Sep 13 2011 | Edgar A. Gunther

26th EU PVSEC Poster Awards Poster Award Winners

Sep 11 2011 | Edgar A. Gunther

TSMC Solar ramping CIGS photovoltaic module production [Updated]

Lobby organizations have quieted down re: Solyndra #solar #
The @KempinskiBerlin nickels and dimes weekend guests for Internet WiFi access #Fail #
@SharonFeli #
zurück bleiben bitte U2 #
U2 #
I never saw Mr. Harrison present RT @danahull: SOLYNDRA SAYS the FBI met with Brian Harrison at his house, they did not search it. #Solar #
@WBPetersen no, of course not, it is in the mattress #
Is this for real? RT @thehill: Republicans demand answers about Gibson Guitar raids http://t.co/FMNRYzz #
shape beauty: Botox to go, oh yeah http://t.co/04yDSfJ http://t.co/8oflrbn #
RT @katiefehren: Washington Post reports FBI also searched the home of Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison yesterday: http://t.co/giVDDH4 #Solar #
on the Ku'damm in Berlin #
Department of Energy Finalizes $90.6M Loan Guarantee to Cogentrix of Alamosa, LLC to Support CO #Solar Project
http://t.co/fI2OBjv #CPV #
26th European Photovoltaic #Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition concludes http://t.co/TDWytAG #EUPVSEC http://t.co/ZjP5zVa #
RT @pvmagazine: Conergy discontinues wafer and cell manufacturing at Frankfurt (Oder); 300 jobs affected http://t.co/sb9RkB6n #Solar €CGYK #
@IEA_OECD trying to get back in good graces w/ #PV back peddling from 60% #Solar by 2060 #EUPVSEC #
DIGITIMES: Europe #solar firm cutting orders on loan concerns http://t.co/G1qZ5sw #EUPVSEC playing chicken on module prices #
RT @greentechmedia: Solyndra FOIA Release of DOE Loan Guarantee Term Sheet http://t.co/pZqRd7q #Solar #
RT @danahull: updated story in Merc about Solyndra, FBI raid, Harrison letter: http://t.co/2txcVwm #Solar Truthiness again #
And so it goes RT @reuters: Senator asks Obama to curb Chinese #solar panels http://t.co/Q4jz4i0 #
Trina #Solar Announces World Record Based on 'Honey' Technology http://t.co/OqeNegI sweet w/ black look #TSL http://t.co/NOpbf6H #
@UciliaWang Agreed. A Solyndra FBI raid is a poor substitute for thorough due diligence up front. #
@greentechmedia having "lurked" at Solyndra last Wednesday, it is overrated. The search is for all of the above or none of the above. #
RT @BloombergNews: Trichet loses his cool on Deutsche mark question | http://t.co/a65dQIv #
Getting ugly. What about fraud? RT @UciliaWang: Why is FBI involved in Solyndra case? In my @GigaOm post http://t.co/26Q4Kye #Solar #
@leslieforman even my mom and brother heard about Solyndra. It must be on the national news or CNBC. #
Return to Osteria Due http://t.co/VBnh8VA in Hamburg, as good as I remembered #
Truthiness concerns about Solyndra? I know I have mine. #Solar #
! RT @mlamonica: FBI agents searching Solyndra plant in Cali, interviewing employees. Not clear why yet. San Jose Merc: http://t.co/JgvyMqp #
Missed this one: Roland Sillmann Board Spokesman at @Inventux http://t.co/94xemRi #Solar mm/a-Si #PV #
Solyndra CFO won't say if #solar maker to stay in U.S. | Reuters http://t.co/lJVRPa2 via @reuters US govt want this off the headlines? #
German #solar incentives facing big cut: sources http://t.co/YyEAg97 via @reuters 1.25GW German installs June/July, EPIA comment a misquote? #
Monopoly Energy or Energy Democracy? http://t.co/SOg6wlP via @reworld -> well written #
@iSuppli 2011 #PV market forecast 21.9GW at Business Forum yesterday #EUPVSEC Germany 5-7GW http://t.co/16EfSRs #
Hard 2 believe RT @greentechmedia: 2 Bidders for the Solyndra Factory? Huh? http://t.co/53jiwoU #Solar the end of optical coupling fluid #
RT @votesolar: Op-Ed in The Hill: PACE means jobs http://t.co/ilfKwVf #
More sales & closeouts coming RT @UciliaWang: Fall special: #solar companies for sale, in my @GigaOm post http://t.co/4L2cYpj #
RT @SVTC: Check out or latest blog on the fall of #solar company, Solyndra: As the Sun Sets on Solyndra: http://t.co/0zs1EHj #
@RhoneResch you mean except for the fact the @ENERGY #LGP does not make sense? The program is subjective unlike the #TGP #
RT @UciliaWang: A look at U.S. Ex-Im Bank's $650M financing for #solar in my @GigaOm post http://t.co/RK73VIo Solyndra was suspicious then #
RT @katiefehren: RT @SolarConstant: #Solarworld Has Received Takeover, Merger Inquiries, Chief Says – Bloomberg http://t.co/7UgV7so €SWV #
Release the 1st report RT @pvmag_headlines: #Solar Millennium seeks "quick" legal solution to Claassen calamity http://t.co/n2EFhZM €S2M #
DIGITIMES: Price of #solar wafers likely to drop below US$1.90 in October http://t.co/fltaX0q PolySi prices in the $45/kg range by Nov/Dec? #
@beinspace Not from space…. #
@mlamonica You mean 1703 LGP? $535M not required to reach demo scale. I suggest reviewing the @vkhosla article @ GTM http://t.co/p0UOwTL #
RT @PVBlog: 70 MWp BELECTRIC Photovoltaic Plant construction progress http://t.co/yOZOrfX $FSLR €S92 #Solar #
As usual, the EPIA European Photovoltaic Industry Association networking event was a huge success #EUPVSEC http://t.co/Xcyy0A1 #
Is it a bird or a new space shuttle? No, it's the Q-Cells #Solar Roadshow €QCE #EUPVSEC http://t.co/f6HUUP5 #
Abengoa #Solar has reincarnated though completely reengineered & redesinged the Sol3G #CPV concept http://t.co/M84HZ6J #
A 72 Rod CVD Reactor from Morimatsu #Solar Technology -> best #EUPVSEC display! http://t.co/rSz8JNJ #
@SolarFred They were takng names but not giving out numbers #
Will Q-Cells try to save money on silver by dropping the "Q" branding from their #solar cells? €QCE http://t.co/IrWQn4Q #
I was not quite SICK of #EUPVSEC on the 2nd day #solar http://t.co/nIaGzho #
ISRA VISION AG #SolarScan http://t.co/y1xfpyg #EUPVSEC http://t.co/2kXELO5 #
Canadian #Solar Mounties to the #PV rescue $CSIQ Will @SolarFred disapprove? #EUPVSEC http://t.co/gu0GkQu #
@greentechmedia I would also tell Congress to force @ENERGY transparency on Treasury Grant and Loan Guarantee Program awards. A no brainer! #
@greentechmedia Tell Congress to extend the Treasury Grant Program thru 2016, drop the @ENERGY LGP & reform US tax policy to encourage mfg. #
RT @pv_tech: Leadership re-shuffle as Timminco digs for profitability http://t.co/uxwY7wx #Solar #UMG-Si #
No it doesn't. Govt should be agnostic like TGP RT @mlamonica: Solyndra bankruptcy is definitely black eye fo… (cont) http://t.co/wIIsNKw #
RT @pvmag_headlines: Freiburg physicist named Junior Einstein: Thirty-year-old Paul Gundel, who has… http://t.co/azeKuG7 #EUPVSEC #Solar #
RT @tassos_g: Visit our poster on europe's largest #solar PV plant in section 5.BV #sunedison #eupvsec $WFR #
EPIA Investors Day @ #EUPVSEC #solar http://t.co/W3j1qpn #
RT @kei_sakurai: Silence your digital cameras. Know that the flash only degrades your image when recording a projected screen. #eupvsec #
Wacker estimates 2011 #PV market 22-26GW €WCH #EUPVSEC #
Wacker #PV market 100-200GW by 2020 €WCH #EUPVSEC #
RT @ewesoff: Stark calls on Solyndra to pay workers http://t.co/ehwK9eF via @SVSJbizjournal #Solar #PV #
RT @katiefehren: RT @peHUB: The No. 1 Predictor of Startup Failure: Premature Scaling http://t.co/udAwbLG #
RT @pvmagazine: EU PVSEC: More details emerge for proposed 10 GW "Project Helios" http://t.co/83FybaG #EUPVSEC #Solar Greece #
new EPIA report: #SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS COMPETING IN THE ENERGY SECTOR – ON THE ROAD TO COMPETITIVENESS http://t.co/31rLpHH #EUPVSEC #
@ENERGY #EUPVSEC presentation message rings flat after Solyndra C11 #Solar #
Quite a few folks in fact! RT @scott_higg: #EUPVSEC Is anyone here? #
Becquerel Prize awarded to Wim Sinke #EUPVSEC http://t.co/5K3KtKs #Solar #
PR: Oerlikon #Solar launches its new record-breaking module http://t.co/RedrZqm #EUPVSEC 154Wp 10.8% Eff on ThinFab early 2013 #
Calisolar chairman praises Mississippi farm boys, girls http://t.co/hABNfm6 via @MansfieldNJ #solar silicon #PV #
LoL! RT @froggy042: I just ousted Steven A. as the mayor of eSolar Sierra SunTower on @foursquare! http://t.co/7I83UNk #
Because #CSP is EOL? RT @solarthermalmag: Five First #Solar Executives Purchase Company #Stock #solarthermal http://t.co/dXlnXgs $FSLR #
RT @arielhs: Man-made global warming is increasing the odds of getting a bad roll of the dice. http://t.co/dhM8EtQ #
Hmm My cousin and his son are visiting Rome, there can't be a connection: Fountain in Rome's Piazza Navona vandalized http://t.co/l5JDVuy #
"Not that informed" An entrepreneur's view of #solar – http://t.co/zJmAqEl via @ee_times #
DIGITIMES: #Solar wafer gross margins contract significantly, says SAS president http://t.co/zKGCZUB #
DIGITIMES: Significant price drop of polysilicon in 4Q11, says SAS http://t.co/TR0Z1S0 Reality or wishful thinking? #Solar #PV #
DIGITIMES: Motech reports 1H11 EPS of NT$0.11 http://t.co/C6fFPwl 5.16% GM #Solar #PV #
@PVBLOG Archive: Calisolar emphasizes #Solar Silicon at Jefferies Clean Technology Conference http://t.co/RX0yyhL #PV #
RT @EON_Energy: Calisolar Announces Plans to Expand #Solar Silicon Production http://t.co/hAoqMsD #PV #
Wittstock – Alt Daber Hamburg #
Glebitzsch / Koeckern #
RT @alainharrus: Mark Suster. so right. The Problem with Collecting Logos at Startups http://t.co/qARAIiR via @zite #
RT @greentechmedia: Solyndra’s Dead! How Much is This Going to Cost Whom? http://t.co/QH1J9Zo #solar #PV 🙁 #
RT @katiefehren: Solyndra’s struggles get uglier: employee lawsuit, refinancing details http://t.co/UeBIlZA #solar $75M 2 prevent bankruptcy #
Taxpayers Rank Behind Solyndra Investors Under Obama Refinancing http://t.co/d8UgNSW via @BloombergNews more #solar irregularities #
RT @PVBlog: GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2011-09-03: Suffering with pre-3G… http://t.co/CxxrFL8 #
iPad 2 capability restored thru Telekom! Took until the next day after buying a SIM card. #

Sep 10 2011 | Edgar A. Gunther

GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2011-09-10

Sep 7 2011 | Edgar A. Gunther

70 MWp BELECTRIC Photovoltaic Plant construction progress

Suffering with pre-3G network service #
Schwarzenbach am Wald http://t.co/vgyEfs6 #
Bailed out by Sharp RT @ArnoHarris: Important to be crystal clear what #Solyndra bankruptcy means and doesn't mean. http://t.co/4hqBLc6 #
RT @BBCWorld: Desperate to work http://t.co/CBQv6FV Portugal #
RT @VinodColeslaw: I'll own all the data. Think about it. “@jvonneumann: @VinodColeslaw If it scales you will own all beaches and all jets!” #
RT @ewesoff: Chart of the Day: Solyndra Edition http://t.co/OS0lZeF via @greentechmedia the chart drives the lively comments #Solar #
Completed RT @katiefehren: Survey: Weigh in on the impact of Solyndra’s bankruptcy for our research service — http://t.co/uAHs1SW #Solar #
RT @katiefehren: RT @danahull: So I went to Ivanpah and didn't see a tortoise. Except a plastic one glued to helmet of construction worker. #
RT @HaleyBarbour: Jobs will be created in several MS towns by the new companies, Calisolar ; HCL CleanTech: http://t.co/NFzIM4e $75M #Solar #
RT @pv_tech: IMS Research report reveals top three #PV module suppliers are all based in China http://t.co/f5Vnra2 #Solar #
No drinking for You! RT @appleinsider: Apple searching for another missing prototype left in SF bar http://t.co/QR0CWhx $AAPL #
$2 wrong target RT @LRiddellSF: @edgunther @ewesoff @katiefehren – how close do you think Solyndra got to $2-a-watt? http://t.co/IPOwU7c #
@SolyndraCorp photos premulling about Bldg 3 #Solar http://t.co/dNB48sU http://t.co/CWl9iFp #
@PVBlog archive : Is the Future of Solyndra Flat? http://t.co/P6Mn8xo When all else fails and mgmt changes… @SolyndraCorp #Solar #
Can't survive w/revenues and shipments RT @UciliaWang: The rise and fall of #Solyndra in my @GigaOm piece http://t.co/o7jDYwi #Solar #
edd.ca.gov: Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Information for Employers http://t.co/YtT5tgZ re: @SolyndraCorp #
Did @SolyndraCorp actions today violate California's Warn law? #Solar #
TV crews losing patience at @SolyndraCorp one guy was looking for publicity hiring workers. Confused Chapter 11 with Chapter 7 #Solar #
@SolyndraCorp employees leaving with their belongings and heads held high, good folks #solar #
@SolyndraCorp employees milling around, perhaps dazed and confused #Solar http://t.co/eT8QCRi #
All the @solydracorp action is at Bldg 3 #solar http://t.co/KNMe74n #
Solyndra Shutting Its Doors | NBC Bay Area http://t.co/ViwR4cL via @nbcbayarea #Solar #PV #
Too Believeable RT @ewesoff: Breaking News: Solyndra Shutting Down http://t.co/o0yqlVK via @greentechmedia @SolyndraCorp #Solar #PV #CIGS #
@ewesoff Come on, his jet must use biofuel? #
German Bundesnetzagentur will not order nuclear plant back-up operation http://t.co/M9ghfZp Kurth: "The situa… (cont) http://t.co/qUJIKc2 #
RT @UciliaWang: Applied Materials launches new factory tool line for lower cost silicon #solar cells… http://t.co/qsC18TK $AMAT #
EU PVSEC Business Forum 2011: Are PV Industry’s Business Models of Today Suitable for Tomorrow’s Markets? http://t.co/8x879n3 #EUPVSEC #
$AMAT at the 26th EU PVSEC http://t.co/cw9QlRw #EUPVSEC #Solar #PV [note: it is not EU PVSEC 2011…] #
#EUPVSEC Airport Shuttle Service between Hamburg airport and EU PVSEC http://t.co/NS6IfCl #Solar #PV #
Applied Baccini Pegaso Integrated Cell Manufacturing Platform Video Briefings http://t.co/QMgG1AK $AMAT #Solar #PV #
@ewesoff Saving one beach at time from climate change? #
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla linked to closed beach – San Jose Mercury News http://t.co/ljOJwR8 @vkhosla @VinodColeslaw #
RT @pv_tech: First #Solar starts work Australia’s largest #PV project http://t.co/YHrCvxR $FSLR $GE 10MW #
South Jersey school districts get energized by #solar plans | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com http://t.co/xk5RLuI #PV #SREC #
Fresno Co. supes support #solar power plant – Local- fresnobee.com http://t.co/RPQzyPr #PV vs. prime farmland #
Solaria, already expanding in Fremont, seeks a second #solar factory site – San Jose Mercury News http://t.co/Pg8wbwt #LCPV #
RT Thanks @katiefehren @chrisrbrown #
RT @PVBlog: eSolar Sierra SunTower offline – Again http://t.co/UaV5qN4 @eSolarInc $GE #Solar #CSP @socaledison #
RT @IPVEA: #PV Forum by IPVEA and EU PVSEC 06.09.2011 http://t.co/7s8X1Xu #IPVEA #EUPVSEC #Solar #
RT @ENERGY: "Our economy will thrive only when we make what we invent." http://t.co/g04iwxk #
RT @UciliaWang: Research: from panda poop to biofuels (1 more reason to save giant pandas), in my @Forbes post http://t.co/ZxTmhld #
RT @pv_tech: Centrotec opens East Africa’s first #solar module factory http://t.co/HimlKHb 30K modules/yr made in & for Africa #
Shell game? RT @pv_tech: #Solar Millennium increases share in sales subsidiary to 100% http://t.co/goM1lRF €S2M #
my most important one is not updating either RT @clausw: Apparently @Twitter lists are hosed this morning. #
German Energy Blog: BDEW: German Renewable Electricity Supply Exceeds 20% in First Half of 2011 http://t.co/xWAjWv8 more than #PV > Hydro #
65,443 Megawatt Texas System Peak http://t.co/AFlfofg via @greentechmedia Houston, we have a… #
Analog guru leaves legacy in $85 text book- http://t.co/DUtjLBe via @ee_times #
DIGITIMES: GET lowers 2011 financial guidance http://t.co/y4YzWEB full capacity, but declining #solar wafers prices #PV #
DIGITIMES: E-Ton reports 2H11 net loss of NT$4.77 per share http://t.co/xkkuFP2 #Solar #PV "declining inventory value" #
RT @appleinsider: WikiLeaks cables depict Apple fight against counterfeits in China http://t.co/k1eTVpb #
RT @PVBlog: eSolar Sierra SunTower offline – Again http://t.co/UaV5qN4 @eSolarInc $GE #Solar #CSP #
RT @katiefehren: PHOTOS: Behind the scenes at Ivanpah, a game-changing #solar farm — http://t.co/Fm4W2t9 #CSP BrightSource #
MIT chip spinout gets $6.5M in funding- http://t.co/Zex8Qwb via @ee_times #TPV Thermal Photovoltaics #
RT @pv_tech: California ISO board moves to allow Nevada utility to join its transmission grid http://t.co/qY4DMDr @CalifornialSO #Solar #
RT @SolFocusCPV: Responding for SSL – The systems are being installed El Paso Electric RT @edgunther: Where… (cont) http://t.co/s5X1NeV #
RT @pv_tech: Order Focus: Schmid wins first order for a ten-lane wet-chemical edge-isolation unit http://t.co/0KpRUUg #Solar #PV #
RT @UciliaWang: Infinia has raised $6M of a $25M round for #solar stirling engine tech, in my @GigaOm post http://t.co/1OakBoH #
RT @FelicityCarus: Solar PV and the view of feed in tariffs from eastern Europe http://t.co/osJ16JC #cleanenergy #solar #pv #
If you accept funds thru the @ENERGY Loan Program, expect project costs to be public @FirstSolar @SunPower @SolyndraCorp @BrightSource #
Where? RT @ER_Solarsmart: SSL Preparing the concrete piers for the installation of SolFocus #CPV towers. http://t.co/QwEc798 #Solar #
@DESERTEC nonsense RT @Solarserver: DESERTEC Foundation: Griechischer #Solarstrom ist keine Alternative zu sauberem… http://t.co/SXAqYWk #
RT @greentechmedia: U.S. #Solar Industry Was Net Global Exporter by $1.9B in 2010 http://t.co/jD5kpcA GTM Research @SEIA_USA #
How about PV Bloggers? RT @SolarNovus: Aerial Imaging for #Solar Contractors http://t.co/xLBsVF9 #
RT @pvmagazine: Global #Solar Energy opens thin film plant in Germany http://t.co/RdlZ3p6 35MW #PV #CIGS #
RT @Solarserver: Photovoltaik-Konzentratortechnologie für Deutschen Zukunftspreis nominiert http://t.co/WDY2SWP Soitec Concentrix #CPV #
PG&E plant casts shadow over #solar projects via @fresnobee http://t.co/BueR4WL $PCG @californiapuc 10 acre #PV plant abandoned in 1997 #
Our Voice: In wake of Evergreen's bankruptcy, reports of alternative energy's demise are greatly exaggerated | MLive.com http://t.co/qeIShmR #
RT @Solarserver: Andrew Tometich named president of Hemlock Semiconductor http://t.co/8AYKIbz @hscpoly #Solar #PV et al. #
@ESET why do you make purchases so hard after signing up for trial? Have you heard of the App Store? ClamXav is looking good! #
RT @jbarnesca: 2011 RPS Award Winners and Losers? http://t.co/HjZPl99 #Reneables #CA #
@wfm_losaltos Thx for getting in the Bandol Rose as promised #
photovoltaik-Magazin online: Stau bei Anlagenzertifikaten: http://t.co/B2RnM5g Oct 1 #Solar #PV certificate requirement crunch #
RT @LRiddellSF: I caught up with Meg Whitman – San Francisco Business Times http://t.co/MFJri9f #
Runaway cow now wanted alive, not dead – The Local http://t.co/vEzd1zj via @TheLocalGermany #
Eating sausage standing saves taxes – The Local http://t.co/egx3cMR via @TheLocalGermany #
RT @appleinsider: Apple design guru featured in German exhibition http://t.co/nW39tya side visit for Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe #
RT @PVBlog: GUNTHER Portfolio twitter Weekly Updates #Solar #PV – 2011-08-27: OZ! RT @UciliaWang … http://t.co/Yymm5R6 #