The 3.5-inch screen on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be elegant, but it’s also puny compared with the 4.5-inch screens available from other smartphone makers. A report ... Read Full Story »
Japan's manufacturers are facing threats on two fronts, and prospects for improvement on either are dim. The first front, which is affecting every one of the country's exports, is the ... Read Full Story »
The US Department of Energy has issued a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a $344 million loan for solar PV installer SolarCity. The company will install rooftop solar ... Read Full Story »
Predictions that oversupply of solar PV modules will push down prices and margins in 2011 apparently have no impact on decisions to continue building additional manufacturing capacity. Wafer makers in ... Read Full Story »
As part of last week's story on stock buybacks in the solar PV industry, we opined that a consolidation in the solar industry is looking to take shape. Acquisitions and ... Read Full Story »
Today's alternative energy news leads off with the exceedingly lackluster earnings report from the world's largest producer of solar modules. We've also got more items on solar and wind power, ... Read Full Story »
The ever-entertaining solar PV sector provides more than its share of fun today. First, Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ:SOLF), a Chinese solar PV company making crystalline wafers, cells, and ... Read Full Story »