Solyndra To File for Bankruptcy; 1,100 Lose Jobs

Fremont-Calif.-based Solyndra, which in 2009 received a $535 million federal loan guarantee, announced Wednesday that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and immediately lay off 1,100 full-time and temporary employees.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/08/solyndra-to-file-for-bankruptcy-1100-lose-jobs?cmpid=rss

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A Silver Lining in Declining Solar Prices

Quarterly earnings numbers are out for many publicly-traded solar manufacturing companies, and you'd be forgiven for thinking the solar industry is in trouble. Why? Because the global price of solar panels is falling and putting pressure on profit margins ? and that spells bad news for manufacturers' earnings.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/08/a-silver-lining-in-declining-solar-prices?cmpid=rss

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Farms of the Future: Bio-oil, Biochar from Biomass

Rural landscapes of the future might have pyrolysis plants instead of grain elevators on every horizon ? processing centers where farmers would bring bulky crops such as switchgrass to be made into crude oil.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/07/farms-of-the-future-bio-oil-biochar-from-biomass?cmpid=rss

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Solyndra Shuts Down, and Woe Is Us

In the iconic satire Network, Howard Beale, the mad anchorman said: "Edward George Ruddy died today! Edward George Ruddy was the chairman of the board of the Union Broadcasting Systems and he died at eleven o'clock this morning of a heart condition, and woe is us! We're in a lot of trouble!"

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/09/solyndra-shuts-down-and-woe-is-us?cmpid=rss

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DOE Awards $2.1Million for Inverter Development

Solectria RenewablesSolectria Renewables, LLC, a leading PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that it has been awarded a $2.1 million US Department of Energy (DOE) contract to develop integrated smart-grid ready photovoltaic (PV) inverters with utility communications in partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Detroit Edison, National Grid and Xcel Energy.

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Source: http://feeds.novustoday.com/~r/SolarNovus/~3/w6ZaS2Qswkw/index.php

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GM sells just 281 Chevy Volts in February, Nissan only moves 67 Leafs

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Source: http://jordaneske.ws/gm-sells-just-281-chevy-volts-in-february-nissan-only-moves-67-leafs/

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