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The flat, solar-panel style "bioreactors" that house the cyanobacterium are modules, meaning they can build arrays at facilities as large or small as land allows, the company says.

Joule Unlimited Claims It Can Make Diesel Fuel With Sun, Water <![CDATA[&]]> CO2 2011

The San Jose, Calif.-based SunPower is one of a handful of solar-panel companies based in the U.S. and Europe that has been competing successfully for market against rapidly growing Chinese panel makers.

Total Buys Stake in Solar Firm Russell Gold 2011

On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers and administration officials clashed at a hearing over allegations that the White House pushed on a $535 million loan guarantee to solar-panel company Solyndra, which filed for bankruptcy-court protection this month.

This Week: Europe on the Edge, U.S. Incomes Decline 2011

For extra credit, Musk is also the largest investor and chairman of SolarCity, a solar-panel provider.

Shooting for the Stars Carl Hoffman 2011

White House officials received assurances from solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC as recently as May 2011 that its finances were strong, with the company dismissing concerns raised in media reports that problems were brewing.

Solar Firm Denied Troubles in Spring Deborah Solomon 2011

Jonathan Silver, head of a government loan program that awarded $535 million in guarantees to solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, is leaving the Energy Department for a position at a Washington think tank.

Official Tied to Solyndra Loan Deal Is Departing Ryan Tracy 2011

While he has emphasized innovation in his travels to battery factories and solar-panel plants over the past year, he has never done so as explicitly as he did Tuesday before a national audience and after a year when the unemployment rate remained stuck above 9 percent.

'Win the future,' Obama implores Anne E. Kornblut 2011

This year features Shi Zhengrong , founder and chairman of Suntech Power Holdings Co., a New York-listed firm that is on the threshold of becoming the world's largest solar-panel maker.

China Increases Clout at Confab Shen Hong 2011

First Solar Inc. said Thursday it plans to build a $300 million manufacturing center in Arizona that would roughly double the solar-panel maker's U.S. production capacity.

First Solar to Build Plant to Double U.S. Capacity Joan E. Solsman 2011

Solyndra told White House officials as recently as May that the solar-panel maker's finances were strong.

What's News: Business & Finance 2011