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0 SoloPower is latest thin film company with a big raise, taking $200M for a factory

Yet another thin film manufacturer has picked up a massive funding raise. SoloPower, based in Milpitas, Calif., has taken almost $200 million to...

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0 Thin film solar predictions leapfrog ahead

There’s something besides money accompanying the recent spate of huge financings for thin film solar (most recently, $300 million for Nanosolar and...

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0 In Hindsight: From gray clouds to a green economy

Plus: Apple iPhone glitches, wage growth and wage disparities in Silicon Valley, $300M for solar start-up Nanosolar, and AMD sells digital TV business...

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5 Another massive funding for thin film solar, with $104M to AVA Solar, a challenger to First Solar

It may not be as much as the colossal $300 million financing that Nanosolar finally disclosed yesterday — the biggest ever for a solar company — but...

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3 Thin-film solar firm Nanosolar says it has raised $300 million

Confirming that venture capitalists consider its technology to be ready for prime time, San Jose's Nanosolar says on its blog that the company has...

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4 Nanosolar Raises $300M

San Jose-based utility-scale solar technology firm NanoSolar said today that the firm has raised $300M in a strategic equity financing. According to...

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0 Nanosolar outshines the competition with a $300M financing

Thin-film solar company Nanosolar has been sitting on a big secret for much of this year, it turns out: The company took a $300 million financing this...

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2 HelioVolt hopes for a fast scale-up with high-efficiency CIGS process

These are heady times for the thin-film solar industry. The sector’s dominant player, First Solar, has been on a tear of late, recently announcing it...

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0 Miasole perhaps not so unhealthy after all — may get $200M investment

Miasole, the thin-film solar cell maker that is the third member of a triumvirate of heavily-funded CIGS startups including Heliovolt and Nanosolar,...

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0 World’s Largest Utility Enters Strategic Partnership with Nanosolar, Invests $50 Million

EDF press release says it all.
And yes: California is a big target of this partnership of ours. 
More info: Press articles

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0 Nanosolar Achieves 1GW CIGS Deposition Throughput

As we are busy ramping our operation, we almost forgot to recognize achieving a major milestone in solar technology: The solar industry’s first 1GW...

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0 Nanosolar Achieves 1GW CIGS Deposition Throughput

As we are busy ramping our operation, we almost forgot to recognize achieving a major milestone in solar technology: The solar industry’s first 1GW...

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0 Small municipal plants could be the future for solar power

Writing on Nanosolar’s blog, CEO Martin Roscheisen has unveiled the next prong in his firm’s business plan — a focus on municipal solar power plants...

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0 Municipal Solar Power Plants

At Nanosolar, we believe very much that meaningful scale for solar will come foremost from utility-scale solar power plants, in particular from...

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0 Municipal Solar Power Plants

At Nanosolar, we believe very much that meaningful scale for solar will come foremost from utility-scale solar power plants, in particular from...

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0 World’s Largest Utility Enters Strategic Partnership with Nanosolar, Invests $50 Million

EDF press release says it all.
And yes: California is a big target of this partnership of ours. 
More info: Press articles

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4 Nanosolar Takes $50M In Photovoltaic Deal

Palo Alto-based NanoSolar has gained $50M in a strategic investment from EDF Energies Nouvelles, a French-based green electricity producer, EDF said...

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0 Genius.com Raises $19 Million

Genius.com Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, has raised $19...

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1 Visible Measures Raises Series B

Visible Measures Corp., a Boston-based company that measures the behavior of online video audiences, has raised $13.5 million in Series B funding....

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1 Nanosolar Awarded Largest Solar America Contract

I am honored to be able to confirm that Nanosolar has been selected — and completed negotiation — for a substantial funding award as part of the...

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