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Ebitsch Signs $115M Deal With Solyndra
Solyndra is receiving a warm reception for its unusually designedsolar panels in Europe. The Fremont, Calif.-based startup said Thursdayit has signed a contract with Germany-based Ebitsch Energietechnik that’s worth up to $115 million. The latest deal brings Solyndra’s backlog to about $1.8 billion. Thecompany doesn’t divulge what those contracts amount to in megawatts.Ebitsch designs and [...]
The Deal
Thebest thing you can do is deal from strength, and leverage is thebiggest strength you can have. Leverage is having something the otherguy wants. Or better yet, needs. Or best of all, simply can’t dowithout. Donald Trump, The Art of the Deal Global warming is notonly the “biggest global health threat of the 21st century,” [...]
Fat Spaniel and Satel Announce Partnership
The Spanish solar market could use more monitoring and optimization of its solar power projects. San Jose, Calif.-based startup Fat Spaniel Technologies and Finnish radio modem company Satel want to provide it. Under a partnership announced Tuesday, Fat Spaniel and Satel willwork together in Spain to remotely monitor solar plants and use thatdata to optimize [...]
Solyndra seals $189m deal with Dutch integrator
Solyndra has signed a $189m sales contract with Amsterdam-based solar integrator SunConnex. US-based Solyndra makes photovoltaic (PV) systems designed to optimise solar electricity production on commercial rooftops. The euro-based contract extends to 2013. Solyndra supplies a thin-film PV system designed to generate more electricity from low-sloping commercial rooftops at lower installation costs than flat-panel technologies. [...]
Q-Cells moves to sell $860m stake in Norway’s REC
Germany’s Q-Cells, the world’s largest maker of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, is selling the 85 million shares it owns in Norwegian solar firm Renewable Energy Company (REC), as it looks to trim its debt and give itself a financial cushion for longer-term projects. The REC shares were worth $860m at the start of trading on [...]
Conergy Suing MEMC Over Contract (WFR)
Conergy said Monday it plans to sue MEMC Electronic Materials to end a 10-year contract for buying silicon wafers, the materials for making solar cells. Germany-based Conergy, which makes solar cells andassembles them into panels, said efforts to renegotiate the contractand get better terms failed. As a result, it intends to file suit inNew York [...]
Sunpower Teams Up With FPL in Supply Deal
SunPower (SPWRA) will begin supplying its high efficiency solar panelsand Tracker technology beginning next year to FPL Group (FPL) it wasannounced today. It’s also being announced that the the company willlocate a research and development center employing up to 50 employeesin Florida if the state government continues to support the deploymentof additional solar energy. This [...]