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Solyndra Files Antitrust Suits Against Chinese Solar Companies
Solyndra is rising from the ashes of bankruptcy to fight back against the companies it believes caused its business to fold – the three biggest Chinese solar manufacturers. Solyndra filed a $1.5 billion antitrust suit against Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE: STP), Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) and Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE). The suit accuses the three companies of conspiring [...]
Solar: A Great Hedge Against Hyper-Inflation
Many economists think that a financial Armageddon is on the horizon in the United States and Europe. While don’t necessarily agree that a meltdown would result in an end-days scenario, doomsday prepper-style, there is certainly an argument to be made for inevitable inflation if out of control deficit spending by governments continues. How can solar [...]
Solar Venture Capital Funding Falls Off A Cliff
A new report from Mercom Capital Group, llc, found that solar venture capital (VC) funding fell to $72 million in the third-quarter of 2012. And at 14 deals in the quarter, that’s the lowest level since 2008, the report found. That’s also down quarter over quarter from $376 million in 32 deals in the second [...]
Lighter and More Efficient: Ford’s New Carbon Fibre Technology
Detroit automaker Ford has been experimenting with a new carbon fibre technology that could help lower fuel consumption for its customers. The carbon fibre bonnet for the Ford Focus was displayed at the Composites Europe event in Dusseldorf, Germany. It is constructed from the super-strong material usually associated with bespoke racing vehicles or high-performance sports [...]
Boulder Colorado Schools Go Solar
Solar panels installed on the roofs of 14 schools in Colorado’s Boulder Valley school district are now generating 1.4 megawatts of electricity while saving money for education. In one of the biggest solar projects for a school district, half the schools now run on solar – 30 in total. SolarCity installed (and owns) the 5,000 solar panels on the 14 roofs [...]
Solar Hits The Runway at Paris Fashion Week
I just came across this story about how solar energy helped inspire the latest collection from one of the world’s most influential fashion designers: Karl Lagerfeld might have renewable energy on the brain. For his Spring/Summer 2013 show on Tuesday, the Chanel chief filled the cavernous hall of the Grand Palais in Paris with towering wind turbines and [...]
CleanTech PatentEdge Launches First Online Green Patent Database
For over a year now I’ve had the pleasure of using a beta version of CleanTech PatentEdge, a powerful database of green technology patents and published applications. Now you can use it too! IP Checkups, the Berkeley patent analytics firm that created CleanTech PatentEdge, recently announced the official launch of the database. The only comprehensive online [...]
The Official Obama vs. Romney Energy Policy Breakdown
240 local chapters of the US Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Obama and Romney campaigns yesterday asking them to “support and advance clean energy as a truly non-partisan effort, and to make clean energy growth a top priority in supporting American business and innovation.” A simple first step would be to recognize [...]
The 2012 Election: It’s All About Energy
Recently, GTM asked how the results of the 2012 election will impact U.S. greentech, but a new poll suggests that question put the horse before the cart. The first question is how greentech will impact the 2012 election. Public Policy Polling (PPP) asked 22,412 likely voters in eight states considered to have the potential to [...]