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Flash analysis: lessons from Solyndra’s fall
Solar technology startup Solyndra, which has raised more than $1.5 billion in private and government funds, has suspended manufacturing and laid off 1,100 full-time and temporary employees. We...
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How Apple could revolutionize solar
If Apple launched one of its gadgets with embedded solar cells, it could revolutionize the market for solar. Apple has been exploring how to use solar power to charge gadgets for some time, including...
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Solar struggles: Calisolar lays off 80
Solar silicon maker Calisolar is laying off about 80 employees in its Silicon Valley factory as part of its shift in business focus, the company said on Wednesday. The layoff represents about 23...
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The dark side of solar and compensation tactics
On Thursday solar company JinkoSolar issued a lengthy explanation about an environmental controversy surrounding its solar cell factory in China that recently incited a huge protest and a 36 percent...
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How solar can make data centers more efficient
Pairing solar with data centers may not be a novel idea, but you’ll have a hard time finding companies that rely solely on solar electricity to power their servers. That’s because many of those servers...
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SoloPower continues to amass funds for solar factory
Thin film solar startup SoloPower continues to fund-raise amid a difficult market for next-gen solar manufacturers. According to a filing, SoloPower has just raised $20 million in debt and options that...
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After Solyndra: analyzing the solar industry
Solar companies worldwide will remember 2011 as a dark time in their history. The failing of Solyndra symbolizes that market volatility, and 2012 no doubt started with trepidation. But as we have...
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5 charts that show the massive growth of solar in 2012 [charts]
Despite solar manufacturers’ struggles with bankruptcies and an oversupply problem this year, 2012 actually witnessed a dramatic growth in the world’s use of solar power. In particular the amount of...
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Deep sea bacteria could provide breakthroughs for solar panels
Bacteria that live almost a mile under the surface of the ocean, where light is scare, have adapted biological ways to harness tiny amounts of light very efficiently, and in some cases can use...
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Silicon still rules in solar cells, but Harvard has now ranked 2.3 million...
Harvard gave a big gift to the solar community today: a database of 2.3 million materials that highlights those with the most potential to be used in solar cells. All of the materials are carbon based,...
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What is graphene? Here’s what you need to know about a material that could be...
Graphene, an emerging material that could change the way electronic components are made and help computing performance continue to grow, is everywhere in the research world these days. This month...
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Thinnest light absorber yet could lead to cheaper, more efficient solar cells
Gold may not seem like the best material to use to reduce costs, but scientists think it could help produce the most affordable solar cells yet. Stanford University researchers announced Thursday that...
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See-through film could turn phones, windows into solar panels
If you look out across the SoMa district in San Francisco, you see many rooftops covered in large solar panel arrays. In the future, they might not be so obvious to the eye, as teams of researchers are...
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Solar struggles: Calisolar lays off 80
Solar silicon maker Calisolar is laying off about 80 employees in its Silicon Valley factory as part of its shift in business focus, the company said on Wednesday. The layoff represents about 23...
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Growing graphene on silver could improve solar cells
Graphene is an amazing material, but it has its flaws. Electricity can run through it at super-fast speeds, but graphene in its natural form can’t start and stop its flow, limiting its use for...
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New solar cell could double as a display
What if all it took to charge a mobile phone was setting it out in the sun? That’s the promise of a new type of solar cell that can both absorb and emit light, opening up the possibility of using it as...
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Solar Startup 1366 Closes $5.2M, Signs New Customers
Solar startup 1366 Technologies has closed $5.15 million in a second round of funding from North Bridge Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners and plans to announce the funding this morning....
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Solar Industry Facing "Gross Oversupply"
What happens to an industry when the price of a core component suddenly drops, the credit crisis hits, and countries look to pull crucial subsidies? Well, for the traditional solar industry that means...
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Rumor Roundup: Tomorrow’s Apple Event
What's in store for tomorrow's Apple event? It's possible only Steve Jobs and whoever does his Keynote presentations know for sure, but that's not gonna stop us from making our bests guess. So get out...
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Turning a building into a solar honeycomb
Fusing solar technology with buildings is an area that tends to invite creative ideas. An intriguing design caught our attention at Intersolar in San Francisco this week: It’s a solar panel with a...
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