Florida Power and Light is partnering with SunPower to supply selected Florida schools with solar power stations. 6 Florida schools will receive 5 KW solar panels models as part […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
Akeena Solar (AKNS) To Supply MS Solar Solutions Corp With Solar Panels
Akeena Solar just announced that it has entered a supplier relationship with MS Solar Solutions Corp, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Under the agreement, Akeena Solar will provide MS […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Gets Supply Contract For Oklahoma State Fuel Station
Clean Energy Fuels just received a 15-year compressed natural gas fueling station supply contract for Oklahoma State University. Although the fueling station will be used primarily to support OSU […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
Hoku (HOKU) And Solarfun (SOLF) Renegotiate Contracts
Hoku Materials, Inc. and Solarfun just announced a renegotiation of the polysilicon supply contract between the two companies. Solarfun was previously obligated to pay Hoku $18 million by March […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) Enters Expanded Alliance With Shanghai Electric Cable Research
Shanghai Electric Cable Research and American Superconductor Corporation have expanded their strategic alliance, and Shanghai Electric Cable Research has just placed a new order for high temperature superconductor wire […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
Barron’s Expects Negative Impact On Solar Stocks Due To Plummeting Silicon Prices
In an article released this morning entitled "Nightfall Comes To Solar Land," Bill Alpert of Barron’s predicts that the massive drop in silicon prices over the past year, combined […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
GE Capital (GE) Invests In Tesla
According to Jay Yarow at CNNMoney.com, GE Capital is investing in Tesla Motors. The article quotes the contents of a leaked interview in which Tesla CEO Elon Musk tells […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
SunTech (STP) Boosts Conversion Efficiencies
Suntech Power Holdings Limited just announced that their Pluto technology has enabled the company to boost its conversion efficiency by 2.5 percentage points on monocrystalline PV cells and 1.5 […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
Applied Materials (AMAT) To Collaborate With DISCO Corporation On Wafer Thinning Technology
Applied Materials just announced a collaboration with DISCO Corp to develop wafer thinning processes for manufacturing through-silicon vias in 3-dimensional semiconductors. The companies will combine respective skills to develop […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest
2010 Chevy Volt Test Fleet Coming June 1st?
The 2010 Chevy Volt continues to make progress on its targeted production date of November 2010. According to the blog www.gm-volt.com (which is no way affiliated with GM), […] Continue Reading…… Read the rest