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Not your average eBay item up for grabs, rather a piece of photovoltaic technology history. Nanosolar, roll-to-roll Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) PV solar start-up, has put one of its first three production line commercially-produced PV modules (Panel #2) up for sale on eBay with a $10,300 starting price! Read more >>

Applied Materials can't seem to leave the solar equipment business alone at the moment, as it continues its acquisition trail. The latest is Baccini S.p.A for a cool $330 million in greenbacks. Read more >>

Applied Materials’ entry to the solar equipment manufacturing market just over a year ago is starting to make that market very interesting to watch and also to write about! Read more >>

As rumors go, this is not as far-fetched as it seems! Read more >>

An old automotive saying that well-built vehicles by Ford Motor Co. keep on going many years after competitors’ models have been scrapped can now be applied to old Ford assembly plants! Read more >>

It had to happen sooner rather than later for Applied Materials! What I mean is that they would inevitably win a contract in the solar power space to build a turnkey production line, front-to-back equipment and processes as well as automated factory software. Read more >>