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New ag deals make it a sector to watch

October 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Mobile precision agriculture networking tech and organic Chinese fertilizer were among the 27 cleantech deals Cleantech Group saw in the past seven days. Full Story »

CIGS tech with 16 percent conversion efficiency?

Duebendorf, Switzerland-based Flisom’s CEO Anil Sethi released new details that his company accomplished a world record last week with its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cells, boasting more than 16 percent conversion efficiency.

It’s one thing to do it in the lab, he told the Cleantech Group yesterday. It’s a completely different story to scale that up and still achieve the same efficiencies. But that’s what it appears the Mumbai-based Tata Group is paying Flisom to do.

Swiss power electronics firm set for wind growth in China

October 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - IDS is projecting a revenue increase of 10 to 30 percent for 2010 from its converter technology used in the renewable energy market. Full Story »

Fighting the backlash against clean energy

October 26, 2009 - Exclusive - Andy Andersen of Passantino Andersen warns that developers need a public education strategy to keep renewable energy projects alive and on schedule.

Opsun looks to grow in N. America with China Sunergy

October 26, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Canadian firm looks to improve its concentrated photovoltaic systems as its partner, a Nanjing based solar cell maker, wins an injunction extension. Full Story »

MEMC to develop solar plants with $200M SunEdison acquisition

October 23, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Silicon wafer maker posts $64.6M third quarter loss as it plans to pay SunEdison security holders in cash and stock options. Full Story »

China’s ENN, Duke Energy to build U.S. solar projects

October 23, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New joint development agreement intends to focus on utility-scale solar farms and commercial distributed generation plants. Full Story »

Three solar firms picked for Andhra Pradesh development

October 22, 2009 - Best of the web - AES, Lanco and Sunborne are the first to be selected for 5,000 of 20,000 acres deemed suitable for solar power.   Full Story »

Second time’s a charm for STR Holdings’ IPO?

October 22, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Connecticut-based solar encapsulant manufacturer looks to break U.S. solar IPO dry spell, plus we spot 15 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Skyline taps auto supplier for solar racks

October 22, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - A Michigan factory run by a subsidiary of Magna International is already delivering the components for concentrating photovoltaic solar systems. Full Story »
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