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More Fallout In Nevada: Radiant Solar Cuts Workforce, Coalition Wants Commissioners Removed

The drama in Nevada continues, as another solar installer has announced local job cuts and a coalition has issued a call for the governor...

Report: Solar And Wind Could Eclipse Fossil Fuels By 2030

The U.S. could slash greenhouse-gas emissions from power production by up to 78% below 1990 levels within 15 years while meeting increased energy demand,...

First Solar Cuts Ribbon On Australian Projects Totaling 155 MW

First Solar recently marked the official opening of two utility-scale solar projects totaling 155 MW in Australia. Located in New South Wales, the 102...

New Leader At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The University of California’s (UC) board of regents has approved Dr. Michael Witherell, vice chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara, as the eighth...

Borrego Solar Systems Doubled O&M Assets In 2015

Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a California-based solar power project designer, developer, installer, and operations and maintenance (O&M) provider, says that since expanding its O&M...

Community Power Network Launches Solar Co-Op Campaign In Ohio

Community Power Network (CPN), a national network of local, state and national advocates for renewable energy, has launched its Ohio Solar United Neighborhoods (OH...

Federal Court Rejects Stay Of Clean Power Plan

On Thursday, a federal court handed renewable energy stakeholders, environmentalists and the Obama administration a victory: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....

Yet Another Solar Company To Cut Jobs Following Nevada PUC Ruling

Premier Solar Solutions, a Henderson, Nev.-based solar sales and installation company, is the latest solar business to suffer from the Public Utilities Commission of...

Study Explores Drivers For Low-Priced PV Systems In The U.S.

The price of solar PV systems installed on homes and small businesses spans a wide range, and researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

New Campaign Challenges 100 Cities To Go 100% Clean Energy

The Sierra Club says it has launched a new initiative, the #ReadyFor100 campaign, which will challenge 100 cities across the U.S. to commit to...

SOLV And First Solar Team Up On O&M Services

SOLV, a division of Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE), and First Solar Inc. have formed a partnership to provide shared operations and maintenance (O&M) services...

Soltec Nets UL Certification For Single-Axis SF Utility Tracker

Soltec Renewable Energies, a manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers, has secured Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 3703 certification for its SF Utility solar tracker....

HiQ Solar Chooses To Manufacture TrueString Inverters

California-based HiQ Solar has selected Flex, which provides design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply-chain insight and logistics services, to manufacture its TrueString solar inverter family....

Duke Energy Added Over 300 MW Of North Carolina Solar In 2015

Duke Energy says 2015 marked a banner year for solar power in North Carolina, as its companies set a record for the amount of...

Nevada PUC To Consider ‘Grandfathering In’ Existing Rooftop Solar Customers

In the latest development out of Nevada, the state's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has indicated that it will consider an appeal from Nevada's Bureau...

New York Dedicates $5 Billion To Clean Energy Fund

Building on big plans for renewables unveiled during his recent State of the State address, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced the New...

RE100 Companies Halfway To 100% Renewables

Companies involved in the RE100 campaign are, on average, halfway toward meeting their 100% renewable energy goals, according to a new report published by...

Governors’ Wind Coalition Now Advocating For Solar, Too

Following a unanimous vote from member governors, the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition has added solar energy issues to its agenda and renamed itself the...

IHS Confirms 2016 Solar Wafer Supply Shortage

IHS Technology has released its 2015 statistics on the global solar wafer market, and the research firm says it has found new evidence to...

World Energy Council: Don’t Misperceive ‘True Value’ Of Energy Storage

A narrow focus on cost alone may be leading to misconceptions about the real value of energy storage, according to a new report by...

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