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Green Tech Sector Advances Despite Failure of Climate Bill

By Yale Environment 360 on December 6, 2010 1 Comment Abengoa Solar, Alstom, ALTe, American Electric Power, Arizona, Auburn Hills, big solar arrays, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, California, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon price, carbon risks, Carbon War Room, carbon-tracking software, Carbonnetworks, CCS, Chief Sustainability Officer, China, Clean Air Act, Clean Edge, Clean tech, cleantech, climate bill, climate legislation, coal plants, Congress, DuPont, energy efficiency, enhanced oil recovery, ENXSuite, EPA, Europe, Frank Alix, Fred Morse, GlassPoint Solar, GTM Research, Jigar Shah, John Carey, John Cohen, John O’Donnell, John Thomas, Linda Fisher, Michael Meehan, Michael Morris, Michigan, natural gasm, nuclear power plants, plug-in gas-electric powertrain, power plants, Powerspan, PSEG, Ralph Izzo, renewable energy, renewable power, Ron Pernick, solar steam generators, solar thermal plants, U.S. Energy Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, unEdison, venture capital investment

Green Tech Sector Advances Despite Failure of Climate Bill

While the collapse of climate legislation in Congress was a setback for some green businesses, many others are moving ahead with projects to develop renewable energy. One major reason: The clean-tech sector is rapidly growing worldwide, and U.S. companies don’t want to be left behind.

Four Big Established US Solar PV Companies You Should Know About

By Chris de Morsella on December 8, 2009 1 Comment amorphous silicon, Arizona, Auburn Hills, AZ, Barcelona, CA, cadmium-telluride, California, China, Cooperation Framework Agreement, Deval Patrick, Devens, Energy Conversion Devices, Evergreen Solar, First Solar, Inner Mongolia, MA, Marlboro, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MI, Michigan, MIT, Philippines, photovoltaic, polysilicon, ProLogis Park Sant Boi, PV, Recurrent Energy, Rochester Hills, S&P 500, San Francisco, San Jose, solar cell, solar energy, solar module, solar power, Spain, Stanford Ovshinsky, SunPower, Tellurium, Tempe, Thin Film, thin-film triple junction, Uni-Solar, United Solar Ovonic, wafer manufacturing, Wuhan

In this survey we are looking at the large US headquartered solar PV manufacturers with a view to examine how they are doing in this difficult economic climate. As basically anyone knows, who has not been cloistered away meditating in some cave, 2009 has been a very tough year for pretty much everyone.