy while California results look set to help the sector. Shares reflected the confusion, with solar stocks mostly down in the morning but recovering in late afternoon. First Solar ( FSLR.O. Rose 2.5 percent and JA Solar ( JASO.O. The r...
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Solar Focus: September 2009
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Thursday, September 24, 2009. LDK Solar's Plant Reaches First Production Run. World’s Largest Polysilicon Facility Boasts High Purity, Low Energy Consumption and First-Rate Environmental Controls. Announced today that it has helped. Polysilicon plant in Xinyu City,. To its first successful production run. As the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor, Fluor helped bring the facility from groundbreaking to first production in just 20 months. President of Fluor’s. LDK Solar&...
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Solar Focus: March 2010
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Monday, March 29, 2010. SunPower Completes Acquisition of SunRay. Solar-panel maker SunPower Corp. said Monday it completed its acquisition of SunRay Renewable Energy, a solar power plant developer with offices in Europe and the Middle East. SunPower paid $263 million in cash and $14 million in promissory notes in the deal, which was announced in February. Shares rose 55 cents, or 3 percent, to $18.77 during morning trading. The stock has traded between $17.82 and $34 during the past year. One key warnin...
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Solar Focus: October 2009
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Monday, October 26, 2009. Building the Largest Solar Community in the U.S. Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to Become Largest Solar-Powered Community in the Continental U.S. to Date. Solar power will provide an estimated 75 percent of the total energy needed to power Davis-Monthan’s Soaring Heights Communities. TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 26, 200 9. 8212;Housing developer Actus Lend Lease, SolarCity, Tucson Electric Power (TEP), and financing parties National Bank of Arizona and. The e...
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Solar Focus: Mayfield Fund Invests $21.5 Million in SolarCity Inc...
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Friday, July 16, 2010. Mayfield Fund Invests $21.5 Million in SolarCity Inc. Is a veteran venture firm that typically makes early-stage, technology-focused investments. But it has taken a different route with its first investment in the solar space. Its lead role in a new $21.5 million round for SolarCity Inc. Which installs and leases solar systems for homes and businesses, is a growth-stage deal in a company with a services-oriented business model. SolarCity was valued at $250 million when solar panel ...
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Solar Focus: Clean-Tech Investments Hit a High, With Solar Shining Brightest
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Clean-Tech Investments Hit a High, With Solar Shining Brightest. The solar energy sector has re-emerged as a favorite among green-tech investors, who also lined up behind biofuel companies at a time when crude oil began to gush from a BP well in the Gulf and carmakers were getting ready to launch cars partly or completely run on electricity. And Alstom ( ALSMY. Took part in about 15% of the second-quarter deals. Public Markets Are Pretty Much Closed". The lackluster IPO market lik...
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Solar Focus: China's Polysilicon Price Rallying on Expanding Demand
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Sunday, July 18, 2010. China's Polysilicon Price Rallying on Expanding Demand. BEIJING, Jul 16, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -. China's polysilicon price is rallying drastically as the demand on the downstream PV market has expanded rapidly this year. The suspension of production at Mitsubishi, the largest producer of silicon in the world, and the suspension of supply by OTC, another large-scale silicon producer in Japan, has aggravated the shortage of raw-material supply of silicon on the global market.
