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Germany's SolarWorld Wants to Buy…a Car Company?

in News on November 19, 2008 at 12:34 pm PT

Have things gotten that bad in the solar industry? Something has prompted Germany’s SolarWorld to state its intention of offering one billion Euros to acquire four production plants and one headquarters currently owned and operated by the Opel division of General Motors. The goal? To create Europe’s first “green” car company and–presumably–sell enough electric and hybrid cars to offset the dismal margins of the company’s core solar business. One would think there’d be other fish to fry.

Solar Module Prices to Drop 20 Percent in ’09, UBS Says

in News on August 11, 2008 at 1:16 pm PT

Sunshine is free. Solar modules are not. But they are getting cheaper: UBS analyst Stephen Chin today revised his forecast for solar module pricing to down 20 percent from a previous estimate of down 14 percent.