{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PV Tech","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org","title":"Recession dampens solar enthusiasm &#45; first quarter, Akeena and First Solar: a tale of two strategies","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PZM2eEsJiJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/recession_dampens_solar_enthusiasm_-_first_quarter_akeena_and_first_solar_a\/\">Recession dampens solar enthusiasm &#45; first quarter, Akeena and First Solar: a tale of two strategies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/recession_dampens_solar_enthusiasm_-_first_quarter_akeena_and_first_solar_a\/embed\/#?secret=PZM2eEsJiJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Recession dampens solar enthusiasm &#045; first quarter, Akeena and First Solar: a tale of two strategies&#8221; &#8212; PV Tech\" data-secret=\"PZM2eEsJiJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"It is a tale of two strategies when dealing with the U.S. solarmarkets, be they consumer or business markets. Both Akeena Solar andFirst Solar have announced their first quarter financial resultsrecently. The scale of each company is worlds apart and theirapproaches to a growing market segment are at polar opposites, and itshows. These two companies cannot be directly compared; using these twocompanies is purely to highlight a growing trend among many solarcompanies of focussing on certain end&#45;user segments of the solar market.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pvtech-default.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":675}