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Marcial: A Power Surge for GT Solar? September 22, 2009

Whenever the subject of solar energy comes up, analysts invariably express concerns about the challenges that confront the industry. Indeed, solar-related stocks are ...

Clouds over the Solar Power Industry December 17, 2008

If the recent five-year boom in solar energy marked the birth of a global industry, the next half-decade should be its coming of age. But like most adolescents, solar ...

How the Philippines Can Be a Solar Power October 10, 2008

The solar power industry these days is a mix of large and small companies pushing their own technologies. The playing field is still wide open for competing solar ...

At the Zenith of Solar Energy March 26, 2008

Rooftops all over Israel look strikingly similar: More than 1 million households in the nation of 7.1 million people have solar panels that produce hot water—a ...

Why the Gloom on Solar-Energy Stocks? August 13, 2009

The global credit freeze and a supply glut of polysilicon—the key raw material used in photovoltaic solar panels—have hurt solar-power equipment ...

Solar Star April 11, 2007

I recently moved into a top-floor apartment and have been looking for solar lamps that I could use on the roof deck, which is bathed in sunlight all day—a ...

Israeli Solar Gets Its Moment in the Sun November 02, 2009

On Oct. 15, German engineering giant Siemens made headlines by paying nearly a half-billion dollars for Israel's Solel Solar Systems, a pioneer in solar thermal ...

Solar Cars Still in the Dark July 13, 2007

On July 14 the students in University of Michigan's Solar Car Team unveiled the Continuum, a super-aerodynamic one-man racer that sports a shimmering armor of solar ...

Solar Energy Stocks: All Fired Up September 02, 2008

Solar energy stocks are hot once again, with shares of industry players jumping as much as 58% in the past month. Much of that bounce is due to nearly uniformly ...

Iliotec Solar: A Shining Example October 19, 2006

Germans are passionate about being green, whether it's saving energy or reducing pollution. But even engineering graduate Stefan Dobler was stunned by the explosion of...

Solar: First a Shakeout, Then a Boom December 31, 2008

The law of supply and demand hasn't just wreaked havoc on the oil markets. Solar power, one of the favored industries of the incoming Obama Administration, also has ...

Solar Stocks Get Their Day in the Sun January 02, 2008

Investors seem to be hopeful that the time has come for solar panels to break out of their niche market and find a wider range of customers. Shares of LDK Solar (LDK) ...

Sharp-Enel Alliance Offers New Solar Biz Model December 03, 2008

When global oil prices were closing in on $150 a barrel, it looked like a blessing for renewable energy. Not for solar technology, though. Manufacturers of ...

Europe Mulls Huge Solar Project June 17, 2009

An ambitious German-led project to supply Europe with solar energy from the deserts of North Africa will start with a meeting on July 13, an executive from the German ...

Will Demand for Solar Homes Pick Up? October 23, 2008

As global financial markets melted down in October, Congress handed a gift to America's green energy industry: It renewed and broadened a set of tax credits for wind ...