Tag Archives: solar energy
Beacon Power Pulls the Plug
It may be darkest just before the dawn, but it doesn’t seem like there’s much of any light shining out of the US Department of Energy’s Energy Policy Act loanĀ guaranteeĀ program. First solar energy manufacturer Solyndra went lights out in September. … Continue reading
Post-Solyndra Solar Looking Up
Fast Company magazine offered an upbeat rejoinder this to the post-Solyndra solar funk that I should have included in that post: The solar industry has been in the post-Solyndra dumps. But here comes a timely ray of light: news that solar companies … Continue reading
Solyndra’s Broken Windows
In the spirit of broken windows posing as “economic development,” lets take a peek at the recent disaster named Solyndra. Solyndra was a California company founded in 2005, that designed, manufactured and sold rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Ā The company’s … Continue reading
Turbine Envy
Wind, solar, fuel cells and other renewable energy at 6th Annual Biosciences Conference, Worthington, MN Continue reading
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