PV solar installations up on utility-scale projects

(Reuters) – Second-quarter U.S. installations of photovoltaic solar panels rose 17 percent from the previous quarter as increases in non-residential and utility-scale projects offset a weakened residential solar market. Installations were also up 69 percent from the same period the previous year at 314 megawatts, according to a report released on Tuesday by industry trade […]

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Solyndra Continuing to Impact Solar Industry

Solyndra’s demise is continuing to have ripple effects throughout the solar energy industry. Just last week, the FBI raided the company’s Fremont, CA headquarters further ratcheting up the political fall out over Solyndra’s bankruptcy. With the public and Republican opponents focused on the Obama administration’s role in approving a $500 million loan to Solyndra, the […]

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California Bill Favors Solar Panels, Thermal Left Out in Cold

California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign a bill that simplifies the permitting process for solar photovoltaic projects and may prompt developers to reconsider solar-thermal plants, which aren’t included in the legislation. According to Senate Bill 267, which Brown has until Nov. 9 to sign, photovoltaic projects will no longer be required to demonstrate […]

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Bankruptcy for Solyndra. Is it China’s fault?

Senior U.S. Democrats urged the Obama administration and Congress to take action against Chinese trade policies they said are unfairly hurting America’s environmental technology sector and making it harder to create jobs. “China is systematically deploying an arsenal of trade distorting policies to corner the global market in green technology products, whether it be electric […]

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What Does the Solyndra Bankruptcy Really Tell Us?

The announcement this week from solar pv manufacturer, Solyndra, that they will enter bankruptcy has received a great deal of press and consternation from solar advocates throughout the country, including an intense amount of speculation about what went wrong. After learning more about Solyndra’s product and the pv manufacturing market in general, I think a […]

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