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RECAP: Solar Market Insight 2012 “Google Hangout”
The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA)’s and GTM Research’s “Google Hangout” on their new Solar Market Insight 2012 report just ended, and it was highly informative. If you missed it, here’s a quick recap. According to SEIA, “2012 was a historic and busy year for the U.S. solar energy industry,” in which PV installations “grew [...]
My InterSolar 2012 Recap
We just returned from InterSolar North America 2012 and here are our reactions to the show, in no particular order, some good, some bad and one really pretty ugly… IS ? SPI This was our first exposure to InterSolar; previously we had passed up on the show in favor of Solar Power International (which we [...]
Green Patent Complaints: January 2012
There have been a few green patent complaints filed in the last several weeks in the areas of LEDs, solar power, and biofuels. LEDs Fiber Optic Designs, Inc. v. Seasons 4, Inc. Filed December 16, 2011 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Fiber Optic Designs’ (FOD) complaint (FiberOptic_Complaint) alleges that Seasons 4 is infringing two patents directed to [...]
Earnings Recap for GT Solar $SOLR
NOW I better understand Wunderlich Securities’s bullish case for GT Solar (SOLR). When I wrote December 1 about how diversification into sapphire crystallization systems (usedin the manufacture of LED products) is paying dividends for SOLR, Inoted my confusion over Wunderlich’s reiteration of a buy rating onSOLR. That reiteration came at the same time Wunderlich provided [...]
Solar Power Recap: July 30th
Here it is, your moment of solar power for this Friday, July 30… Pocono Raceway, an official NASCAR track, this week inaugurated a brand-new, 3-megawatt solar installation. We’d originally reported on the Pennsylvania solar project about a year ago. But we think Keith Barry of Autopia put it best today: While we’d gladly spend the [...]
Recap: Intersolar North America
Last week, GetSolar visited the Intersolar North America Conferencelast week — it was a full 5 blocks from our office, so naturally ourable bodied staff decided it would be worth the long and strenuousjourney to the Moscone Center. We walked around the impressive exhibits — many of which were as intricate as the design display [...]
Solar Power Recap: July 23rd
After a two-week hiatus, the solar power rundown is back. With a vengeance… This week’s big energy story? The Senate abandoned plans for a comprehensive energy bill that sought to curb carbon emissions, nationwide. Democrats simply didnot have the votes to move forward, and will now focus instead on anarrower bit of legislation centered on: [...]
Recap: Growth Opportunities in Utility-Scale Solar Conference
Last week, Greentech Media held our third annual conference attached to Intersolar North America. This year’s topic was Growth Opportunities in Utility-Scale Solar: Projects,Finance and Policy. Thanks to the intrepid Shanna Hoversten, we now have a recap of the conference highlights: Keynote Address Steve Malnight, Vice President, Renewable Energy, EnergyProcurement Team, Pacific Gas & [...]
Solar Power Recap: July 2nd
Charcoal? Check. Hot dog buns? Check. Sparklers? Check. Freakishly large, solar-powered cooler on wheels? Check. Welcome to Friday,everyone — hope you’re all gearing up for the holiday weekend. Here itis: your moment of solar power. Yesterday saw the official launch of Oregon’s pilot feed-in tariff program. PGE’s and Pacific Power’s slots filled upin 15 minutes, according [...]