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Apple Is Going to Spend a Lot of Money on … Something

Peter Kafka in News on October 31, 2011 at 12:57 pm PT

Billions! On iCloud, maybe. Or solar farms. Or much less sexy but important things. Like, you know, factories and stuff.

Apple’s Secret Solar Farm [Updated]

John Paczkowski in News on October 26, 2011 at 8:10 am PT

When Apple next breaks ground in Maiden, N.C., it won’t be to build a second data center alongside its vast Catawba County facility. Instead, it will be to construct a massive solar farm to power it.

Google Becomes Big Fan of Oregon Wind Farm

John Paczkowski in News on April 18, 2011 at 2:14 pm PT

Google’s renewable energy efforts continued apace today with the company’s second cleantech investment this month. Last week, Google took a $168 million equity stake in the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a utility-scale solar plant being developed in the Mojave Desert. Today, it announced it had invested $100 million in the Shepherds Flat project, an Oregon wind farm.

Viral Graphic: What If Solar Power Grew as Fast as Facebook? (Also Its Places Video!)

Kara Swisher in News on August 20, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

In a slight switcheroo from viral video, here is a cool infographic from the One Block Off the Grid solar energy blog. As 1BOG notes: “Facebook recently passed 500 million users. If the growth rate of the world’s largest and fastest growing social network could be applied to solar, it would only take 4.7 years to power the entire world with solar energy.” Hot stuff.

Prankster Jason Calacanis Talks About His Apple iPad Hoax (Warning: Cute Baby Alert!)

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

While in Los Angeles for a brief second on Friday, BoomTown motored over to the Brentwood home of puckish entrepreneur Jason Calacanis to talk to him about his prank tweets the night before the introduction of the iPad last week. On Tuesday night before the much hyped launch of the newest device from Apple, Calacanis let loose with a series of over-the-top posts to Twitter, claiming he was a beta tester for the iPad tablet computer–assertions that some in the mostly mainstream media took too seriously. Was it a jump-the-shark moment for journalism?

Report: Solar Stocks' Aggressive Accounting Raises Red Flags

Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on October 2, 2009 at 4:36 pm PT

The solar technology industry may report a stronger-than-expected third quarter but could face disappointment in subsequent quarters, warns Hapoalim Securities analyst Gordon Johnson in a note to clients today. Johnson says that his checks suggest demand for photovoltaic modules in Germany has been better than expected, raising the prospect that solar tech makers could demonstrate better sales growth and margins than expiated when they report the September quarter.

Solar: Street Feeling Upbeat After Intersolar Conference

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on June 1, 2009 at 8:21 am PT

It’s a nice day for the solar sector, which is getting a boost from a flurry of analyst comments following the recently completed Intersolar trade show in Munich. “By the end of Intersolar, we sensed growing, albeit cautious optimism,” Cowen’s Robert Stone writes in a research note this morning.

Applied Materials: Chip Orders Seen Better; Solar Soft

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on May 11, 2009 at 4:41 pm PT

Applied Materials is likely to provide mixed news when it reports results after the close tomorrow for its fiscal second quarter ended April. The Street is looking for revenue of $904 million and a loss of 10 cents a share; the thinking on the July quarter is $923 million and a loss of 8 cents.