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Solar startup Miasole to lay off around 200
Miasole, a startup that’s raised over $500 million for its next-generation thin film solar technology, is laying off around 200 people, reports Venture Wire. Miasole said yesterday that it planned to...
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How next-gen solar tech can break through in a tough market
The past 18 months will be remembered as a time when solar manufacturers delivered ugly earnings reports and even witnessed some of their smaller peers face bankruptcy. That’s because the price of...
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To Kleiner Perkins’ web woes, add greentech
Business Insider Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget wrote an article on Kleiner Perkins that I actually agree with, pointing out how the once dominant VC firm has misstepped when it comes to its web...
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China’s Hanergy to buy solar startup Miasole in fire sale
The search for a financial suitor is coming to an end for solar thin film startup, MiaSole, which has agreed to be bought by China-based Hanergy, according to a shareholder letter. Hanergy plans to buy...
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What the solar trade dispute against China has accomplished: nada
The year-long tussle over whether Chinese solar manufacturers have undercut their competitors unfairly, and significantly hurt their American rivals, is close to the end. And so far, neither side’s...
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SunPower pulls back on cell and panel production
The world simply has too many solar panels and not enough buyers. This imbalance already has forced many manufacturers out of business and some to make a huge cut in production. That’s what SunPower...
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Why greentech startups need to renew their focus on volume manufacturing
Back in early 2000, I spent four years working in Samsung’s LCD division, where giant sized TVs were pumped out of their football field-sized manufacturing lines 24/7. Manufacturing at Samsung always...
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Building integrated solar panels set to boom over the next 5 years
Solar panels that can be integrated right into rooftops and the walls of buildings is a new market that is set to grow dramatically over the next five years, according to a new report from Pike...
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VantagePoint curbs cleantech fund raising due to lack of interest
Venture capital firm VantagePoint Capital Partners, which made one of the most aggressive bets on backing cleantech startups, has stopped raising a planned $1.25 billion fund to put into cleantech...
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Chinese companies slowly collecting discounted U.S. electric car assets
Electric car startup Fisker Automotive is reportedly weighing investment and acquisition offers from Chinese auto tech companies. Bloomberg reports that there’s a $350 million offer for 85 percent of...
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The problems with righteous investing
Ask the very best investors and entrepreneurs about the secrets to their success and many of them will say it’s all about the passion. Falling in love with an idea, or a product, to the point of...
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In a brutal solar market, Sweden’s Midsummer looks to optical discs for solar
A Swedish startup is introducing a new approach to making next-gen thin film solar panels, using techniques from optical disc manufacturing. However, the solar manufacturing sector is facing a brutal...
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Chinese firms continue to scoop up VC-backed cleantech startups for cheap
The trend of Chinese conglomerates snapping up venture capital-backed cleantech startups on the cheap continues. This week a subsidiary of Chinese LED and solar manufacturing company San’an...
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Teaching High-Tech Gear New Greentech Tricks
Can cleantech companies cut millions of dollars from their capital needs by retrofitting old chip equipment to turn out brand-new products? If the advantages are anything close to what AQT Solar and...
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MiaSole Progress Report: 8.5MW Deal with Juwi
This year is shaping up to be a pretty good one for MiaSole, which began to disclose its customers earlier this year after spending roughly two years to get the manufacturing technology right. The...
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WD Markets New Powerline Adapter as Video Friendly
Western Digital is introducing a new powerline home networking adapter today that's specifically pitched as a way to get video into the living room. The WD Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit could be a...
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MiaSole’s Progress Report Part 2: 600MW with Juwi
UPDATE: As it turns out, Juwi Solar really likes MiaSole. The German power project developer has inked a multiyear, 600-megawatt agreement that calls for MiaSole to ship 50 megawatts in 2011 and more...
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Global Solar Guns For Building-Integrated Solar & Solyndra’s Turf
Global Solar on Tuesday unveiled its new flexible solar panel that can be integrated into roofing membranes. The idea is that buildings and roofs can be built with the solar materials weaved right into...
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The Walmart Effect on Thin Film Solar
When Walmart decides to invest in emerging green technologies it offers considerable validation. That’s certainly the intention behind Walmart’s announcement that it will pay for solar electricity from...
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10 Cleantech IPO Picks for 2011
This year saw some improvements in public market investors’ appetite for cleantech companies, but not enough to make it a good year. As always, the hopes are that 2011 will prove a better one. Check...
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