SolarWorld States Anti-Dumping Duties Against âBig China Solarâ a Step Toward Restoring Industry Competition
As expected, there has been a flood of responses to the U.S. Commerce Department’s d...
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Apple to Power 3 Data Centers with 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Greenpeace advocates gathered outside of Apple's Cupertino headquarters early this week d...
Solar Industry Reacts to Anti-Dumping Ruling
The US has imposed higher-than-expected tariffs of around 31% on Chinese PV imports, drawi...
NREL Director Named Chair of National Science Board
Dan Arvizu, director of the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
Are IT Data Centers Emerging as a 'Killer App' for Green Power? Part 1
Last month, Greenpeace launched a series of coordinated protests at Amazon, Apple and Mic...
California Votes to Advance Mini-Solar Plants and Other Distributed Generation
Commercial rooftop solar arrays and other small scale generation will find it easier to co...
First Solar Looking to Benefit from Saudi Arabiaâs $109 Billion Plan
Solar stocks could get a boost as Saudi Arabia has announced a $109 billion plan to create...
Solar stocks likely to remain at record lows
With fundamental issues in the solar industry, including oversupply and consolidation, sol...
New solar curriculum teaches students about renewable energy
One Million Lights recently teamed up with SunPower to bring a different kind of solar ill...
North American Roofing to Install Third Largest Solar Roof in U.S.
Asheville, N.C. based North American Roofing today announced it has commenced installation...
Storage is Missing Link in Modern CSP According to CSPToday Webinar
Bob Stojanovic was part of the âMyth busting webinarâ held in the run up to CSP Today ...
China Sunergy Delivers 5MW in Solar Modules to Bulgaria
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN) , a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer,...
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Results
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) today reported results for its fourth quarter...
Chinese Solar Panels Slapped with Huge Tariffs by the U.S.
The long awaited decision by the United States Commerce Department regarding the alleged d...
Commerce Dept. imposes preliminary tariffs on Chinese PV manufacturers
In the trade complaint against Chinese silicon photovoltaic manufacturers the other shoe d...
Solar Power Assisted Robotic Sailboat To Attempt World Record
The Austrian Society for Innovative Computer Sciences (INNOC) designed and constructed 'AS...
Preliminary Anti-Dumping Ruling Against China Solar
The US Department of Commerce today issued anti-dumping duties of 31.14% on imports of sol...
Proposed New Jersey Solar Bill May Not Solve SREC Woes
Senators Bob Smith and Stephen Sweeny recently introduced New Jersey&...
31 Percent Anti-Dumping Tariffs Announced for Chinese Solar Panels
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced stiff anti-dumping tariffs of aroun...
Domestic Module Manufacturing: PV Globalization or Political Vote-Seeking?
Despite 2011 having been a particularly challenging year for PV cell and module manufactu...
DuPont Unveils Next Generation Solamet PV51G Metallisation Paste
DuPont Microcircuit Materials has launched its next-generation backside silver material fo...
Master Bondâs MasterSil 153 Offers Flexibility and High-Temperature Resistance
Master Bond today announced its new two-component silicone, Master Bond MasterSil 153. The...
Enphase brings the AC/PV roadshow to Denver
Enphase, a manufacturer of microinverters for solar photovoltaics is making a lot of noise...
More Solar Analysis in IESâ Virtual Environment Software
Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), a provider of integrated performance analysis so...
SNEC 2012: Costs and cooperation
On the first day of the International Solar Industry and Photovoltaic Exhibition & Con...
Suntech CTO Awarded the Australian Collaborative Innovation Award
Solar panel producer Suntech Power Holdings today announced that its chief technology offi...
WREF 2012: Government and industry and the clean energy transition
Renewable energy should not be a political debate. Thatâs what we heard at yesterdayâs...
China Sunergy Delivers 5MW Solar Modules to Bulgaria
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. today announced that it has completed delivery of 5 megawatts (MW)...
SolarCity to Install 9,000 Solar Panels on Student Housing
SolarCity has partnered with Campus Crest Communities, a student housing developer, to ins...
DOE Secretary sees bright future for solar
Yesterday Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Dr. Steven Chu discussed why he got involve...
U.S. military to install 3 gigawatts of renewable energy
Dorothy Robyn, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) deputy undersecretary ...
Can the Voice of Solar Shine Brighter?
Solar manufacturers and installers face the same challenge as many business owners: How c...
Mission Critical: A Clean Energy Call to Arms
They say nothing can get done in Washington, D.C. on the issue of clean energy, which has...
Singulus Technologiesâ Materia for Cleaning Silicon
Singulus Technologies today announced it has developed a new machine, Materia, that cleans...
Rethinking the Role of Government in Cleantech
Another year, another wringing of the hands over tax credits and incentives for clean tec...
Five Shining Examples of Renewable Energy Innovation and Investment
Sinking revenues and shrinking policy support may be causing a bit of a haze on the renew...
REC Releases Its First Sustainability Report
Norway-based Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), producer of multi award-winning REC Peak ...
Sovello Next German Victim in PV Production Crisis
German PV manufacturer Sovello GmbH has filed for insolvency. Read more... ...
Chancellor Merkel Dismisses Environmental Minister
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today has dismissed her Environmental Minister, Norbert RĂ...
Satcon Chosen for Second Largest Solar Farm in Puerto Rico
Satcon Technology CorporationÂŽ a provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions for...
Hereaus Exhibits a New Back-Side Paste with Reduced Silver Content
Heraeus, a developer and manufacturer of silver metallization pastes for the photovoltaic ...
Three Solar Projects Commissioned for City of Somerton, Arizona
GreenVoltsÂŽ, Inc., provider of the industryâs first and only complete and fully integra...
Western Australia's Solar Feed In Tariff Ramifications Exaggerated
The Sustainable Energy Association of Australia has challenged the notion that spending mo...
Solar3D CEO is Invited to Speak Before U.S. Congressional Subcommittee
Jim Nelson, CEO of Solar3D Solar3D, Inc. (OTCBB: SLTD) the developer of a breakthrough 3-d...
Worldâs First Cattle Feedlot Solar Field Completed
Independent Solar Developers, a provider of solar installations to the Agricultural Indust...
Honeywell Launches Third-generation Film to Protect Solar Panels
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has introduced its third-generation laminate...
Origin/AGL - Draft NSW Electricity Price Increases Not Enough
It seems AGL and Origin Energy feel a 16% increase in electricity prices on July 1 this ye...
Simplifying the bill with solar
When most people install at solar photovoltaic system, particularly through a third-party ...
Konarka markets building-integrated solar
Konarka Technologies sees a different future for its remarkably adaptable solar product th...
WREF takes off with a bang in Denver
The World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) kicked off Monday with over 60 concurrent sessions...
Solar FIT Fallout: Germany's Environment Minister Forced Out
The European shake-up continues as Germany's powerful Minister of the Environment Norbert...
Satcon to Supply 30MW to Puerto Rican Solar Farm
Satcon Technology Corporation, a provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions for ...
MENASOL 2012: Areva Solar CSP in MENA
Areva Solar executives will discuss MENAâs concentrated solar power (CSP) outlook and th...
Apricus Solar Hot Water Systems Receive IAPMO Certification
Apricus has received Uniform Solar Energy Code Certification (USEC) for 14 new residential...
SNEC 2012: Silver-Free Cell Backside with Schmidâs TinPad
The Schmid Group today at SNEC announced the sales launch of a production-ready system for...
Q.Cells Supplies 16MWp of PV Modules to Bulgaria
Q.Cells will supply 16MWp to Bulgarian companies, Q.Cells today announced. The photovoltai...
Chinese, US Researchers Collaborate on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes
In a collaborative research project between Rice University, Houston, Texas (US), and Tsin...
Energy Matters Video News - Episode 67 - May 16, 2012
Virginia reports on REC's 5 millionth solar panel, VictoriaÂs Yarra Climate Action Now pu...
Why The Australian Solar Feed In Tariff Blues? - Infographic
Household PV subsidies have had only a minor impact on household electricity bills; 'so wh...
JinkoSolar Introduces a High Efficiency Line of Modules for Residential and Commercial Applications
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS), a vertically integrated solar power product manu...
The Focus of Green Telecom Programs Has Shifted to Energy Efficiency
A range of factors including pledges to reduce GHG emissions, the desire to minimize the i...
Skyline Innovations Enters California Solar Market with Industry-Leading $30M Project Finance Fund
Skyline Innovation sand WGL Holdings, Inc., today announced the completion of solar water ...
WREF 2012: Solar hot water industry following in footsteps of PV
In a forum on âCommercial Market Innovations to Put US Solar (hot water) on the World St...
And The Solar Lights All Went On In Massachusetts* (Walmarts)
Various sources are reporting the world's largest retailer, Walmart, will be partially pow...
ACCC Eyes Solar Sellers
Some in Australia's solar industry have been exaggerating looming electricity price rises ...
GM is Going for the LEED Gold
General Motors is building an engine plant in southern Brazil equipped with many sustainab...
Senate Democrats: Exclude Chinese Solar Panels From ITC
Two high-profile Senate Democrats introduced a proposal Tuesday that if passed would set ...
SNEC 2012: Solectria Renewables Supplies Inverters for 30MW CPV
US-based PV inverter manufacturer, Solectria Renewables, today announced a 30MW concentrat...
Kaco Partners with Ampt to Increase Solar Inverter Power Output
Kaco New Energy, a solar inverter manufacturers with more than 4GW of photovoltaic inverte...
US NASA Awards Emcore JPL Solar Contract for 2014 SMAP Space Mission
Emcore Corporation, a provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems f...
Trina Solar Supplies 2.1 MW Off-Grid Project in Tibet
Trina Solar today announced it has entered into a supply agreement with Longyuan (Tibet) N...
JinkoSolar Presents High-Efficiency Wing Series Modules in China
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer, to...
Trina Solar Announces 2.1MW Off-Grid Project in Tibet
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) Â announced that it has entered into a supply agreement wi...
Recycler Pro Pel Plastech recycles the sun with new PV array
With a new 257 kilowatt photovoltaic rooftop array, Pro Pel Plastech in Massachusetts is r...
SNEC 2012: Manz Opens New PV Fab in Suzhou, China
High-tech engineering company Manz held the grand opening of its new production facility i...
USA Wire & Cable Introduces Aluminum DC Feeder Cable Inventory
USA Wire and Cable has announced the immediate availability of aluminum photovoltaic wire ...
Suntech and Krannich Solar Agree to 120MW Solar Panel Sales
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a producer of solar panels, and Krannich Solar, a value-...
UK Solar Industry Associations Maintain Solar PV Is Still Viable
All four major trade associations representing UK solar PVâthe British Photovoltaic Asso...
Vivint Solar expands PPAs into Massachusetts
Vivint Solar, a subsidiary of Utah-based Vivint, Inc., just expanded its residential solar...
Alamosa Solar Generating Plan, world's largest CPV up and running
That Alamosa Solar Generating Plant, a 30 megawatt concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) power ...
Asia Report: Solar Dumping Announcement Set for May 17
Seven months after a trade investigation was launched, American solar companies and Chine...
A Review of Arizona's Generous Utility and State Subsidies for Solar Hot Water
Free Hot Water often highlights California’s generous subsidies for solar hot wat...
UK Solar Industry Associations Maintain that Solar PV Is Still Viable
All four major trade associations representing UK solar PVâthe British Photovoltaic Asso...
Pallets of PV: Communities Purchase Solar and Drive Down Costs Together
Think of it like Costco or Sam's Club for purchasing solar photovolatics (PV). Some savvy...
Saudi Arabia Launches Massive Renewable Program with Hybrid FITs
While North America continues to dawdle on the road to the renewable revolution, the cons...
WREF 2012: A new trajectory
A conference that for 41 years focused solely on solar broadens its focus this year. Once ...
Statoil Secures Rig for Drilling Offshore Newfoundland in Canada
Statoil has reached an agreement to use Seadrill’s West Aquarius deepwater drilling ...
Virginia Politicians to Rally in Support of Coal
Virginia politicians have issued a press release announcing their participation in a pro-c...
Rumours Of Wind Farm Unpopularity May Be Grossly Exaggerated
Wind farms in Australia can tend to suffer a bit of an image problem - but it increasingly...
REFUsol Opens Manufacturing Facility in Greenville, South Carolina
REFUsol Inc., a manufacturer of solar inverters, received the necessary safety certificate...
Innovative Solar Metal Wall Panel System Unveiled
Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka P...
Canadian Solar Renews its 25 Year Product Warranty
Canadian Solar Inc. has announced it has completed the annual renewal of its 25-year produ...
Tiny solar-panel-like cells help restore sight to the blind
Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists have...
SMA Sells 90% More Solar Inverters In Q1
SMA Solar Technology AG continues its dominance in the solar inverter sector; posting impr...
eSolar and Sanmina Partner on Solar Thermal Project
Two global companies, eSolar and Sanmina-SCI (Nasdaq: SANM), today announced that they hav...
Solar Bankruptcy Streak Continues with Sovello
Sovello has joined a growing roster of solar companies that have filed for bankruptcy ove...
REFUsol Opens Manufacturing Facility in South Carolina, US
REFUsol Inc., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar inverters, received the necessary sa...
NREL Simulates Shade Conditions for Repeatable Solar Array Test
The US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has releas...
TREI promtes EVs, solar, renewable energy investment
The Renewable Energy Initiative, which has been raising awareness about solar and renewabl...
Europe Braces for a Summer of Hot Solar Debate
As several debt-addled European Union nations continue to push forward with austerity mea...
TĂV Rheinland Celebrates 140th Anniversary
TĂV Rheinland is celebrating 140 years of delivering independent certification, testing a...
China's Trina Solar Announces Solar Energy Monitor for Grand Prix Team
Trina Solar has introduced a system that measures the amount of solar energy generated at ...
WREF 2012: SolarBridge Participates in Microinverter Shoot-Off
Greg Madianos, product line director of SolarBridge Technologies, will be a panelist on th...
Online Auction Sells Solar Cell Manufacturing Equipment
Heritage Global Partners today announced its upcoming global online auction, 5-7 June, wil...
Global Petroleum 2012: DMS Launches Netvision Surveillance Products in Canada
Digital Management Solutions (DMS) will attend the Global Petroleum Show on 12-14 June 201...
CanSIA Solar Ontario 2012: Dunmore Exhibits PV Backsheets and SunFinder App
Dunmore Corporation will exhibit its high-performance solar module backsheets and SunFinde...
SNEC 2012: PV Power Generation Conference & Exhibition Ready to Open in China
After a year's preparation, the SNEC 6th (2012) International Photovoltaic Power Generatio...
Lots of Solar Power May Reduce, Not Increase, Electricity Prices
Whether German feed-in tariffs or U.S. tax incentives, opponents of solar rail at its per...
GCL Solar Energy Orders Satcon Inverters and Combiners
Satcon Technology Corporation, a US provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions f...
eSolar and Sanmina-SCI Partner to Design CSP Components
Sanmina-SCI and eSolar today announced that they have partnered to leverage their respecti...
SNEC 2012: PV Power Generation Conference & Exhibition Ready to Open
After a year's preparation, the SNEC 6th (2012) International Photovoltaic Power Generatio...
Week in Review - Emerging from the clouds?
It’s been a stormy season for solar but it looks like things are getting better. New...
Ascent Solar Named Bye Aerospace Development Partner
Ascent Solar Technologies, a developer of flexible CIGS solar panels, has been named a dev...
Konarka and Dri-Design Unveil Solar Metal Wall Panel System
Konkara Technologies, which develops a lightweight, flexible organic solar film that conve...
DOI's Salazar joins Enbridge, First Solar to turn first PV project on BLM land
There’s been plenty of uproar and support for installing solar projects on lands man...
5 Ways to Act Like a Solar Leader â or Become One
I read a bucket of press releases about solar companies every week, and if I&rsqu...
How Enphase Energy is staying ahead of its microinverter competitors
A year after the company outlined an attack plan to hold on to its lead in the microinver...
Building-Integrated PV Products
Building-integrated PV products still have a relatively small share of the total PV market...
REC Celebrates 5 Million Solar Panels Produced
REC has celebrated production of the 5 millionth Peak Energy Series module at the 13th Sol...
Yarra Community Solar Project Launch
Victoria's Yarra Climate Action Now (YCAN) is finalising a pre-feasibility study for a med...
RenaSola Ltd Announces First Quarter 2012 Results
ReneSola Ltd(NYSE: SOL), a leading global manufacturer of solar products, today announced ...
Australian Regulator Selects Carmanah Solar Lighting as Preferred Supplier
Carmanah Technologies (TSX: CMH) Â is pleased to announce that the Queensland Department o...
Solar Powered Light âLittle Sunâ Launched at World Economic Forum
Little Sun, a small solar-powered light, was launched today at the World Economic Forum in...
Pro Pel Recycling Energizes a 257 kW Solar System
Pro Pel Plastech, a recycling solutions center in Massachusetts, has acquired a new roof m...
Little Sun Solar Light Launched at World Economic Forum
Little Sun, a small solar-powered light, was launched today at the World Economic Forum in...
From Deserts to Rooftops: Solar's California Battleground
As California pushes the leading edge of renewable energy adoption in the United States, ...
Report: Record high solar investment forecasted to grow
Solar power projects broke a record in 2011 with more than $209 billion of investment in 2...
Saudi Arabia Unveils $100 Billion Plan to Make Solar 'A Driver for Domestic Energy for Years to Come'
Even the world's largest producer of oil understands the value of developing renewable en...
Applied Materials Restructuring Solar Business
In order to meets its recently announced goal to reduce the annual revenue breakeven leve...
Canadian Solar building in emerging Eastern European solar market
Eastern Europe doesn’t tend to shine in conversations about solar energy development...
Study Compares Energy Sources From 'Cradle-to-Grave'
No form of energy really emits zero emissions, and that's a point that's both missed by c...
Dynamic Solar Installs PV Atop US Recycling Center
Solar developer Dynamic Solar today announced it has installed a 257kW roof-mounted solar ...
WREF brings international renewable energy audience to Denver
Denver, the Mile High City, will be inundated with an international audience of renewable ...
Two New Reports on Utility-Scale Solar
Utility-scale solar is still something of a novelty in the renewable energy ecosystem. La...
Dramatic Change in the German FiT Discussion
The German Upper House (Bundesrat) today has stopped the drastic FiT cuts planned by the G...
PV Guangzhou: Chinaâs second largest PV exhibition
The 4th Guangzhou International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition 2012Â (PV Guangzhou 2012) wi...
Solar Win Brings Smile To Agfest Patron
Gary Woodward has been announced the winner of an Energy Matters solar power system after ...
Westinghouse Solar Announces First Quarter 2012 Results
Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEST), a designer and manufacturer of solar power systems...
New England Solar Partnership Announced
Sunergy America and Electrical Contractors, Inc. (ECI)has  announced the formation of a s...
Alex Solar Awarded 1GW Solar Project by the City of Jinchang, China
The Jinchang Municipal Government and Shanghai Alex Solar Energy Science and Technology Co...
Worldâs Largest Concentrating PV Electric Power Generating Facility Begins Operation
Alamosa Solar Project Cogentrix Energy, LLC Â announced today that the largest concentrati...
Moose Power Purchases Heliene Solar Panels
Sorry! Could not resist this picture although it has nothing to do with Moose Power Moose ...
Canadian Solar Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Canadian Solar Inc. Â (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, to...
Silverback Solar Deploys New Frame Design for 200KW North Carolina Project
Silverback Solar has designed a unique and cost-effective racking system for a problematic...
Mars Rover Opportunity Solars On
Opportunity has taken its first, albeit short, drive since December, as Mars' winter draws...
Pittsburgh conservatory uses solar to become of worldâs greenest
When the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh opens its Center for Sust...
Winners and Losers in the Renewable Energy Race
According to a recent Pew Charitable Trust report entitled, “Who's Winning the Clea...
BMW, Real Goods Solar offer ActiveE EV drivers a 35% discount on PV
As BMW moves forward with their plans to introduce their fully-electric vehicle i3 in 2013...
Saving on Solar Way Cooler Than Saving Dolphin Babies
Lose the propellor cap, flush the granola and forget the flower power because ⌠gasp â...
Belectric Tops IMS Research 2011 PV System Integrator Rankings
Germanyâs Belectric maintained its position as the worldâs largest PV system integrato...
Solarbuzz China: 2-Day PV Conference in Shanghai
NPD Solarbuzz today announced it will host its inaugural Solarbuzz China PV Conference in ...
Solar as standard feature on new homes comes to North Carolina
Under a new partnership between Meritage Homes, EchoFirst and installer Southern Energy Ma...
Solar power to dye for: Flexible lightweight inexpensive dyes could harvest energy from sun
Flexible, lightweight and inexpensive dyes could be used to harvest the power of the sun r...
Pike Resarch: Microgrids Total 2.5GW Capacity
According to a new tracker report from Pike Research, as of the second quarter of 2012 the...
REC Honored by EuPD Research, IMS Research
Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) was awarded the Top Brand PV seal by EuPD Research and ...
Silverback Solar Deploys New Frame Design
Silverback Solar today announced it designed, engineered and manufactured a racking system...
Optimal planning of solar power plants
The photovoltaics industry is booming, and the market for solar farms is growing quickly a...
I Want My TLC: Attaining Transparency, Longevity and Certainty in the California Renewables Market
Back in 2009, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors ("DB") published a study tracking 270...
Alex Solar Awarded 1GW Solar Project by City of Jinchang in China
On 3 May 2012, the Jinchang (China) Municipal Government and Shanghai Alex Solar Energy Sc...
Mondragon Assembly Wins Contracts for Solar Manufacturing Facilities in Lithuania and Central Asia
The cooperative Mondragon Assembly, based in Aretxabaleta (Gipuzkoa), Spain, which spe...
Gero Solarpark Takes Only 7 Weeks to Construct
Gero Solarpark GmbH's 28-megawatt (MW) solar power plant was inaugurated in Amsdorf, Germa...
Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics Until 2016 - EPIA
A report just released by the EPIA states enough electricity will be produced by new solar...
What Now For The Solar Credits Rebate?
An announcement of a further reduction to the Solar Credits rebate didn't eventuate in Bud...
Document storage company installs solar on 8 rooftops
Iron Mountain Inc. announced plans this week to install solar arrays on the roofs of eight...
Battery commercialization center could advance solar
A new battery commercialization center in upstate New York aims to advance solar and other...
Aloha Solar! Digging deeper into return on investment for home solar panels in Hawaii
Hello indeed! I donât know if anyone else has been checking out the recent Hawaii update...
PV Evolution Labs Toughens PV Module Standards with PID Certification
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent solar module test lab in California (US), has lau...
âBlackest Solar Cellâ Absorbs 99.7% Sunlight
Scientists at the US Department of Energyâs National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) ...
Which county government will be first to be entirely PV powered? Hint, it's not in CA
It’s in Maryland—Washington County—to be exact. The county, in Maryland&...
Largest parabolic trough for CSP, lighter, brighter than others
The largest parabolic troughs in the concentrating solar power (CSP) game were recently in...
Enel Flips Solar Switch at Cogeneration Plant, Starts Geothermal Work in Utah
The world's first solar-geothermal power plant was commissioned last week in Stillwater, ...
Saudi Arabia Moves to Become Major Solar Market
Saudi Arabia has launched a very ambitious solar energy program. At the Saudi Solar Energy...
Westinghouse Solar and CBD Energy Sign Merger
Westinghouse Solar, a designer and manufacturer of integrated rooftop solar power systems,...
Saint-Gobain Acquires Sage Electrochromics
Saint-Gobain has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of Sage Electrochromics and wil...
Latin America Report: Work Starts on Chile's Largest Wind Farm
Construction has begun on what will become Chile's largest wind farm, a 115-megawatt deve...
Australia's CBD Acquires Westinghouse Solar; CEO Out
Emerging Australian company CBD Energy has an agreement in place to acquire California-ba...
Yingli Brings Solar to Home of 2014 FIFA World Cup Final
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (Yingli Solar) today announced its partnership...
Convert Italia and Solaria Partner on 2MW Solar Plant
Renewable energy company Convert Italia and Solaria, a solar module manufacturer, today an...
CentroPlan Completes PV Roof Systems in Germany
CentroPlan, a sister company of Centrosolar AG, today said it has completed the installati...
ET Solar Completes 4MW of French PV Projects
ET Solar Group Corp., a solar photovoltaic (PV) one-stop solution provider in China, today...
EU PVSEC: PV Matrix Free to Exhibitors
Exhibitors at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 24-28...
Photonics West 2013: Call for Papers
A call for papers has been issued for SPIE Photonics West 2013, which will take place on 2...
US Solar Industry: Five Predictions between now and 2015
1. The US will be the biggest PV market globally The US is setting positive signals f...
Solar Solution: Daily allowance of energy powers Cape Verde village
Just recently, the Cape Verde village of Monte Trigo experienced its first 24 hours of ele...
Munro Distributing Expands Their Solar Micro Inverter Line
Munro Distributing, a premier distributor of renewable energy solutions, announced they wi...
Larges Low Concentrating PV Solar Power Plant in the World in Now Online
Convert Italia, one of the fastest growing renewable energy companies in Italy, and Solari...
Wells Fargo Fuels Energy Efficiency Research With Half-Million Dollar Grant to UC Davis
Continuing its efforts to accelerate a greener economy, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: W...
Rare Earth Metal Company SMG Indium Resources Ltd. Marks One Year Anniversary
SMG Indium Resources Ltd. marked the one year anniversary of its Initial Public Offering ....
Zentric Secures $50 Million in Debt Financing to Expand Solar Footprint in North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina Zentric Inc. Â announced it has negotiated a Debt Financing Agre...
bSolar Launches High Efficiency Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells
bSolar has announced the availability of its high-power, high-efficiency, bifacial, photov...
First Landfill Solar Farm Dedicated in New Jersey
New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Landfill Solar Farm Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE...
Solar An Even Better Deal For Small Business
From the start of the 2012-13 tax year, small businesses in Australia will be able to imme...
Budget 2012 And Clean Energy
Federal budgets can be a nail-biting time for the Australian renewable energy industry, bu...
Arizona Legislature Exempts the Sale of Renewable Energy Credits from State Sales Tax
Affirming its commitment to the development of renewable energy resources, the Arizona le...
First Solar reports dismal first quarter results and a new CEO
Thin-film giant First Solar’s results for the First quarter were far under analysts&...
Hollande Victory Signals Shift in France's Renewable Energy Policy
A natural disaster sparked the re-emergence of Japan as a ripe renewable energy market. N...
US Landfill Solar Farm Dedicated
Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today joined the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission...
Intersolar Europe 2012: bSolar Launches High-Efficiency Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells
bSolar today announced the availability of its high-power, high-efficiency, bifacial, phot...
LFI 2012: CSL Manufacturers Select Michael Trahan as Head
The Consortium for Solar Lighting (CSL) has hired clean energy veteran Michael Trahan as e...
Solar Exchange East 2012: Keynote by Sunshotâs Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, director of SunShot Initiative at US Department of Energy, will de...
Eton Launches Solar-Powered Rukus Wireless Bluetooth System
Eton Corporation today announced the availability of Rukus Solar, a portable Bluetooth so...
SNEC 2012: Heraeus Debuts Silver Metallization Pastes
Heraeus, a German developer and manufacturer of silver metallization pastes for the photov...
S-Energy partners with Signal in US
S-Energy America announced that it has partnered with Signal Energy for design and enginee...
renewz introduces PV carports to North America
Solar carports are gaining traction across the world and now Italian-designed solar carpor...
The Challenges Building-Integrated Photovoltaics
BIPV comprises a group of solar PV technologies that are built into (instead of installed...
What Does it Take to be Australia's Largest PV Retailer?
In April 2012, SolarBusinessServices met with TrueValue Solar CEO Suren Chandrajit to dis...
Kyocera Solar Finance to Provide Clean Energy Finance Options
As a world supplier of solar energy solutions, Kyocera Solar, Inc.has  announced the laun...
Solar Jobs: SolarCity Opens New Massachusetts Operations Center and Seeks Local Hires
SolarCityÂŽ, a national leader in clean energy services, has opened a new 15,000-square-fo...
SPI Solar to Build 6.4 Megawatts of Solar Developments at a Resort New Jersey
SPI Solar  a  vertically integrated photovoltaic  solar developer, announced that it ha...
First Solar and Enbridge Announce Completion of 50MW Silver State North Nevada Solar Project
Enbridge Inc. and First Solar, Inc. have announced the completion of Enbridge Inc.’s...
Energy Conversion Devices Cancels Going Concern Auction of United Solar
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 7, 2012. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (“ECD”) , a ...
Iron Mountain Going Solar
Data storage and document management firm Iron Mountain has announced plans to install sol...
Solar Seller Fined For Dodgy Goods
The director and general manager of three New South Wales solar companies has been fined $...
LightManufacturing Debuts Solar Thermal Manufacturing System
When most people hear the words "solar energy," they think of expensive power towers or un...
Wonder material graphene does it again, this time for solar
So what’s a one-atom thick layer of carbon atoms got to do with solar? Maybe a lot. ...
Week in review: Around the world and back for more
Solar completed a journey across the world, literally. Meanwhile, similar to last year, re...
SolarCity Seeks Local Hires at New Massachusetts Operations Centre
SolarCity has opened a new 15,000-square-footâft2Â (~1,400-square-metreâm2) operations...
Iron Mountain to Add Solar Panels atop Storage Facilities
Iron Mountain today announced plans to install solar panels on the roofs of eight of its U...
Intersolar NA 2012: Crider Completes Multi-Story Solar Parking Canopies
Crider Americas Solar recently designed, engineered, manufactured and installed three sola...
Solar company creates charitable fund
Seeing a need for nonprofits to have fundraising opportunities to help pay for solar insta...
Ontario Feed-in Tariff Prices Drop, Germans Pay Much Less
Ontario just completed a revision of their landmark feed-in tariff program and rates ...
Kyocera Launches Kyocera Solar Finance
Kyocera Solar today announced the launch of Kyocera Solar Finance, a program designed to p...
Antaris Solar Partners with Local PV Installers in UAE and Qatar
Antaris Solar, an international provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, announced toda...
Advanced Energy and Bergen Partner to Deliver Solar Systems to Indian Market
Colorado, US-based Advanced Energy Industries today announced a sales and service partners...
Solarexpo 2012: SolarEdge Launches Inverters and Voltage Optimisers
SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end solar power optimisation systems and moni...
Must Max Efficiency Solar Cells Emit Light?
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley (US) have demonstrated that designin...
Asia Report: European Ruling Could Cut Into Palm Oil Exports
A looming decision that threatens to derail Europe's biofuels industry could reverberate ...
Large Installers and Financiers Dominate the Residential Market in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has made data on the number of projects funded thro...
Toshiba to Speak on Boosting Inverter Performance at Avnet Forum 16 May
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) will present "Maximising Solar Inverter...
Research Update: Thin-film PV
Thin-film cells account for approximately 18% of todayâs global PV market and, although ...
REC Inks 20MW Bulgarian Solar Panel Deals
Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has signed agreements to supply 20 MW of its award-winn...
The 3D Spin Cell Solar Generator
Not a fan of rooftop solar power systems? Perhaps Solarphasec's Sentinel 3D Spin Cell sola...
Activists Block Duke Coal Train Shipment Link Mountaintop Removal to iCloud
CHARLOTTE, NCâThis week, activists from Greenpeace, Mountain Justice, RAMPS (Radical Act...
Solar incentives can create 100s of thousands of new jobs
At least that’s the gist of a new report from Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public ...
More Aggressive Carbon Reduction Goals in Europe are Affordable
Raising Europeâs carbon reduction target for 2020 from 20% to 30% will cost EU countries...
New Environmental Center to be Net Zero Energy
RGS Energy, the commercial division of Real Goods Solar, is completing the final phases of...
Developing the Worldâs Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant
Solana, which is being built in Arizona, will be the first solar plant in the United State...
New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May, 2012, 4:29 p.m. A new study has raised fresh concern...
Binghamton University Announces New Center for Autonomous Solar Powerâs Solar Laboratory
Published on May 4, 2012 U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer held up a large, bulky solar chip in hi...
Solar boat completes first solar navigation of globe
After 19 months on the water, the solar-powered ship MS Turanor PlanetSolar finished its j...
Growing Quality Requirements for Solar Module Manufacturers and at Photovoltaic Power Plants
Cologne, 4 May 2012. Module price decline and overcapacity, changed subsidy policies and i...
New Report on Employment Impacts of the Solar Industry
The Baker Center supports research in issues related to energy and the environment. Just r...
Solar PV Installation Growth in South Africa Hinges on the Success of Phase I Projects
The key hurdles that developers are facing to complete plants on time and on budget were r...
Home Owners in U.K. Need to Act Quickly for Solar Energy Feed-in Tariffs
Earn More With Photovoltaic Solar Panels Before July Deadline Experts in the photovoltaic ...
$300 million in solar leases now available
$300 million isn’t a small number. But that’s how much is now available for re...
First Solar Posts Disappointing Q1 Results
First Solar, which recently announced it was shuttering its Germany facility, idling line...
New Jersey Utility Ranked in Top 10 for New Solar Installations
New Jersey Utility, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has been identified as on...
Solar Voyage: Around the World in 584 Days
It came much more quickly than the three years it took the Ferdinand Magellan expedition,...
Yingli Establishes Regional Headquarters in Japan
Yingli Green Energy, a photovoltaic manufacturer that markets its products under the brand...
MidAmerican Solar, First Solar to Build 550MW Plant
MidAmerican Solar and First Solar have started construction at Topaz Solar Farms, located ...
SNEC 2012: Rofin upgrades laser for selective emitter processing
Rofin is broadening the product range for its âDual Line c-Siâ ⢠machine to other ap...
Japanese Proposed Tariffs Submitted
In what may be the most significant renewable energy policy development worldwide in year...
And the Solar Fred Award Goes toâŚ.
From a solar marketing and advocacy perspective, I'm a big fan of public peer awards. T...
German FiT, Asian Entrants Spell Trouble for Solar Leaders
Centrotherm and Wacker Chemie, leaders in the solar industry, both posted first quarter lo...
Rutgers Builds Solar-Powered Computing Center, Studies Power Management
Contractors recently installed 16 polycrystalline solar panels on top of a novel computin...
MySolar Offers up to $300 million in Residential Solar Leases
Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and leading pr...
Intersolar Europe 2012: TĂV Rheinland presents solar testing services
TĂV Rheinland, a test service provider in the solar industry, will be at the Intersolar ...
Mobile Solar Powered Rapid Response Unit
The first days after a disaster are critical and if power and clean water are unavailable,...
First Solar, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results, Hughes CEO
First Solar, Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2012. Net sal...
Insurance company to offer solar product
While innovators, installers and manufacturers are opening new solar businesses every day,...
CSP technology idled but definitely not out of the solar race
Concentrated solar power (CSP) has had a tougher time of late than its photovoltaic cousin...
Intersolar NA 2012: Sollegaâs InstaRack
Sollega will showcase its InstaRack ballasted solar racking system with new features at In...
SolarWorld Panels Power Largest Installation in West Virginia
A 407-kilowatt system comprised of 1,671 SolarWorld solar panels will power the American P...
CASE Calls on SolarWorld to End Dumping Allegations
The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) today called on SolarWorld to stop chargi...
New Solar Research and Efficiency Innovation Center Established
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-perform...
Largest Consumer Residential Solar Lease Facility in U.S. Announced
SAN FRANCISCO. – Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar f...
Financing Agreement for Solar Power Plant Development in Ontario
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies and Bank of Ch...
Largest Solar Installation in West Virginia Christened
American Public University System (APUS), an online higher-education provider focused on t...
Is PV pricing finally stabilizing?
At least one analyst is starting to see signs that solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing i...
China Dims 'Golden Sun' Solar Subsidy
China, the target of criticism and legal action from those who contend it unfairly subsid...
A Big Audacious Goal: Turning on the Lights for 1.4 Billion People
At the recent Fortune Brainstorm Green conference which I attended in Laguna Niguel, Cali...
K Road Power Acquires SunPowerâs 25MW Solar Project
K Road Power Holdings and SunPower announced today that K Road has acquired the 25-megawat...
Canadian Solar Supplies Modules for Bulgarian PV
Canadian Solar today announced its further strategic expansion into South-East Europe by s...
CEOs Launch Global Solar Council
Representatives of leading international companies in the solar photovoltaic industry have...
Criticism Rains Down Over Cloud Data Centers
Knowledge has always been power, but how that information is stored has emerged as one of...
What Solar Investors Want?
Investors can appear downright hostile to the idea of putting money in solar manufacturin...
Heineken Breweries Go Solar
Heinken's solar installations on four of its breweries is cuttiing costs, reducing carbon ...
ASES Award Winners Announced
The 2012 winners of the ASES Awards include the head of GreenEnergy Ohio (GEO), an outstan...
Comment on China Solar Subsidies from Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing
In addition to an array of illegal subsidies that have enabled China’s state-sponsor...
Fully Sustainable Working Solar House Built on University Campus
Solar Community Teams Up With University of the Incarnate Word for House of CARDS Project ...
25 Megawatt Solar Power Project Sold for $18.7 Million
K Road Power Holdings, LLC (K Road) and SunPower Corp. SPWR -6.61% announced today that K ...
What is Next for Solar Power Plant Development?
Abengoa (MCE: ABG), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions...
Plug-and-Play Solar Energy Systems for Homeowners
Washington, D.C. â As part of the Energy Departmentâs SunShot Initiative, U.S. Energy ...
Origin: Australia To Overshoot Renewable Energy Target
Recently we published an article on concerns Australia's Renewable Energy Target may not b...
Solar Assisted Hydrothermal Gasification Processes International Research Project
Airlight Energy involved in an international research project on solar assisted hydrotherm...
UK Solar Feed In Tariff Cuts Sees Uptake Plummet
A reduction in the UK's feed in tariff for new connections has seen solar power installati...
Why Location is Critical to Understanding Sustainability
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, sustainability is based on one simple p...
CASM Analysis: Chinaâs five-year solar plan
Chinaâs government recently issued a new Five-Year Plan for solar that provides for even...
3M and Gossamer Space Frames Inaugurate Large Aperture Parabolic Trough Installation
3Mâs Renewable Energy Division has teamed with Gossamer Space Frames to unveil a new par...
NASA seeking new solar arrays to power spacecraft
Space was one of the first applicable uses for photovoltaics, but arrays have typically be...
TĂV Rheinland PTL Named American Standards Developer by ANSI
TĂV Rheinland PTL, a North American solar and photovoltaic (PV) testing company, has been...
SNEC 2012: Sun Chemical Exhibits Pastes and Inks for PV Manufacturers
During the SNEC 6th (2012) International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference and Exhi...
ESA to Build 24MW Jamaican Solar Plant
ESA Renewables, a turnkey solar solutions provider, today said it has executed a letter of...
Intersolar China 2012: 12-14 December
The international solar industry will converge at Intersolar China for the second time thi...
PV for All: Low-Income Housing Residents Going Solar
Until recently, the low-income housing community has been a tough nut for the solar indus...
Conergy Solar Modules at Hawaiian High School
The 122.675kW installation at Aiea High School announced today, completed by local clean-e...
Momentive Performance Launches SilTrust Encapsulant for Solar Modules
Momentive Performance Materials Inc.'s new transparent silicone encapsulant technology can...
KleanJobs.com Offers Green-Collar Job Search
KleanJobs.com has just announced it is now offering green-collar job search for job candid...
Borrego Solar helping schools finance solar
Lets face it, schools are strapped for cash. They’re looking for more innovative way...
Thinking Neutral: Small Towns Look to Renewables to Reduce Reliance on the Grid
The town of Fowler, Colo., (pop. 1,087) sits in a 150-mile corridor between Pueblo and th...
BOS Series: The New Frontier of Intelligent Large-Scale Solar
In the first article in this series, we discussed the many factors that impact energy out...
Solar Ground Mount System from AET
Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a leading global provider of solar mounting solutions, ...
Intertek to Provide Auditing and Certification for Renewable Energy in Ontario, Canada
Intertek, a provider of quality and safety solutions, signed a partnership agreement with...
Case Study: German Solar Park Chooses Decentralized Control
It is a bizarre view: 47,250 modules mounted on the site of the former paper mill Muldenst...
Energy Matters Video News - Episode 66 - May 2, 2012
This week, Virginia reports on Australia's renewable energy target under threat, the minin...
LDK Solar Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2011
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (“LDK Solar”; NYSE: LDK), a leading vertically integrated ...
Solar Cogeneration System for Tucson Health Center
Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy s...
2.2 MW PV Ground-Mounted Single-Axis Tracker Solar System at the Atlantic Coast Freezers,
KDC Solar LLC, headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey, through its wholly owned subsidiar...
Shopping Centerâs Futuristic Solar Canopy Project Begins
NRG Energy and The Kraft Group have started construction of a futuristic solar canopy, par...
The Renewable Energy Potential Of Airports
Land appropriated for electricity generation facilities can be a thorny issue and we need ...
Australia Home To More Than 1.2 Million Solar Installations
Either Australia is chock-full of tree-hugging hippies, or the average Aussie is increasin...
Use of public and private dollars for scaling up clean energy needs a reality check, say scholars
In a post-Solyndra, budget-constrained world, the transition to a decarbonized energy syst...
6th-grade underdogs win solar race
A team of sixth-grade boys emerged from their underdog status to win the middle school div...
Canadian Solar to Present at Deutsche Bankâs 2012 Clean Tech, Utilities & Power Conference
ONTARIO, Canada, May 1, 2012. Canadian Solar Inc , one of the world’s largest solar ...
Ex Chrylser Plant Now Bloom Clean Energy Manufacturing Center
Bloom Energy breaks ground on new Manufacturing Center in Delaware, and announces new cust...
GeoGenix Announces 20 New Residential Solar Projects
GeoGenix, a residential and commercial solar installer in the mid-Atlantic region of the U...
Study Shows US Solar Could Employ Hundreds of Thousands by 2020
A report released today by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the Univers...
Assurant Solar Project Insurance Mitigates Risk and Supports Financing
Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialty insurance, today announced a comprehensive insuran...
Schneider Electric Provides Integrated Solar Solution for Greek 499MW PV Park
Schneider Electric, an energy management company, has supplied its technical PV solution t...
SolarCity Rides the Rising Demand for Solar PV, Plans To Go Public
On the heels of Brightsource Energy's announcement last month that it was canceling its p...
California Launches Solar Hot Water Public Awareness Campaign
When California funded the CSI Solar Thermal program in 2010, part of the funding inclu...
SNEC 2012: BTU to Showcase Latest Thermal Processing Equipment
BTU International will highlight its next-generation thermal processing equipment at the S...
HyperSolar Advances Solar to Renewable Hydrogen Conversion Process
HyperSolar, a developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using water and sola...
City of St.Petersburg Saving Energy with Solar Hot Water
Solar Source recently installed 21 active solar hot water systems at various municipal bui...
Tucson goes solar with SPG, again
The City of Tucson, Ariz. is now generating 2.3 megawatts of solar power at seven of its f...
US Bancorp, SunRun partner to create $150 million tax-equity fund
Last week U.S. Bancorp and SunRun created a new, $150 million tax-equity fund to support S...
Three Charts Illustrate Why Solar Has Hit a True Tipping Point
A new report from the prominent global consulting firm McKinsey shows why solar photovolt...
GroSolar Management Changes
GroSolar co-founder Jeff Wolfe is stepping down as CEO and Jamie Resor (pictured here), ...
SolarCity Goes Public
SolarCity Corporation plans to conduct a registered initial public offering of its common ...
New Accreditation Program for Residential PV Installation Companies
The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) proudly announces the ...
REC Agents Association Formed in Australia
Australia's clean energy regulatory framework has been strengthened with the announcement ...
Gas Price Hike To Hit Households Soon
It's not just electricity prices that will increase sharply soon; gas will also - and the ...
Wind Farms Will Cook The Planet
Well, that's a slight (gross) exaggeration, but no doubt some in the anti-renewables lobby...
Week in review: Spring kicks off new season of solar fun
Last spring a number of companies in the U.S introduced new incentives and awards to get m...
Global Woes Continue With LDK Solar's Quarterly Earnings
China's LDK Solar became the latest company to detail symptoms of the drag caused by over...
Report: Energy storage market will take off with renewables
As solar and wind technology gain market share in world of energy production, there will b...
BOS Series: Unlocking Solar Secrets of Current and Voltage Fluctuations
In the previous article in this series, we discussed the many factors that impact energy ...
Asia Report: U.S., India Strike $125 Million Investment Deal
Days after the United States Department of Energy announced a partnership with the U.K. o...
US Aids Laid-Off SolarWorld Workers
The US Department of Labor has determined that all manufacturing employees laid off from S...
Verdant and Talesun Solar Sign Joint Venture and Development Agreement
VRDT Corporation (“Verdant”) VRDT 0.00% announced today an agreement with Tale...
DOW Solar Singles Awarded Gold for Best New Product by Edison Awards
The DOW(TM) POWERHOUSE(TM) Solar Shingle was awarded Gold for Best New Product by the inte...
Solar Policy Can Advance (or Delay) Grid Parity by a Decade
In their interactive graphic, Bloomberg Energy Finance calls solar grid parity (when el...
Molex SolarSpec Panel-Mount DC Connectors Fully Certified
Molex Incorporated today announced that its SolarSpec panel-mount DC connectors are fully ...
Salamon to Acquire Solar Samoa
Green energy company Salamon Group today announced an agreement to purchase the balance of...
Solar Solution: CPV at Mojave Air & Space Port
The Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California (US) motto is âImagination flies h...
Dow Powerhouse Solar Shingles Is Edison Awards' Best New Product
The Dow Powerhouse Solar Shingle was awarded Gold for Best New Product by the internationa...
Storage is âMissing Linkâ in Modern Concentrated Solar Power â Bob Stojanovic of ABB
During CSP Todayâs âMyth-busting Webinarâ for 1000 members of the CSP community, ove...
The Making of a 'Living Lab' for Solar and Efficiency
Along the waterfront of the Charles River Basin, where rooftop access is scarce, solar pa...
PG&E Seeks Approval to Invest in Solar Manufacturing
A Silicon Valley company's plan to start a solar equipment prototyping service is running...
US Solar Institute Expands with Local Grant Money
Fort Lauderdale's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved a $5,700 contract to help ...
New X-Ray Technique Reveals Molecular Alignment in Solar Cells
Solar researchers have long hypothesized that the alignment at the interface between an el...
Solar Training and Jobs in the US
The solar industry is a great place to find a job. After maintaining strong growth in 2010...
Free Solar Power Systems For Cayman Islands Households
The Cayman Islands government is taking an interesting approach to helping low income fami...
Super Solar Panel Glass Boosts Efficiency
While solar panel glass is designed to reduce reflection; a new type of glass developed at...
GEâs Energy Storage Business and Arista Power Sign Business Cooperation Agreement
GE’s Energy Storage business, a unit of GE Transportation, recently signed a Busines...
Linde Refuels Fuel-Cell Cars at HANNOVER MESSE Trade Show With TUV- Certified Green Hydrogen
Linde AG / Linde refuels fuel-cell cars at HANNOVER MESSE trade show with TUeV- certified ...
Ultracapacitor Energy Storage Developer Maxwell Technologies Reports First Quarter Financial Results
–Ultracapacitor Sales Up 3%; Total Revenue Up 11% vs. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. MXW...
Pathways for Ultra-High Solar Cell Efficiency
Magnolia Solar Corporation MGLT +11.11% (“Magnolia Solar”) announced that Dr. ...
Solar Thermal Power Video
Steve Mann, Director of Research at Solution Generators Network, discusses how light from ...
New York Energy Efficient Upgrade Projects Saved State $9 Million and Created 3,000 Jobs in 2011
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that projects completed by the New York Power Aut...
Europe Could Receive Renewable Energy From Iceland via Submarine Cable
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND.-The Icelandic energy provider, Landsvirkjun, one of Europe’s lea...
Antaris Solar and Goede Foundation donate PV in Vietnam
In an effort to increase the amount of electrification and education in rural Vietnam, Ger...
California Apartment Complex Earns Solar Thermal Rebate
Jackson Lake Apartments in Oakland, California,earned a $121,623 California Solar Initiati...
Solar Trust of America Receives Approval for Replacement Financing
OAKLAND, Calif., Apr 27, 2012 – On April 26, 2012, Solar Trust of America, LLC (the ...
Sunray Solar offering PPAs in New Jersey with Clean Power Finance
Folks in New Jersey just got a bigger opportunity to go solar with no upfront costs thanks...
Heliatek Sets 10.7% Efficiency for Organic Tandem Solar Cell
Heliatek GmbH of Dresden, Germany commissioned SGS, an accredited and independent testing ...
MIT Names Solar Technologies to âTransform Our Worldâ
Two solar technologies made the MITâs Technology Review annual list of the 10 emerging t...
UK Government: Fracking Causes Earthquakes, but Itâs Worth the Risk
The process of hydraulic fracturing is a mining technique which uses injected fluid to pro...
In Climate of Cheap Gas, Forecast for Renewable Energy Finance is Cloudy: Q&A with Michael Butler, CEO of Cascadia Capital
Cascadia Capital CEO Michael Butler knows renewable energy finance. His investment bankin...
Sunray Solar, Clean Power Finance Partner for Cheaper US Residential Solar
Sunray Solar, a provider of solar solutions in the Northeastern US, has partnered with Cle...
Solar Lamps Project Wins Hult Global Case Challenge
NYU Abu Dhabi studentsâ African solar lamp project is one of three winners in the Hult G...
SNEC 2012: DEK Solarâfrom Platforms to Printers
DEK Solar will be exhibiting a new range of products at SNEC 2012 on 16-18 May 2012 at the...
US NASA Seeks Proposals for Game-Changing Solar Array Systems
The US's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Technology Program is ...
Solar car race winner interested in solar career
The future of the solar industry? Lee Puckett, a 10th grader at Long Beach Poly, and his t...
EPA, DOE introduce tool for developing solar, wind on contaminated lands
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) introduced ne...
Siemens Awaded Service Contract at Algerian Solar Hybrid Plant
Siemens Energy today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide long-term mainten...
U.S. EPA, Dept. of Energy Launch Innovative New Tools to Determine Solar and Wind Energy Potential on Contaminated Lands
City of Richmond, Calif. is serving as a pilot community for development of the tools SAN ...
More Affordable Solar Power Financing for Home Owners
Sunray Solarâ˘, a leader in simple, affordable solar solutions, has partnered with Clean ...
Principal Solar white paper anticipate US militaryâs aggressive adoption of solar
The U.S. Department of Defense, which uses more energy than many nations, is pushing the f...
What's Profit Got To Do, Got To Do with It?
As the losses add up for leading PV industry manufacturers, and as manufacturing capaciti...
California leads the nation in solar and clean tech
A new report confirms what most felt in their guts – that California is a leader in ...
California Solar Installer? Help! (Yourself and Job Security)
The good people at the Vote Solar Initiative and SEIA need about a minute of your...
Fuel Cell System to Power New York City Headquarters for News Corporation
UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, today announced that an affilia...
BOS Series: Your New Solar Array (Actual Performance May Vary)
You just bought a large-scale solar array. The performance expectations you have for your...
U.S. Department of Energy and the MIT Energy Initiative Announce a Women in Clean Energy Program for U.S.
Picture from Energy.gov LONDON — At the Third Clean Energy Ministerial in London tod...
Save Energy this Summer by Controlling Your Air Conditioning Remotely
As temperatures begin to climb this summer, Con Edison and ThinkEco have partnered to laun...
NASA Seeks Game Changing Solar Array Systems Proposals for Space Propulsion Systems
NASA’s Space Technology Program is seeking proposals to develop solar array systems ...
More Than 12,000 Acres Atop LA City Rooftops Provide Huge Opportunity For Solar Development
LADWP’s new Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) program creates opportunity to harvest sun’s ...
US's NASA Seeks Proposals for Game-Changing Solar Array Systems
The US's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Technology Program is ...
First Solar to Announce First Quarter 2011 Financial Results on Thursday, May 3, 2012
TEMPE, Ariz., Apr 26, 2012 — First Solar, Inc. FSLR +0.05% will report financial res...
UNI-SOLAR(R) to Feature New, Higher Power Output Solar Products at Solarexpo 2012 in Italy
United Solar, the global manufacturer of UNI-SOLAR(R) lightweight, flexible solar products...
Tonga's Solar Grandmothers
Two grandmothers from the island nation of Tonga have acquired the skills to install solar...
Industry reports and research see impact of slower solar market
NanoMarkets, an market research and analysis firm, released one solar industry report this...
Intersolar NA 2012: PV Production and Technology Hall
Intersolar North America, a solar industry exhibition and conference for solar professiona...
Q.Cells Completes Large European Solar Project
Q.Cells has completed the solar project Brandenburg-Briest in Germany. With the last outst...
Researchers Find Americansâ Misconceptions on Solar Installation Cost
Are you, like most people, overestimating the cost of solar? According to a recent study p...
SNEC 2012: Manz Debuts Wet-Chemical Tool
German high-tech engineering firm Manz today announced will show a new tool, IPSG CEI 4800...
SNEC 2012: Schmid's Metrology Sorter for Wafer Manufacturing
Schmid offers complete turnkey solutions for the entire wafer production process from crys...
Spire Ships its 250th 4600SLP Simulator
Spire Corporation, which provides solar PV equipment and systems, today announced that it ...
SunPower, Giulio Barbieri to bring PV carports to Italian homeowners
Solar photovoltaic carports have certainly taken off in the U.S., mostly in commercial app...
Florida FPL customers - get ready to sign up for solar now!
Florida Power & Light is reopening its solar incentive program May 3. But if you&rsquo...
Latin America Report: Mexico Climate Law Takes Shape
Mexico, a heavyweight in oil production, took a firm stand against climate change by pass...
US Solar Heads East
New capacity also increasingly comes as centralised projects rather than distributed PV â...
Canadian Clean Cash: Renewable Energy Impact in the Wake of the Federal Budget
Despite tension-filled anticipation of the 2012 federal budget announcement on March 29, ...
Message to Congress: Not Picking Energy Winners Should Not Mean Disadvantaging Clean Tech
Last week I had the privilege to participate in Environmental Entrepreneurs' (E2) annual ...
eiQ Energy Receives U.S. Patent for Parallel Solar Technology
eIQ Energy announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a p...
JinkSolar Modules Achieved High Yield Performance in PHOTON Laboratory Tests
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS), a fast-growing, vertically integrated solar powe...
tenKsolar Announces Global Strategic Partnership with Hanwha
tenKsolar, a Photovoltaics (PV) solutions company has announced  the completion of its $1...
Coca-Cola Funded Solar Facilities Completed at Japanese Quake Zone School
The Coca-Cola Japan Reconstruction Fund held a ceremony on April 24 at the Shiraishi Daiic...
JCM Capital Launches $10 Million Solar Development Capital Fund for FIT Projects in Ontario, Canada
JCM Capital has announced that they have launched a $10 million solar development capital ...
Scientists discover bilayer structure in efficient solar material
Detailed studies of one of the best-performing organic photovoltaic materials reveal an un...
Magnolia Presents Research on Ultra-High Efficiency Solar Cells
Magnolia Solar Corporation  has announced that Dr. Roger E. Welser, the Chief Technology ...
City of Tucson, Arizona and SPG Solar Build Upon Solar Partnership
Seven new solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems installed at City of Tucson facilities are...
2012 P3 Award Solar Winners
The U.S. EPA has awarded more than $1 million in grants to 15 university and college teams...
Most Overestimate The Cost Of Going Solar
A recent survey carried out in the USA reveals the vast majority of people overestimate th...
EPAâs Top 50 Green Power Partnership sees power surge
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its list of Top 50 organizations using g...
Liquid solar cells can be printed onto surfaces
Scientists have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanoc...
Q.Cells Successfully Completes Large European Solar Project
Q.Cells has completed the solar project Brandenburg-Briest in Germany. With the last outst...
IEEE PVSC: DOE Chief Science Officer to Give Keynote
US Department of Energy Chief Science Officer Sam Baldwin will deliver the keynote address...
Austria to subsidize PV installations in private households
Austria supports new smaller sized PV installations with a total of 25.5 million Euros thr...
tenKsolar Announces Strategic Partnership with Hanwha
tenKsolar, a photovoltaics (PV) solutions provider in Minnesota (US), announced today the ...
Areva Solar building largest CSP project in all Asia, India
AREVA Solar is building a 250 megawatt concentrating solar project (CSP) in Rajasthan, Ind...
Carmanah Technologies Launches A704-H Runway Light
Carmanah Technologies announced today the launch of the A704-H, its latest aviation signal...
Trina Solar Donates Modules to American Lung Association
Solar power provider Trina Solar joined the American Lung Association in California today ...
Graphene Boosts Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells
Scientists found that incorporating graphene increased the cell's conductivity, bringing 5...
Renewable Energy Solution Systems Announces Merger
Renewable Energy Solution Systems, a Nevada, US-based integrator of solar energy technolog...
Japanese Quake Zone School Receives Solar Facilities Funded by Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Japan Reconstruction Fund held a ceremony yesterday, 24 April 2012, at the S...
Hey Massachusetts! Want free solar?
Last year, a number of companies offered sweepstakes for free solar photovoltaic arrays to...
Brazil Laying Foundation for New Solar Market
Rumors of massive solar plant auctions in Brazil set for 2013 raced through U.S. renewabl...
Tribal Lands: An Emerging Market for Renewable Energy Development
Renewable energy projects on tribal lands are fast becoming a reality. Tribal communitie...
Why "Passive Activities" May Be Clean Energy's Biggest Hurdle
If you care about the future of the American renewable energy industry, you need to l...
Sub-2-Micrometer-Thick Solar Cell Paves Way to Ultra-Thin OPV
Researchers have unveiled a sub-2-micron-thick organic solar cell that is the result of a ...
UK/US To Collaborate On Floating Wind Turbines
A new agreement between the UK and US governments will see an increased focus on developin...
The USA's Biggest Green Electricity Users
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated its Top 50 Green Power Partners...
97% of Americans Overestimate the Cost of Installing Solar Panels
Sunrun today announced results of a US nationwide poll assessing Americans' beliefs about ...
CanSIA Ontario 2012: Carmanah Awarded $1.3M Contract for Rooftop PV
Carmanah Technologies Corporation is once again working with PowerStream Inc., a Canadian ...
Dow selling solar shingles in Texas
Dow Solar announced its move into the central Texas market with its new solar shingles las...
On the Horizon: Deeper Wind, Faster Solar
Offshore wind technology is striving to reach new depths while the solar industry is faci...
Hanwha Solar Panels Atop Disneyâs Vision House
Hanwha Solar, which manufactures silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (PV) cells and mo...
Canadian Solar, ESA Renewables and Zep Solar Complete 1.26MW Installation
Canadian Solar, ESA Renewables and Zep Solar today announced the successful completion of ...
Canadian Solar, ESA Renewables and Zep Solar Complete 1.26MW Rooftop Solar Installation
Canadian Solar, ESA Renewables and Zep Solar today announced the successful completion of ...
Global Solar Begins Sale Process for Portable Solar Products Division
Global Solar Energy, Inc. announced today that it has engaged US Financial Industry Regula...
Principal Solar Releases White Paper on US DoD's Solar Plans
Principal Solar, a renewable energy holding company, today announced the release of its wh...
Quantum Dots Win $100,000 for University of Utah Students
Students at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah (US) recently won first place a...
'Black Ships' Arrive at the Japanese PV Market: Threat or Opportunity?
In 1854, U.S. Navy Commander Matthew C. Perry compelled Japan to open up to its economy t...
Upsolar Now Offering PV Testing and Consultation Services
Solar PV module provider Upsolar today announced itâs expanding its technology division,...
eIQ Energy Receives US Patent for Parallel Solar Technology
eIQ Energy today announced the US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a pa...
Financing PV in Australia: Just a Little Bit Different
PV finance is on everyone's lips at the moment, and despite being perpectualy sunburnt, i...
ArrayPower, ShinHa to Bring Sequenced Inverter to Korea
ArrayPower, a US-based power electronics company, today announced that it has entered into...
Greener, Cheaper Solar Grade Silicon From Cambridge Uni
Researchers at Cambridge University are working on a new process for creating solar-grade ...
Australia's Renewable Energy Target Under Threat
A new study states electricity generation from renewable sources may fall well short of th...
Asia Report: Japan Solar FiT Likely In Line With Industry Request
It's been a year of slow, deliberate debate as Japan plots its future without nuclear pow...
Dye-Sensitised Cell PV Market Poised for Growth
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announces the release of its latest report on the dye-se...
US $9 Million to Improve Solar Forecasting
The US Energy Department today announced $9 million available this year to help utilities ...
LA launches feed-in tariff pilot
Los Angeles is becoming the latest city in the U.S. to adopt a feed-in tariff (FiT) to spr...
Week in Review: Solar surging forward
The majority of solar news last week was positive, with utility-scale projects starting to...
Iceland Attracts New Business with Clean Energy
Fishing has long been a vital industry in Iceland. It's so imprinted on the national psyc...
Syncronys to Install 400 Solar-Powered Water Pumps in Middle East
Syncronys International today announced that it has received an order valued at $4.5 milli...
SunPower to Manufacture Solar Carports for Italian Homes
California-based SunPower today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Giuli...
1st Light Energy Creates âBenevolent Solar Fundâ
1st Light Energy today announced the creation of its Benevolent Solar Fund. This program e...
GE, Arista to Jointly Market Power on Demand System
GE Energy Storage, a unit of GE Transportation, recently signed a Business Cooperation Agr...
Smart Grid Tools for Solar Installations
The term âsmart gridâ means many things to many people, but for solar and utility engi...
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
SkyFuel, Inc., maker of the highest performance and lowest cost parabolic trough solar col...
Alaska Judge Imposes Sweeping Injunction Against Greenpeace over Arctic Drilling
Court sides with Shell Oil over peaceful protest group despite clear legal argument A fede...
Solar Power Subsidies Pale Beside $4 Billion Mining Support
While some fret and fuss over financial incentives for solar power, a rogue elephant in th...
11 Year Old Kenyan's Solar Invention Saves Livestock
A boy from Kenya has created a system powered by solar energy that protects his family's c...
Colorado Green Home Builder Unveils Energy-Saving âElem3ntsâ Program in Time for Earth Day 2012
Colorado residents will be able to breathe easier and pay lower heating bills next winter ...
Walmart adds solar to six stores in Colorado reaching 100 installations in US
The Centennial State, Colorado just got another 100, Walmart’s 100th solar installat...
Indianapolis Housing Authority installs PV array at Laurelwood community
The Indianapolis Housing Agency (IHA) installed a 59 kilowatt photovoltaic array at its La...
Investing Local In Washington Solar Power
Washington’s solar policy attempts to spur on local manufacturers If youâve che...
The EPAâs First Fracking Rules â Limited and Delayed
Men with Cabot Oil & Gas work on a natural-gas valve at a hydraulic fracturing site on...
SunMaxx offers nationwide solar thermal lease through partnership with REEL
Usually when solar leases are discussed, they’re two things that the new lease being...
Banco Santander Invests in Abengoaâs Solana CSP Plant
Abengoa, which is currently developing Solana, expected to be the largest concentrating so...
MAGE Modules Part Of Net-Zero Home Design
Mage Solar today announced its PV-modules are part of the Reose award-winning green buildi...
US Re-takes Lead in Clean Energy Race from China â But Not for Long
According to the just-released report "Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race?" from the Pew...
Incentives made largest rooftop solar array on continent possible
The Gloucester City Marine Terminal received more than $11 million in tax rebates earlier ...
Longhorn Solar offering National Instrument employees big discount on solar
National Instruments employees could get a 6 kilowatt photovoltaic system for a total cost...
Will Solar Projects Need Tax Equity in the Future?
I've written in various places about the need for tax equity to finance renewable energy ...
Normalize Renewable Energy Credits Now
Several renewable energy incentives are on the congressional chopping block this year, an...
Will Solar Installers Become Commodities Too? Perhaps They Are Already.
As solar PV prices continue to be chased down to the lowest $/watt solar commodity, sol...
How Chinese Panels Are Impacting the European Solar Market
In recent years, the global price of PV modules has undergone a rapid and sustained perio...
SunWize Completes the Largest Solar Installation for American Samoa Power Authority, Generating 50 Local Jobs
SunWize Technologies, Inc., a provider of sustainable energy solutions, recently completed...
Geostellar, GeoEye Team Up to Map the Solar Potential of Every Rooftop in the U.S.
GeoEye, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial information and insight, announced a strate...
Solar Powered Book Light to Help Children Around the World
Nokero (“No Kerosene”) unveils Edâ˘, the world’s most affordable solar ...
Luminescent âLED typeâ Design Breaks Solar Efficiency Record
Alta Devices solar cell (Credit:Joe Foster) To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar...
SPI Solar to Build 7.4 MW in Greece
SPI Solar a vertically integrated photovoltaic solar developer has announced that the Comp...
'Turbo' For Solar Cells Developed
Solar cells for home solar power systems with conversion efficiencies approaching 40% are ...
Repowering Port Augusta With Solar And Wind - Blueprint
Non-profit think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) has released 'Repowering Port Augusta'; ...
New Connecticut solar program exceeds expectations
Just over a month ago (March 2) Connecticut introduced the first, $2.5 million round of in...
AZ land department leases land for solar to support schools
A new project between Arizona’s largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS) and Ar...
Delaware Student Generates Hydrogen from Sunlight
A Ph.D. student at the University of Delaware (UD), Newark, Delaware (US), could be days a...
Solar Top 10: SEPA List Details Key Utility Trends
In 2011, solar became a far deeper ingrained part of energy portfolios for utilities acro...
CA Sets Pace for US in Clean Tech Race
Californiaâs lead in the global clean technology race is growing and that leadership is ...
Geostellar, GeoEye to Map Solar Potential of Every Rooftop in US
GeoEye, Inc., a provider of geospatial information and insight, today announced a strategi...
SPI Announces Plans to Develop 100MW in Greece
SPI Solar today announced plans to build solar energy facilities across Greece. Read more...
Solar cell that also shines: Luminescent 'LED-type' design breaks efficiency record
To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar cells are designed to absorb as much light ...
Doubling Down to Support Renewable Energy Jobs
While in Vermont last month, President Obama called for a "doubling down" in support of c...
Bosch Buys Voltwerk Electronics, Expands Inverter Business
Bosch today announced it has acquired voltwerk electronics, an inverter supplier. Voltwerk...
SkyFuel Offers Insurance-Backed Warranty
Parabolic trough solar collector maker SkyFuel now offers insurance to support its warrant... |
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