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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Chinese Over Solar Panel Dumping

written by CleanTechies.com Contributor

In the most recent shot fired in the trade war over solar panels between the United States and China, last week solar panel manufacturer Energy Conversion Devices, through its liquidating trust filed an antitrust lawsuit against Chinese companies Trina Solar Limited, Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., and their

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October 10, 2013 3 comments
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Which States are Getting Wind Energy Right?

written by Walter Wang

According to the American Wind Energy Association, the last quarter of 2012 brought the total wind installations for 2012 to 13,131 megawatts of power.

This influx of new power extends the total of cumulative wind capacity for the United States to 60,007 megawatts. However, some states are much

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July 3, 2013 1 comment
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Manufacturing Getting More and More Energy Efficient

written by Walter Wang

The amount of energy we use to manufacture the products we use every day is a significant part of the energy needed to support out lifestyle. As the planet gets more and more populated, can we continue to make manufacturing more efficient, or are thee limits to this?

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April 4, 2013 2 comments
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How Energy Efficiency’s Story is Changing

written by Walter Wang

Not so long ago, news about energy efficiency focused on what the US could or should do, but wasn’t to save energy. It was a tale of woe.

That’s no longer the case. Now, report after report tells the story of a burgeoning energy efficiency market that is achieving a level of surprising savings.

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March 22, 2013 2 comments
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DIY and Alternative Energy Converge on Solar Pocket Factory Concept

written by Walter Wang

A KickStarter project shows how solar panel factories could become a feature of any neighborhood, producing cheap solar panels for an age when these would become truly mass consumption items.

Devised by inventors Shayne Frayne and Alex Hornstein, the duo has come up with a concept called “solar pocket factory” to produce cheaper

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November 13, 2012 0 comment
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Sustainable Business Practices Balance Creativity and Efficiency

written by Walter Wang

“Many companies suffer from disproportionately high breakthrough project failure rates because they find it hard to balance execution discipline with flexibility to respond to changing technical and market realities. When executing on breakthrough projects, use detailed maturity checklists to establish flexible yet guard-railed execution paths.” -CEB Views

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June 22, 2012 0 comment
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Driving Efficiency: Chevy Rolls-Out Industry’s First Eco-Label

written by Walter Wang

If you were one of the 111.3 million people to witness Eli Manning yield his second game-winning drive against the Patriots in this year’s Super Bowl, chances are you caught a glimpse of the all-new Chevy Sonic (it was the funny little hatchback that became the first car to “do everything,” including “play in a band” with Ok

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February 21, 2012 0 comment
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Solar Company CEO Says Import Tariffs Would Be Harmful

written by Walter Wang

The CEO of Gehrlicher Solar America Corp, Stefan Parhofer, said in an op-ed published by NJ.com that that the tariffs on imported solar energy panels proposed by some U.S. solar manufacturers would do more harm than good.

Parhofer’s company, an affiliate of a German solar

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February 17, 2012 0 comment
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An Industrial Designer’s Desert Experiment with Solar Power

written by Walter Wang

Here’s an amazing project dealing with solar energy: UK-based, German industrial designer Markus Kayser has created two devices to tap the power of the sun in harsh climates of the Egyptian desert.

The first is called Sun Cutter, described as a light cutter that uses a large ball lens to focus the sun’s

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February 10, 2012 0 comment
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Opportunities for Energy Innovators

written by Walter Wang

For a long time ‘clean’ and ‘green’ marked the forward trend in the energy industry. Then came the quest for ‘smart’ energy. And now ‘innovation’ is the buzzword.

It’s easy to see why. As Americans, we believe our ability to innovate sets us apart in today’s international market. Sure China can manufacture

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February 9, 2012 2 comments
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New Website Asks For Support For Wind Power Jobs

written by Walter Wang

A new website called SaveUSAWindJobs launched by the American Wind Energy Association aims at involving Americans with wind power and put pressure on government to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC), wind power’s key federal tax incentive.

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December 5, 2011 0 comment
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Suntech May Invest in Manufacturing Facility in Thailand

written by Walter Wang

Suntech, the world’s largest producer of silicon solar modules, is looking to expand its manufacturing operations in Asia according to the Bangkok Post. Thailand is one of the key targets for Suntech, though expansion may largely depend on the Thai government’s clarification of its solar energy policy.

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September 23, 2011 0 comment
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The Truth about Clean Energy Jobs

written by Walter Wang

The Washington Post’s assertions today about the Department of Energy’s loan programs today are both incomplete and inaccurate.

Here are the facts:  over the past two years, the Department of Energy’s Loan Program has supported a robust, diverse portfolio of more than 40 projects that are investing in pioneering companies

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September 15, 2011 1 comment
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Is Business Sustainability Localizing Supply?

written by Walter Wang

The financial pressures and business sustainability risks felt heavily during the economic downturn forced many companies across all industries to take drastic reduction measures to simply survive. These actions placed many supply chains in less than stable shape, as ‘bullwhip’ effects rippled up the

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July 6, 2011 0 comment
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