SolFocus, the Palo Alto company that produces solar power with less silicon — a major advantage given today’s silicon shortage — is about to finish raising $32 million.

SolFocus, which builds high-end solar-power systems, on Wednesday said it has acquired Madrid, Spain-based Inspira, a provider of specialized sun "trackers," for an undisclosed price.

SolFocus Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of solar concentrator photovoltaic systems, has raised $52 million in new VC funding. This includes $27.4 million for a new European subsidiary ...

SolFocus CPV features a patented, reflective optical system that concentrates the sun 650 times onto very small (<0.8 cm), high-efficiency multi-junction solar cells.

SolFocus sells warranty-backed, concentrator photovoltaic solar systems that it manufactures primarily in Mesa, Arizona. To date, SolFocus has raised $143 million in venture funding.

SolFocus, a venture-backed solar technology developer in Silicon Valley, said Monday it’s laying off roughly half of its employees and looking for a buyer to prevent it from running out of money ...

SolFocus is one of nearly a dozen start-ups competing alongside established solar giants like Japan’s Sharp Corp. to develop a solar panel that is both cheap and efficient.

SolFocus, a California-based photovoltaic solar energy company, signed a $103 million agreement with EMPE Solar for more than 10 MW of solar energy projects in southern Spain by the end of 2010.

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SolFocus said the deal is worth $103 million. It will install more than 10 megawatts worth of solar projects at several sites in southern Spain by late 2010.