TIME: "We have wasted twelve months of precious time. We must have energy legislation without further delay." http://bit.ly/b4ARAe #
Where are the Photovoltaic Blog posts? On hold! I am in a frenzy preparing my paper and presentation for EU PVSEC #
RT Thx & #FF @PVAddict @ddbits @GetSolar @REWorld @tassos_g @chrisrbrown @AdairSolar @JohnD1967 #
RT Thx & #FF @mikehall_solar @makotookada908 @unenergy @DavidDunnison @NaturalEnergyHQ @IPVEA @ewesoff @SolarForces @nan_fischer #
RT @uciliawang: AQT Solar (CIGSS) factory tour, w/ efficiency+cost roadmap, in my Earth2tech post: http://bit.ly/bt5fYR #solar #pv #
RT @pv_tech: CEC awards first Clean Energy Business Financing Program loan to Calisolar http://bit.ly/bIM5Do #solar #PV #
RT @OttoBright: You've just crossed over into…The #Solar Zone. http://bit.ly/9TwqH9 Lots happening at the UA Tech Park. $UNS #PV #
RT @ddbits: #FF @KACOnewenergy @SolarIndustry @AdvancedSolarOH @Vegnacious @uciliawang @colinsbrauns @SolarFred @chrisrbrown @H2Osustain #
RT @pkedrosky: Full 1974 Science #energy issue is available as PDF. Deja-vu. http://bit.ly/af1sx0 (via @timoreilly) @GregorMacdonald #
A climate disaster! RT @JaymiHeimbuch: Global Warming-Loving Beetle Threatens World's #Coffee Supply http://ow.ly/2vLdu #
RT @AlternativeNRG: SDG&E Bolsters Its Renewable Portfolio With More #Solar … http://bit.ly/cg2wxW #Solar #PV via Sunrise Powerlink #
RT @pvmagazine: First Solar to takeover SMA? http://bit.ly/9JbScA #Solar #PV $FSLR €S92 #
Phoenix Business Journal: Arizona gives $2.7M in grants to six renewable energy companies http://bit.ly/cPS9va 4x #Solar $STP #
RT @pv_tech: Project Focus: Arizona regulators approve Tucson Electric plans for 97MW of #PV power plants http://bit.ly/afciHp #Solar #
2011FiT changes will drive module and Si prices. Y, new PolySi ramps a ? RT @ddbits: Not surprised by rises, future -> US mkt?? #Solar #PV #
Si price will fall in 2011 RT @REWorld: wht do U think abt the #silicon price rises? cont in2 2011? Or fall … http://bit.ly/9YrBfM #Solar #
DIGITIMES: Neo Solar breaks ground for 3.4GWp #solar cell facility http://bit.ly/9jOAC6 #PV Ed: yep, that GigaWatts #
RT @pvmagazine: Nevada #Solar Works to install 1.3 MW of #PV in City of Reno: http://bit.ly/a6fg0y Ed: PPA power #
Why are the winning RAM bids not released? RT @pvmagazine: California: CPUC proposes next-generation #solar FIT – http://bit.ly/avuew6 #PV #
DIGITIMES: China-based poly-Si suppliers reportedly purchasing from spot market http://bit.ly/9Y5jzA #Solar #PV Cn spot $70/kg #
RT @Earth2Tech: Stimulus Money To Halve #Solar Electricity Rates? Think Again http://dlvr.it/4DNdn #
RT @pvmagazine: South Africa: Grid parity within sight, but Refit needs to be implemented soon – http://bit.ly/c8qq7p #Solar #PV #FiT #
RT @reworld: What's Your Game Plan? http://bit.ly/acivWx Treasury Grants vs. or & Loan Guarantees #
RT @GetSolar: New blog post: Arizona Ponders a Feed in Tariff for #Solar http://bit.ly/dsLejG #PV #FiT #
RT @dotcommodity: Republican Climate-Blindness Spreading From Senate to Governors Races : CleanTechnica http://bit.ly/bmjo4i #
RT @mikekanellos: Joe Biden cited Greentech Media numbers on #solar in his report. cngrts 2 S. Mehta,the analyst http://tinyurl.com/2em7v5l #
RT @katiefehren: Californians just dont like PG&E, regardless of smart meters or not: http://bit.ly/a3r17q $PCG #
Absolutely! I'm supposed to give an Oral Presentation RT @IPVEA: @edgunther Ed will you be at EUPVSEC? #
RT @IPVEA: Manz Automation issues an invitation 2 the #CIGS Forum at the 25th EU PVSEC http://bit.ly/cv4L99 #Solar #PV manufacturing #
RT @photovoltaik: Transformatorlose Wechselrichter von SMA mit UL-Zertifikat: Der PV-Markt in den USA.. http://bit.ly/93mNXL #PV €S92 #Solar #
RT @REWorld: IREC Announces #Solar Licensing Database http://bit.ly/9yXsXF@IRECUSA state by state #PV & #thermal #
RT @mlamonica: MIT prof Dan Nocera of SunCatalytix makes progress on cheap solar-powered electrolyzer to make hydrogen http://bit.ly/bjajhS #
RT @pv_tech: Bright future for microinverters says IMS Research http://bit.ly/c5HkdF #Solar #PV #Enphase €S92 #
RT @photovoltaik: First #Solar will 2011 mit Zwei-Gigawatt-Projekt in China starten http://bit.ly/8Z8XZS #PV $FSLR #
RT @GreenTechNews: PG&E pushes 'pumped hydro' for energy storage http://bit.ly/aZRYxK works w/ #Solar #PV too $PCG #
RT @pv_tech: Tokuyama’s planned polysilicon plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Malaysia gets go ahead http://bit.ly/agVorj #Solar #PV 6K MT #
RT @Earth2Tech: The Cost of Going #Solar and How To Do the Math http://dlvr.it/43CSr #PV Ed: ++ paperwork and inefficient install process #
DIGITIMES: Motech and OCI sign 5-year material supply agreement http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100823PD207.html #
RT @pvmagazine: New Mexico sees its biggest #solar array unveiled: http://bit.ly/9vs0Xg #PV #
RT @pv_tech: Order Focus: Solaria’s Shugar says company will ship ‘multiple MWs’ 2 enXco ovr nxt 2 quarters http://bit.ly/cF6uAy #Solar #PV #
GRIST: Is the U.S. the most overpopulated country on the planet? [VIDEO] http://bit.ly/cbPf27 #
RT @drgrist: Nuclear energy developments dependent on federal support http://is.gd/esozq Breaking! #nuke #
RT @drgrist: Tyler Cowen: Free Parking Comes at a Price http://is.gd/et2Of #

Aug 28 2010 | Edgar A. Gunther

GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2010-08-28

RT @HydrogenEnergy: #FF @GasWeldEdge @hydro52 @AirLiquidenergy @PVBlog @edgunther @Welding5794 @mysemicondaily @jeremymcnamara @FCBulletin #
RT Thx & #FF @cuvaison @dowcorning @chrisrbrown @McClennan @makotookada908 @XIAMETER @jasonmorris @figgirl @quivirawinery #
RT @pvmag_headlines: Bosch opens new German crystalline #solar cell production plant: Bosch Solar Energy AG … http://bit.ly/9yaQX9 #PV #
DIGITIMES: China #solar module makers cut quotes by 7% http://bit.ly/cgW3TY #PV 1.25-1.4 €/W #
RT @reworld: Is the #transmission problem for #wind #solar and #geothermal a farce? One expert says "yes" in #CA http://bit.ly/aicmt7 #
@McClennan I am fond of "scalable solution" but despise "leader" or "leading" in reply to McClennan #
Tell UR clients RT @SchwartzComm: Schwartz #Research Group's latest blog on most overused #buzzwords in #press releases http://bit.ly/bOGHFq #
A hard cap? DIGITIMES: Germany rumored to be considering subsidy cap for #solar system installation in 2011 http://bit.ly/aDDp6X #PV #
$ or MW ??? RT @greentechmedia: GTMnews: Solaria and enXco in 5-Year Solar PV Supply Deal http://bit.ly/c0f6Wm #Solar #PV #
DIGITIMES: Germany-based #solar module makers lower quotes by 3-5% http://bit.ly/9o76zQ #PV 1.65 €/W #
I am huge TREK fan RT @votesolar: You deserve a new bike. Especially if you will then use it more. http://bit.ly/bFp7Kf #
RT @greentechmedia: GTMnews: #Solar Waste Recycling: Can the Industry Stay Green? http://bit.ly/aek3FA #PV @pvrecycling #
An exit? RT @greentechmedia: Sources: Recurrent Energy, an Independent Power Provider, Soon to be Acquired http://bit.ly/cKdgfA #Solar #PV #
RT @ewesoff: RT @greentechmedia Oerlikon and the Fate of Amorphous Silicon Solar Technology:Greentech Media http://bit.ly/aR225w #solar #PV #
RT @pv_tech: Order Focus: CNPV to supply Tamrag Power with 30MWp #PV modules through 2012 http://bit.ly/95EcI8 #Solar #
RT @photovoltaik: #Solar Millennium verschiebt Zwischenbericht: Der Kraftwerksbauer hat wegen einer… http://bit.ly/blwsEI #CSP #
RT @Earth2Tech: Apple’s Batteries Over-Hyped http://dlvr.it/3xpQj #
RT @lorettaprencipe: Tell me why…when I get in a plane every flat roof I see is NOT covered wtih #solar panels? How stupid is this? #PV #
RT @ddbits: Concessions and New Restrictions for Ontario’s #Solar #PV #FIT Program http://d-bits.com/final-ontario-ground-mount-rate/ #
RT @pvmag_headlines: centrotherm designs Taiwan’s largest single major polysilicon production facility http://bit.ly/d6w5aT €CTN #Solar #PV #
Video Contest 2010 Winner: #Solar Waste? Not on my Planet http://bit.ly/czCo39 via @SVTC #PV #
Fantastic ! Sunday Brunch at the girl & the fig, Sonoma CA http://www.thegirlandthefig.com/ @figgirl #
The Philippine Star: Lopez Group's #solar unit plans to expand overseas http://bit.ly/aD5NfS #PV http://bit.ly/aURYdq #
PR: Dow Corning Exhibits and Experts Present at 25th European Photovoltaic #Solar Energy Conference @dowcorning http://bit.ly/cO7wKA #PV #
RT @Budapestphotos: Two tailed dog party #Budapest http://dld.bz/rU44 #

Aug 21 2010 | Edgar A. Gunther

GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2010-08-21

@cuvaison the #Solar #PV tracker was not tracking the sun at the entrance to your Carneros estate. #
RT @Stphn_Lacey: #FF #cleanenergy #solar @edgunther @ewesoff @UciliaWang @SolarFred @KACOnewenergy @new_rules @FreeHotWater @kristenmnicole #
RT Thx and #FF @DavidDunnison @Morgansolar @SolarFred @FreeHotWater @chrisrbrown @REWorld @ThePhoenixSun @JVBusiness @Cohen_Yoni #
RT @SpenserVillwock: RT @SolarFred: Follow for #solar @msokolove @brian_mahar @bropo @SpenserVillwock @edgunther @TonySeba @birdy27 #FF #
RT @FreeHotWater: Follow for #solar @msokolove @brian_mahar @bropo @SpenserVillwock @edgunther @TonySeba @birdy27 #
DIGITIMES: Silicon wafer vendors engage in barter trade for #solar cell capacity http://bit.ly/dtVVsa #PV 10:3, 10:5 Wafers:cells #
RT @pv_tech: Inverter production reached new record at SMA #Solar in second quarter http://bit.ly/bsyUyv #PV €S92 #
RT @PVBlog: Québec Silicon Joint Venture has #Solar implications: Dow Corning acquires a 49% … http://bit.ly/9kbFEg #PV $TIM.TO #
That's the new design??? RT @greentechmedia: GTMnews: More #CPV Action: Greenvolts Scores $7.5M in VC … http://bit.ly/9Du1n6 #Solar #
RT @greentechmedia: GTMnews: More #CPV Action: Greenvolts Scores $7.5M in VC: Concentrating Photovoltaics … http://bit.ly/9Du1n6 #Solar #
RT @pv_tech: Order Focus: CNPV to supply 30MW of #PV modules to MPower for Australian, Pacific markets http://bit.ly/cNRyfu #Solar #
RT @pv_tech: Q-Cells turn’s a corner: guides increased shipments and revenue http://bit.ly/cviYqz €QCE #Solar #PV #
A Project? RT @cohen_yoni: GreenVolts raises $7.5m. Oak Investment Partners-backed CA firm … http://bit.ly/9eTuKT #CPV #Solar #
RT @pvmag_headlines: Concentrix #Solar expands into South Africa; is looking to develop utility-scale solar http://bit.ly/a68Uhz #CPV #
RT @ddbits: Just Published at d-bits: Economics of Efficiency in #Solar #PV Systems http://d-bits.com/efficiency-economics/ via @AddToAny #
RT @pv_tech: #PV Module Costs and Prices – What is Really Happening? http://bit.ly/9yg9Y7 #Solar outlook #
DIGITIMES: Taiwan market: #Solar system companies protest opaque Taipower approval process http://bit.ly/92iQGf #PV Interconnect backlog #
Oh my, sad DIGITIMES: TSMC responds to recent staff suicide http://bit.ly/bBLfWI $TSM #
RT @greentechmedia: Nanogram, #Solar Dabbler, Sold to Japan’s Teijin for $23M: $60 million venture capital in… http://bit.ly/c3gNQP #PV #
RT @pv_tech: Project Focus: SunPower racks-up another U.S. Air Force base project http://bit.ly/9bw8DU $SPWRA #Solar #PV #
RT @photovoltaik: Weber: Photovoltaik ist 2050 wichtigste Energiequelle: Der Chef des Fraunhofer-ISE… http://bit.ly/9qpZsT #photovoltaik #
RT @E2Wire: #Solar industry pleads Obama to help restore loan guarantees http://bit.ly/8XHQ6H #
@Morgansolar Really, I was just teasing … in reply to Morgansolar #
RT @algore: Restore funding for renewables http://bit.ly/b22DcB Ed: DOE Loan Guarantee Program #
RT @solarshop: New blog post: #Solar shop opens new concept retail store in Caringbah, NSW http://bit.ly/bYYFX0 #AUS #
Morgan #Solar Sun Simba Test Site Install http://bit.ly/b8DZXB #CPV Ed: juxta Amonix? LOL on the site ? #
RT @UciliaWang: Amonix lines up 30MW project in Colorado, developer+utility customers. My Earth2tech post: http://bit.ly/abnyC7 #CPV #solar #
RT @SolarFred: RT @ThePhoenixSun: Spot.us: #Solar waste #recycling industry starts up http://bit.ly/9l9Z4i #SEJ #eco #PV #
@aesolarsystems I do as little as possible to maintain the legacy blogspot. Links are at my sole discretion. in reply to aesolarsystems #
NREL Issues Massive Feed-in Tariff Design Guide for US by Paul Gipe http://bit.ly/aApUyL #renewable #energy #Solar #FiT #
RT @votesolar: 30 MW #CPV contract in CO…http://tinyurl.com/29w5dch Ed: #Solar Amonix $GS $XEL #
RT @Earth2Tech: Cold Reality in the #Solar Thermal World http://dlvr.it/3Yrmw #CSP #
Apple to launch upgraded iPad with Cortex-A9-based CPU in 2011, says Digitimes Research http://bit.ly/b2rxCV & $VZ CDMA iPhone, Apple TV #
DIGITIMES: TPSI successfully produces poly-Si in volume http://bit.ly/c7xqk1 Taiwan Polysilicon, 8K MT planned #Solar #PV #
Tri-State Co-op Cimarron I #Solar Project in NM webpage http://bit.ly/9J5RQP #PV $FSLR #
PR: Astronergy Jump Starts Expansion with New Thin Film Silicon Equipment from Oerlikon #Solar http://bit.ly/drqD8r +45MW 2011 #PV #
RT @Earth2Tech: How Moore’s Law Has Spoiled Us for The Energy Revolution http://dlvr.it/3YJM9 #
RT @NobleFreshEnerg: Ruh roe. RT @climateprogress: Global boiling fuels disasters in nuclear nations – http://bit.ly/c7jr9S #
How do I preview a hyperlink url in safari before opening? http://yhoo.it/cO7G1T #
RT @dotcommodity: Daily kos 319 comments on They laughed at Al Gore – now the "Inconvenient Truth" #climate starts… http://bit.ly/ceCVHv #
US EIA: 2005 closing of the 1,580 MW coal-fired Mohave Generation Station in Laughlin, Nevada http://bit.ly/9La42d #
RT @solveclimate: Climate Plan B 4 Obama in 5 Easy Steps. Bill Becker explains http://bit.ly/dzrVpN #climate #oilspill #cleanenergy #news #
The Smirking Chimp: Iacocca Ponders Leadership Dearth http://bit.ly/cvaw3W Ed: Thinking about "Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way" #
Lunch stop at the University Cafe on the way back from Menlo Park #
RT @SandiaLabs: RT @nprscience: Albuquerque Museum Memorializes the Atomic Age http://n.pr/cqIhG9 #
RT @LIFE: Never-Seen: Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://su.pr/27iwV5 #
@EdgeOfDark Thx 4 the RTs in reply to EdgeOfDark #

Aug 14 2010 | Edgar A. Gunther

GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2010-08-14

Aug 13 2010 | Edgar A. Gunther

Québec Silicon Joint Venture has Solar implications

RT Thx & #FF @chrisrbrown @CityChic_inSF @unenergy @FreeHotWater @SolarFred @jasonmorris @RickShort21 @jennkho @bromano @Solar_Sister #
RT @AroundABQ: Schott #Solar suspends production line, lays off 30 http://ht.ly/18sumu #CSP receivers #
RT @pv_tech: Polysilicon supply chain issues emerging as spot prices rise, says Barclays Capital http://bit.ly/ddCS6V #Solar #PV ~$70-80/kg #
RT @appleinsider: Yoko Ono: 'Don't hold your breath' for Beatles on Apple's iTunes http://dlvr.it/3Skjc #
DIGITIMES: Spot price for #solar cells showing signs of increase in August http://bit.ly/bKm1dH #PV +3% =maybe= #
RT @pvmag_headlines: U.S. National Guard unit attempts 2 bring #solar & other renewable energies 2 rural Afghanistan http://bit.ly/bLwMrr #
@SVTC Deregulate hazardous #solar waste? http://bit.ly/dzA50V #PV $FSLR (?) looking for exemption? #
Southern facing #solar #PV module test racks on the roof of Nanosolar, Inc. http://bit.ly/cMBk9l #
RT @nan_fischer: Coal-powered water woes | The Energy Collective http://ht.ly/2lMmb #
RT @pv_tech: Suntech stops thin-film production: 2Q revenue US$620 million plus http://bit.ly/auIXyY #Solar #PV $STP $AMAT #
Morgan Solar: Sun, Sun Simbas, and Morgan #Solar Staff http://bit.ly/dD6WS5 #CPV Ed: any hints on the test site location? 🙂 #
@pv_tech Exclusive: Nanosolar rising, Part II—The ‘I’ in CIGS also stands for thin-film PV innovation http://bit.ly/9koGCL #Solar #PV #
Nanosolar 1 MW #Solar #PV plant mentioned in @maz_aktuell newspaper [D] http://bit.ly/bVNm1e GOOG Eng http://bit.ly/a1lsoN #
@maz_aktuell Solarkraftwerk produziert im Verbund mit Deponiegasverstromung Energie http://bit.ly/bVNm1e #Solar #PV Nanosolar #
DIGITIMES: $AUO to expand global #solar module capacity http://bit.ly/9IiFfY #PV Taiwan to 200MWp, CZ 100 MWp #
RT @RhoneResch: I'm following @SolarPwrintl for SPI2010 updates – you should too! #solpwr10 #Solar #
RT @PRNenv: Yingli Green Energy's In-house Polysilicon Plant Successfully Started Commercial Operation http://bit.ly/bjBJ3C $YGE #Solar #PV #
RT @pv_tech: Phoenix #Solar expands U.S. focus with the formation of California-based #PV subsidiary http://bit.ly/9oAHlM €PS4 #
RT @bmwblog: Manual or Automatic Transmission? Cast your vote http://bit.ly/dkX6YQ Duh! Manual #
RT @PVblog: SCE #Solar Rooftop Project awards and #Solyndra too http://bit.ly/bfENON #PV $EIX #
RT @SolarFred: Ditto! Fracking poisons water supplies. RT @votesolar: Enough w/ the fracking natural gas, let's go solar: http://ow.ly/2lapA #
RT @SolarNovus: SEIA Seeks Input in Attempt to Save DOE Loan Guarantee Program http://goo.gl/fb/RogCP #solar #
RT @Carydc: #Solar Pioneer Borrows From Auto Industry – CNBC: Skyline solar array field. http://tinyurl.com/2duo5n9 #PV #
RT @votesolar: FERC decision & successful approaches 2 WDG http://bit.ly/aYSElk #Solar #
DIGITIMES: $AUO terminates plans for back-contact #solar cell plant http://bit.ly/aUyrXU #PV …still prefers CTSP… http://bit.ly/cUD35H #
RT @REWorld: An interesting roundtable discussion on #feedintariffs for the #solar market in the U.S. http://bit.ly/auBJuL #PV #FiT #
RT @pv_tech: Exclusive: Nanosolar rising, Part I—One-time thin-film #PV lightning rod gets its focus on http://bit.ly/a4LfFt #Solar #CIGS #
Congrats Tom! RT @pv_tech: Exclusive: Nanosolar rising, Part I—One-time thin-film #PV lightning rod gets its focus on http://bit.ly/a4LfFt #
RT @pv_tech: SoCal Edison issues request for offers for #solar other small renewable energy generators http://bit.ly/d2YZRq #
RT @CivicSolar: How to Wire a #Solar Panel Junction Box http://tinyurl.com/2fnzdsv #PV #
DIGITIMES: Taiwan-based #solar cell makers to see full capacity utilization for rest of 2010 http://bit.ly/an4rZU #PV #
@pv_tech iSuppli predicts global #solar market expansion into 2011, despite FiT cut concern http://bit.ly/d9dq8x #PV flat 2012 #
RT @greentechmedia: @DESERTEC Update: Coordinating 40 Countries, 200 Km of Undersea Cables, & €400B… http://bit.ly/9rmWiS #DESERTDREK #
sacbee: California's pioneering e-waste program a model gone wrong http://bit.ly/daWAu2 via @SVTC http://bit.ly/a1DL5x #
DIGITIMES: E-Ton subsidiary Adema lands 1.89MWp #PV project in Arizona http://bit.ly/91yw5L #Solar #TEP $UNS #
$EMKR & San'an Optoelectronics Enter Into a JV Agreement 2 Mfg #CPV Products for Terrestrial #Solar Power Apps http://yhoo.it/9yfFXb #
RT @MITNews: Work on #silicon shows it can melt while it cools; research could impact #solar cells: http://bit.ly/9pm7kO #PV #Si #
RT @pv_tech: MBM to build first solar-grade polysilicon plant in the UAE http://bit.ly/cQ4VLy #Solar #PV #
RT @ACPressBusiness: New Jersey's #solar energy industry gets boost as state renews program to pay users http://bit.ly/cNoYO2 #PV #
“What’s Blocking the Sun? #Solar Photovoltaics for the U.S. Commercial Market” http://bit.ly/bHYMQ3 via @worldresources #PV #
Back from Los Gatos Creek trail hike followed by Purple Onion lunch. Relaxing with a Starbucks CFL #
Common sense RT @NobleFreshEnerg: R @carbonfixated: David Frum: Two countries, one carbon tax http://bit.ly/d74fvJ #
Yuma Desalting Plant http://bit.ly/bUxQYl has operated on two occasions since completed in 1992! #H2O #
Carlsbad Desalination Project http://www.carlsbad-desal.com #H2O #
RT @PVblog: GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2010-07-31: Profitable biz? RT @pv_tech: … http://bit.ly/akZEoN #