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Demand for solar panels in Europe, which accounted for more than 80% of demand in 2010, has slowed as governments in Italy, Germany and other countries have cut solar-power incentives and as financial turmoil has prompted lenders to scale back financing for renewable-energy projects, industry executives say.

Solar-Panel Firms' Outlook Dims Cassandra Sweet 2011

MidAmerican will buy a 49% share of a $1.8 billion solar-power plant owned by NRG Energy Inc. that U.S. solar-panel maker First Solar Inc. is building in the Arizona desert.

MidAmerican Buys Interest in Solar Farm Cassandra Sweet 2011

MidAmerican's solar purchases are the latest in a string of deals in the small but fast-growing U.S. solar-power market.

MidAmerican Buys Interest in Solar Farm Cassandra Sweet 2011

While solar-power demand in the U.S., China and other countries has been growing, those markets haven't grown fast enough to absorb a massive buildout of solar-panel-manufacturing capacity in China and other Asian countries.

Solar-Panel Firms' Outlook Dims Cassandra Sweet 2011

Kitson's long-term plan for the property it kept was to begin construction by last year on an ambitious "smart city" of 50,000 residents with its own solar-power plant and such potential features as automated public transportation.

Developer Lassos Patience Maura Webber Sadovi 2011

Solyndra also pointed to moves by "foreign competitors" to extend their payment terms amid a fight for survival in the solar-power industry.

Solar Energy Firm Files for Chapter 11 Peg Brickley 2011

The rise of China has also meant the rise of Chinese renewable companies—both wind and solar-power firms—and more potential competitors for incumbents.

Wind Giant Vestas Cuts Back Flemming Emil Hansen 2012

At the same time, Mr. Obama is under domestic political pressure over a government loan guarantee to solar-power company Solyndra LLC, which later went bust.

U.S. Bid for Green Policy at APEC Faces Hurdles Martin Vaughan 2011

According to Worldwide News Ukraine, a solar-power plant under construction in Okhotnykovo, Crimea, would at 80 megawatts MW become the largest on the European continent.

Solar Power Plant In Ukraine The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Even so, the turmoil in the global solar-power market is likely to continue testing companies to determine which ones are the strongest and which ones will follow Solyndra into bankruptcy.

Solar-Panel Firms' Outlook Dims Cassandra Sweet 2011