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Monday, April 27, 2009 3:02 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 3 Comments »

Solar Bright after Solar Night?

[Palo Alto, California USA] From How Bright is the Future for Solar Power? Bright Solar panel “Quotable Quotes” highlights. Concerns about US Stimulus program progress for Photovoltaics (PV). Last week ended with a trio of dismal 1Q 2009 solar earnings reports from Oerlikon Solar, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., and SunPower Corporation covering the solar value chain from equipment to polysilicon and solar modules and systems:

“SunPower Posts Q1 Net Loss, Delays Factory Plans” and “Oerlikon Solar Lays Off 60, Sees Q1 Sales Dropped by 32%” by Ucilia Wang at Greentech Media
“MEMC Q1 Top Line Misses; EPS Beats; No Guidance” by Eric Savitz for Barron's Tech Trader Daily

Solar Power 2007: Discussion Panels Aplenty – Part 1

Cost Competitiveness, CEO Panel, and Solar Stocks

If only they were solar panels…

On Tuesday at Solar Power 2007, GABA (German American Business Association) held their 2nd Clean Technology Industry Group event during the Solar Power Conference and Expo. I reported second hand about last year’s event in German Market for Solar Modules soft.

Solar Power: Achieving Cost Competitiveness was this year’s theme, and the panel included five CEOs and Managing Directors from a range of established to new companies:

Anton Milner, CEO, Q-Cells AGKristin Roth, Managing Director Photovoltaics, Roth & Rau AGRobert Gattereder, Managing Director, M+W ZanderSuvi Sharma, CEO, Solaria Corp.