Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the United States, announced it is installing a 5 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) power system designed and built...

The European Investment Bank announced last week a €20 million loan agreement with German-based Heliatek, a world leader in the production of organic photovoltaic devices and solar films. The EU-funded loan, part...

SunCulture Solar Inc. (Mountain View, CA, U.S.) on September 22nd, 2016 announced the launch of “SolPad”, a new series of integrated energy products for solar homes or off-grid photovoltaic (PV) applications. According to...

An Asian consortium, comprising JinkoSolar Holding of China and Marubeni Corporation of Japan,  made the lowest bid for a 350 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) independent power project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, said...

A new study from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power...

NEW DELHI — Indian scientists have designed a “solar tree” that they hope will help overcome one of the key challenges the country faces in the generation of solar power. With photovoltaic panels...

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) on September 8th, 2016 announced its withdrawal from the European Union photovoltaic (PV) price undertaking (UT) agreement. Under the terms of the UT agreement that JinkoSolar was...

Twelve new large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plants are set to be constructed across Australia, tripling the amount of energy produced from utility-scale solar. The 12 PV projects totaling 482 MW have been chosen...

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (Thun, Switzerland) supplied SWISS KRONO, a major player in the manufacturing and finishing of wood based products based in Menznau (Switzerland), with innovative and high-performance glass-glass solar photovoltaic...

High in the stark Nevada desert, a couple of hundred miles north-west of Las Vegas, is the shimmering circular mirage of Crescent Dunes. Ten thousand silvery glass panels, each measuring 115 square...

An affiliate of D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired the 11-megawatt Rancho Seco solar project in Sacramento County from First Solar. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Golden 1...

Tesla has confirmed that it will buy SolarCity for $2.6 billion, a deal that unites two Elon Musk firms as one giant green company. The merged business will sell solar panels, Powerwall...

A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to...

SMA, SolarEdge, Schneider Electric, Sungrow, Huawei and ABB were all identified as solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter industry leaders with above average scores for both market presence and market momentum, according to an...

We all know that when you mix water and electricity, the results are shocking, but there’s an important connection between the two that goes beyond the potential for bathroom tragedy. But here’s what’s...

SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Project in Tonopah, Nevada is quietly providing clean, green solar energy to 75,000 homes in the Silver State even when the sun isn’t shining. Crescent Dunes is the first utility-scale...