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Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:08 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 2 Comments »

Nanosolar surprises in CIGS Photovoltaic parking survey

[San Jose and Fremont, California USA] Could Nanosolar be ramping production (at least a little)? SoloPower and Solyndra also surveyed. View CIGS Photovoltaic Silicon Valley in a larger map These must be the dog days of summer if a CIGS (copper indium gallium diselenide) parking lot survey is all an “In Search of” series investigator could dredge up. I’ve seen a few signals pointing to Nanosolar, Inc. activity, so I decided a site survey was in order. A visit to SoloPower located around the corner was a logical extension

Friday, July 17, 2009 3:15 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 4 Comments »

Intersolar North America

[San Francisco, California USA] Observing the obvious. I managed to spend some time at Intersolar North America 2009 this week in San Francisco. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) From Intersolar North America The big news was US President Barack Obama somehow finding the time to visit Applied Materials before the Major League Baseball 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd formed to understand how AMAT is driving down cost per watt. From Intersolar North America Solyndra, Inc. I noticed Michael Kanellos take a cameraperson over to