The  Shine On Solar  edition of the CEPGI provides an indication of the trends in innovative activity in the Solar energy sector. Victor Cardona, Co-chair...

In a last-minute race to the finish-line, the CEC has approved a staggering 2,800 MW (or 3 GW) of solar projects this month in California....

The era of the "smart" solar panel is here. As more companies develop new power optimization and data tracking technologies for solar systems, the market...

Solar visionary, Jigar Shah, will join AltaTerra Research and RenewableEnergyWorld.com on September 23 to discuss the current state of the U.S. solar industry and where...

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Due to  high demand for solar PV around the world , silicon prices are again on the rise. After a period of decline, a new...

Solar energy company SunPower Corp. has landed a sweet array of installation contracts for U.S. government entities, amounting to about 20 megawatts’ worth of new...

Calisolar is the recipient of the first loan approved by the California Energy Commission as part of the Clean Energy Business Financing Program. The Sunnyvale,...

Finally, it's official. Last year Ontario was the third largest market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in North America. The Canadian province pushed aside Florida...

SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., VE Group LLC and Affordable Solar Group LLC unveiled New Mexico’s largest solar array (1.1MW) on The Bell Group’s headquarters’ parking...

Washington, D.C. –Last month, the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) led a group of U.S. utility executives to Japan to take a look at the...

Many houses, stores, and factories across the U.S. now have arrays of photovoltaic solar cells mounted on their roofs. These days, that’s hardly news. But ...

The performance of PV systems will be driven not only by the quality of manufacturing processes and equipment, but also by the reliability of testing...

The latest in a series of global Roadmaps by the International Energy Agency (IEA) argues that solar electricity could represent up to 20%–25% of total...

Last week, residents in the Baltimore-Washington area experienced their 42 nd day of 90+ degree temperatures this year. Wouldn’t it be nice to capture more...

A very innovative way to make it easy to put more solar on the grid is being pioneered by Tucson Electric Power ( TEP )...

WASHINGTON, DC — Intel, Khol's and Whole Foods Market retained their positions as the biggest buyers of renewable energy in the U.S. as other companies...

The future hasn’t been looking too bright for thin-film solar companies lately. Persistent high costs and low energy efficiencies have stymied a technology that was...

If you are wondering where the  concentrating solar power (CSP) or concentrator photovoltaics (CPV)  is heading from here, crane your neck and look upward, says...

On announcing the appointment of ex-Intel executive Brian Harrison as its new president and CEO, CIGS thin-film manufacturer Solyndra expects sales to reach US$400 million...

General Mills  has completed the installation of a solar power system at its warehouse in Methuen, Mass., which is expected to supply nearly 80 percent...

If the rise of the solar energy market is written as a fantasy novel, then the makers of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) are members of a mythical...

Intel’s solar installations in Folsom, Calif., and Chandler, Ariz., part of the semiconductor manufacturer’s  plan to build several solar projects in Arizona, California, New Mexico...

AT&T announced Wednesday it's signed an agreement to allow Petra Solar solar panels in New Jersey to communicate with the utility Public Service Electric and...

At  Intersolar North America  2010 last week,  Dr. Thomas Surek  of Surek PV Consulting presented " The Race to Grid Parity: Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin...

San Jose brands itself the capital of Silicon Valley. Now it can also call itself Solar City. New data about the California Solar Initiative, the...

Cornwall, the region in the far southwestern corner of England that is associated for many with images of cream teas, fishing boats and childhood seaside...

Solar was by far the largest sector that  venture capitalists poured money into last quarter . And it looks like that’s not stopping this quarter....

Amid the hullabaloo over government-chartered mortgage giants derailing the green financing program known as Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, the march toward distributed generation...

University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has announced the results  of a study examining the economic benefits of a comprehensive feed-in tariff (FIT). The analysis...

One day early in 2004, Robert Noble, an architect specializing in sustainable design, asked himself why parking lots in the United States weren’t covered in...

Controversial cuts to the feed-in tariff incentives offered to German businesses and households that install solar panels could be introduced, after a parliamentary mediation committee...

The Obama administration is devoting $150 million in stimulus money for programs that help homeowners install solar panels and other energy improvements, which they pay...

Albertsons announced it has activated solar rooftop power systems at three of its stores in Carlsbad, Oceanside and Alpine, California, according to a company press...

Amid all the hope and hype about the nascent solar boom under way in California, there's long been an elephant in the room -- transmission....