
The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced that it is launching “Energy is a Human Right,” a campaign to provide a voice to the nearly 1.5 billion people around the world living without access to electricity and other forms [...]

IRVING, Texas–Fluor Corporation FLR-1.82% announced today that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded the company a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoing operations and maintenance services (O&M) for its new nominal 125-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) facility [...]

WASHINGTON–An economic analysis prepared by The Brattle Group and released today finds that a 100% tariff on imported solar PV cells and modules from China would result in as many as 50,000 net lost jobs in the U.S. over the next three years. Furthermore, retaliatory tariffs placed on U.S. exports of polysilicon to China would [...]

Way back in early 2011, members of the U.N. Security Council had no problem getting a resolution through that authorized military force in Libya ostensibly to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to strongman Moammar Gadhafi. The year before, lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic were bickering over who did what and why [...]
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Teaming with strategic partners will allow the company to increase volume and reduce the cost of BioBacksheet for solar manufacturers Santa Clarita, CA . BioSolar, Inc, developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, this week reported that the company intends to pursue [...]

New research has found that solar output is likely to reduce over the next 90 years but that will not substantially delay expected increases in global temperatures caused by greenhouse gases. Carried out by the Met Office and the University of Reading, the study establishes the most likely changes in the Sun’s activity and looks [...]

Certified PV installers to earn recertification credit through Zep Systems Installation and Design training Zep Solar Inc. (“Zep Solar”), developer of the first comprehensive platform for PV system installation, this week announced it has registered three new PV continuing education courses with the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners’ (NABCEP). NABCEP certified PV installers [...]

Petra Solar and Enviromena Power Systems today announced an alliance agreement that enables the two market leaders to join forces to develop solar and smart grid projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Combining Petra Solar’s innovative smart energy technology with Enviromena’s expertise in development of renewable energy projects in MENA will advance [...]

2011 saw huge advances in solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and these advancements will continue into 2012. In fact 2012 could be the year that renewable energy sources start to seriously compete with traditional fossil fuels, at least that is the hope in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on [...]

Lithium Ion Battery Storage System Designed to Shift Peak Energy Load to Increase Reliability of the Electric Grid and Improve Power Quality A123 Systems AONE +1.24% , a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate(R) lithium ion batteries and systems, announced this week that it will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), [...]

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the solar energy industry, announced this week that it has officially merged with the Solar Alliance, an advocacy organization committed to establishing solar policies at the state level. Effective immediately, the Solar Alliance will operate under the SEIA brand in an effort to present [...]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published in the Federal Register an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to give the public background information about the BLM’s interest in establishing an efficient, competitive process for issuing right-of-way (ROW) leases for solar and wind energy development on the public lands. The BLM believes such a [...]

Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSV: WND) (OTCQX: WNDEF), announced last week that it has signed a Module Supply Agreement (“MSA”) with a leading international, multi-billion dollar photo voltaic panel manufacturer for 42 MW DC (30 MW AC) for its Yabucoa Project located in Puerto Rico . The panels have been delivered and Western Wind Energy [...]