Tag: solar panels
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Why We Need More Solar Companies to Fail
- By Kevin Bullis
- 03/18/2013
Solar manufacturers like Suntech are struggling. Hundreds need to die for the industry to recover.
Why Solar Installations Cost More in the U.S. than in Germany
- By Kevin Bullis
- 12/26/2012
A new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory points to specific areas where costs could be lowered.
Innovation in Manufacturing Takes a Village
- By David Talbot
- 09/21/2012
For expensive manufacturing research on solar panels and 3-D printing, a new push toward shared pilot production facilities.
New Method Makes Solar-Cell Production Cheaper, Easier
- By Kevin Bullis
- 09/18/2012
Crystal Solar's approach simplifies the manufacturing of silicon wafers and eliminates some expensive equipment.
GE's Solar Setback Reflects a New Technology Landscape
- By Kevin Bullis
- 07/11/2012
As the solar market has changed, companies hoping to compete with low manufacturing costs have been forced to rethink.
New Solar Panel Designs Make Installation Cheaper
- By Kevin Bullis
- 07/06/2012
Companies in Germany and China have made simpler designs that make it easier and quicker to mount panels to roofs.
The Great German Energy Experiment
- By David Talbot
- 06/18/2012
Germany has decided to pursue ambitious greenhouse-gas reductions—while closing down its nuclear plants. Can a heavily industrialized country power its economy with wind turbines and solar panels?
Advance Could Challenge China's Solar Dominance
- By Kevin Bullis
- 11/21/2011
- 19 Comments
New technology could tip the balance back in favor of some solar-panel manufacturers outside China.
China's Rare-Earth Monopoly
- By Adam Aston
- 10/15/2010
- 28 Comments
The rest of the world is trying to find alternatives to these crucial materials.
Advanced Solar Panels Coming to Market
- By Kevin Bullis
- 09/17/2009
- 16 Comments
Nanosolar's new factory could help lower the price of solar power, if the market cooperates.
Superefficient Solar from Nanotubes
- By Katherine Bourzac
- 09/15/2009
- 2 Comments
Carbon nanotube photovoltaics can wring twice the charge from light.
Solar Industry: No Breakthroughs Needed
- By Kevin Bullis
- 08/03/2009
- 22 Comments
The solar industry says incremental advances have made transformational technologies unnecessary.
More AC Power from Solar Panels
- By Prachi Patel
- 05/18/2009
- 11 Comments
Startup Enphase Energy is shrinking DC-to-AC inverters to extract more juice from solar panels.
Cheaper Solar Concentrators
- By Kevin Bullis
- 05/04/2009
- 17 Comments
Skyline Solar, a new startup, is combining conventional technologies to lower solar-power costs.
A Zero-Emissions City in the Desert
- By Kevin Bullis
- 02/24/2009
- 11 Comments
Oil-rich Abu Dhabi is building a green metropolis. Should the rest of the world care?
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