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Clean-Tech Industry Facing Lean Times After Solyndra
NPR
President Obama tours the headquarters of the Solyndra solar panel company in Freemont, Calif., on May 26, 2010.The company declared bankruptcy in August 2011. President Obama tours the headquarters of the Solyndra solar panel company in Freemont,

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Westinghouse Solar to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
In 2007, Westinghouse Solar pioneered the concept of integrating the racking, wiring and grounding directly into the solar panel. This revolutionary solar panel, originally branded "Andalay", quickly won industry acclaim. In 2009, the company again

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Kyocera Launches Its “Highest-Output” Solar Panel
CleanTechnica
By Zachary Shahan On February 2, 2012 — Leave a Comment Kyocera announced this week that it was launching its “highest-output” solar panel (aka solar module) in the US, the 80-cell KD 315 (yes, the beauty above). Kyocera notes that “the new module is

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Telegraph.co.uk
Solar panel returns could be cut by 80pc
Telegraph.co.uk
Home owners could see their returns on solar panel installations cut by 80pc if their properties are not energy efficient in other ways. By Richard Evans The Government is proposing to make full payments from "feed-in tariffs" conditional on homes
Business analysis: Solar panel uncertainty continues for Merseyside firmsLiverpool Daily Post
Solar buyers in race to beat tariff deadlineFinancial Times
US Bancorp Plans To Invest $440M In Solar, Wind Projects In 2012Wall Street Journal
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Sumco to Cut 1300 Jobs in Withdrawal From Solar Wafer Business
Bloomberg
Sumco Corp., a Japanese silicon wafer maker, said it will cut about 1300 jobs amounting to 15 percent of its workforce as it withdraws from supplying solar panel makers following a plunge in prices for the raw materials. The solar wafer business is

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The World's Tallest Solar Panel Array
CNNMoney
By Peter Gardett Atop Deutsche Bank's 745 foot skyscraper Wall Street building is the world's tallest solar panel array; a 122.4 kilowatt photovoltaic system designed to reduce the building's electricity consumption and avoid 100 metric tonnes of

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People expected to take advantage of solar panel 'gold rush'
Epsom Guardian
Those putting up solar panels after March 3 will only receive 21p p/kWh from April 2011, half the rate of long term solar panel owners. David Hunt, a director with leading renewable energy company Eco Environments, said: "This is an almighty kick in

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Chinese solar panel makers may face higher tariffs in US market
China Daily
In October, the US unit of Germany's SolarWorld AG and six other companies alleged that Chinese solar panel suppliers received unfair government subsidies and were selling their products in the US at prices below the cost of production,

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Cnooc Invests $300 Million in Isofoton Venture for China Solar
BusinessWeek
Serrano said China may install 15 gigawatts of panels over the next three years, and Isofoton may build its own solar panel factory in the world's second-biggest economy next year. Suntech Power Holdings Co. CEO Zhengrong Shi last week estimated China

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Energy Matters
Kyocera and Nichicon to Start Selling Solar Panel Battery Backup System in Japan
Green Building Elements
Kyocera plans to start selling a system that pairs solar panels with lithium-ion batteries for the residential market in Japan starting this summer. The system will include Kyocera's solar energy equipment, including solar panels, inverter and software
Kyocera Unveils Home Solar Power System With Li-Ion Battery StorageEnergy Matters

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