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With public offerings unlikely and private finance suffering, if a solar tech upstart wants to get big, it's likely to need government assistance in order to ramp up manufacturing. Martin LaMonica is ...

German solar wafer start-up NexWafe GmbH is expanding to the US in an effort to counter China’s dominance in the market. The company has established a US subsidiary, which aims for an initial target ...