In an effort to rely less on coal and meet California's renewable energy mandates, LADWP has increased its solar feed-in tariff (FIT) program and added another project to its portfolio.
A new report from Lux Research says the sector is set for modest growth this year but forecasts a boom by 2018.
A new report from IHS forecasts what effects anti-dumping duties could have on both parties involved.
The Sebastopol, Calif., City Council has passed a provision under which future builders will need to install a solar array on their projects and pay for it out of pocket.
Following a long investigation, the European Commission is planning to impose some hefty import tariffs on Chinese photovoltaic products.
On May 23, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a bill intended to boost the percentage of solar power used in the state. The governor's signature had been widely expected after a [Read More]
aleo solar AG, a manufacturer of PV modules, has announced it is in discussions with potential investors with a goal of finding a new owner by the third quarter of this year. Current [Read More]
News
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; and Angus King, I-Maine, have introduced the Storage Technology for Renewable and [Read More]
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz says in a new video that the nation should take advantage of the natural gas [Read More]
According to news sources, an Oregon factory will stop producing solar wafers for Panasonic's Sanyo subsidiary at the end of June. Citing a [Read More]
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E-Features
When people think of renewable energy and buried waste, they think of Massachusetts. Or at least they might, as the state has been active lately in helping [Read More]
When people think of crowd funding, or raising money via the Internet, they probably think of art projects or third-world countries. There's Kickstarter, a site launched in [Read More]
Using solar photovoltaics to power affordable housing is a concept that is gaining momentum. "It makes business sense for us," says Scott Sarem, CEO of Carlsbad, Calif.-based [Read More]
According to a recent report from Navigant Research, 220 GW of distributed solar photovoltaic capacity will be installed worldwide between 2013 and 2018. The total, which includes [Read More]
Projects & Contracts
Martifer Solar is building a 30 MW photovoltaic plant in Baja California Sur, Mexico, for Gauss Energia, a development company. The Aura Solar I project will incorporate approximately 132,000 modules installed [Read More]
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission have unveiled a battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The Yerba [Read More]
Chinese photovoltaic equipment manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. has announced its Singapore-based subsidiary will supply multicrystalline PV modules for a 10.269 MW solar power plant to be built in [Read More]
Lightsource Renewable Energy, a U.K.-based operator of solar plants, has taken possession of the Chalcrost Farm 6.3 MW PV array from developer Solarcentury. The facility, located in West End, Southampton, fields [Read More]
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) have announced an agreement to partner on two of Sempra's solar power facilities: the 150 MW Copper Mountain Solar 2 [Read More]
