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Sierra Club sues California regulators over solar plant — The suit alleges that the California Energy Commission improperly approved the Calico solar project, recently sold by Tessera Solar to developer …
Thin-film solar cell maker AQT Solar announced today it will open a second manufacturing plant in Richland County, South Carolina to help fill its current order backlog of 160 megawatts.
The new facility is slated to start production of CIGS …
In a move to beef up demand for its product, Chinese solar wafer manufacturer LDK Solar announced today it has acquired a 70 percent stake valued at $33 million in solar project developer Solar Power Inc. (SPI).
The deal should …
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SoloPower picks up $51.6 million – The thin-film solar startup (solar module pictured) has raised the cash from backers that include Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Crosslink Capital, according to …
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IKEA makes push for LEDs — The company announced today it has stopped selling all incandescent light bulbs, Cleantechnica reports. Sounds like good news for energy-efficient LEDs, which are set to …
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Khosla backs natural gas startup Ciris – Ciris Energy makes technology that converts coal to methane and announced today it has raised equity in its second round of financing. The …
It’s been quite a year for energy-related investments and other ventures looking to make some green from green. Here’s a look back on the biggest successes and flops of 2010.
Best of cleantech in 2010:
Bloom Energy — The fuel …
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Tessera sells 850-megawatt Calico project to K Road Power — Putting an end to weeks of speculation, the troubled solar company has sold one of its just-approved California solar projects to …
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Tessera Solar loses 663.5-megawatt power purchase agreement – The five-year-old contract with Southern California Edison was originally for power to be generated from Tessera’s planned Calico solar project, which was …
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California’s electric car rebates could run out — The state fund that pays $5,000 rebate California offers for zero-emission cars is currently funded with $8 million, enough to pay out …
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Tessera scrambles to finance solar projects — Two of the company’s projects will cost a combined $4 billion, but it is struggling to get the financing, according to …
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Australia’s new clean energy projects drop sharply — The country is generally considered progressive in its pursuit of smart grid upgrades and renewable energies. Australia’s electricity output from …
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Offshore wind farm Cape Wind needs buyers for its power — The large, expensive and controversial Massachusetts wind farm needs customers, the Associated Press writes. Half of its 468-megawatt capacity …
This year has seen the launch of a number of cool green gadgets and gizmos — it’s also been a big year for electric car launches. If you want to put something really green under the tree, here are some …
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DOE grants world’s largest windfarm $1.3 billion – The Department of Energy has finalized a partial loan guarantee for the Caithness Shepherds Flat project, an 845-megawatt plant in eastern Oregon. …
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Trina Solar shoots for 10 percent market share – The Chinese company is the world’s No. 2 solar panel maker and plans to invest $400 million to ramp …
As the Department of Energy moves forward to disperse loan guarantees to grow cutting-edge cleantech, its focus will shift from the maturing sectors of solar and wind to less-developed areas like biofuels and carbon capture.
Loan guarantees promise that the …
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First Solar posts strong forecast, sells Arizona plant to NRG – The top solar panel maker and low-cost leader forecast 2011 profits above Wall Street’s expectations, Reuters reports. …
Solar financing startup Sungevity has raised $15 million in a third round of financing to put more solar panels on rooftops by leasing or selling the systems to homeowners.
The company has now raised a total of $25 million, and …
Abound Solar announced today it has closed on a $400 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy and an additional $110 million in equity financing from venture capitalists.
The company makes cadmium telluride thin-film solar modules (pictured) for large …
