Solar Industry Carnage Continues: R.I.P Silicon Industries
The massive global oversupply of solar panels has led to solar panel prices plummeting to new depths. This has already led to bankruptcies of numerous solar companies around the world with some of them...
View ArticleR.I.P: Ampulse Solar
Solar startup Ampulse of Golden, Colorado is winding down its operations, according to sources. Calls to the CEO and the firm’s VC investors have not been returned. When we reported on the 150+...
View ArticleRumor: More Layoffs at Nanosolar?
The slashing continues at CIGS solar PV aspirant Nanosolar. Last week Nanosolar went through a round of layoffs, according to sources and verified with a company spokesperson. The spokesperson would...
View ArticleWill Suntech Power Survive?
It’s hard to believe the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech (NYSE: STP) could go bankrupt, but right now its chances are greater than 50/50 – and it could file next week. When Suntech...
View ArticleRIP: ArrayPower
In 2008, I came across a slide deck circulating among VCs on Sand Hill Road from a PV panel electronics firm with an interesting patent, four unsalaried employees, and no funding. The buzz called it an...
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RIP: Silent Power
Silent Power, a startup piloting combined solar PV-battery storage projects in California and its home state of Minnesota, has gone out of business, according to a news report. It’s not the first...
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