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Wafer Sawing Never Looked So Good
Applied’s wafering equipment was featured onthe latest front cover (and inside feature spread) of Photon International Magazine — the “go to” source for thephotovoltaic (PV) industry. Our Precision Wafering Systems (PWS) division, an industry leader forwafer saw technology was acquired in 2007. With its 25 years of marketleadership in wire saw technology, PWS continues to contribute [...]
Renesola: Another Chinese Solar Reporting Good News $SOL
ReneSola(SOL) reported strong results this morning, beating Wall St estimates and guidinghigher. The company reported an EPS of .14/share vs the analystestimate of .09/share on revenues of $206 million (vs the estimate of$189 million). Most of the China solar companies have been reportingrecord shipments and Renesola is doing the same reporting a record242MW. The company [...]
JA Solar Posts Good Earnings, Raises Guidance (JASO)
The China solar stocks could use some good news after being pummeled in the past month and JA Solar (JASO) is providing it with its earnings results this morning. The company recorded record shipments in the quarter, improved margins,beat the Wall St estimates and raised guidance. All in all, a wellexecuted quarter from JASO indicating [...]
Masdar PV CEO Says Orders Grew in 2009, Look Good for 2010
Abu Dhabi—Maybe 2009 wasn’t so bad after all. The total amount of installed solar power capacity grew by aroundten percent in 2009, according to Rainer Gegenwart, CEO of thin filmsolar manufacturer Masdar PV in an interview. The total solar base ofGermany, he added, grew from 1.5 gigawatts to 2.7 gigawatts last year,he added. “The market [...]
SRP Rate Hike Good For Solar
Customers of Arizona utility SRP were warned in December that the utility was planning to increase electric ratesby 4.9 percent late this spring. This is a scaling back of SRP’soriginal plan to hike rates by 8.8 percent, a plan derailed by theeconomy, and should only add about $6 to an average electric bill.Knowing that the [...]
Looking Good @ SPI
Gaelan, our VP of Marketing, just sent these pix from the floor of Solar Power International ‘09. Looking good!
Is Solar a Good Bet for this Building? Debunking a (solar) Urban Legend
Urban environments can be a challenge to solar development. When evaluating a building’s solar power potential, solar installers and consultants often turn to Google Earth or Bing Mapsto get an early impression of the building; it’s the analog of realestate ‘drive-by’. Even knowing the pitfalls, it’s hard to resist aquick look at a satellite-based image. [...]
August: Two times more PV than the previous best month!
Numbers are in for kilowatt reservations for the month of Augustunder the California Solar Initiative. And the greenest green shoot ofrecovery I’ve seen that we have proof of is the solar industry pickingup. Certainly Sungevity experienced it’s strongest sales month ever,which is good news for all our new customers who are going to savemoney and [...]