Solar Energy News

Surrounded by regional crises, Jordan's greatest challenge remains its chronic energy woes, with officials racing to develop local alternative resources to reign in skyrocketing electricity subsidies.

The European Commission said that trade talks between them and the Chinese solar industry have not 'broken down' as cited this week by an industry trade group in Beijing.

The Bank of the Philippine Islands expects its loan portfolio to grow about 15 percent this year, in line with the growth rate forecast for the country's banking system.

The managing director of a local solar energy company that was awarded a R13 billion state contract has been found unfit to run a body corporate.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is taking Johannesburg City Power to court over an R800-million tender, it has been reported.

A new program in Yolo County offers those who live and/or work in Yolo County a group-purchase discount for installing solar power and energy efficiency measures in their homes.

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law today an Omnibus Energy Bill that includes a series of provisions directed at encouraging investment, development and use of solar energy in Minnesota.

The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week.

Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month peaks.

The Solar Energy Industries Association , the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, and the Electricity Storage Association , the international trade association promoting the commercialization and deployment of energy storage systems, recently announced a new partnership to help grow solar energy markets and accelerate the ... (more)

First Solar , a solar panel manufacturer, is by most standards a failing company.

Waterhouse Solar has paired up with Special Olympics Hawaii to launch a new community giving campaign that will raise money from solar photovoltaic system installations through July 31.

Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5% of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov.

The Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District will host public information meetings Tuesday and Wednesday on a series of ground-mounted solar energy projects planned for four schools in the district.

You may soon have the chance, thanks to a new bill we introduced the last week of the 2013 legislative session: the Rural Georgia Economic Recovery and Solar Resource Act of 2014, also known as HB 657.

Perhaps. The rally this week was triggered by a 6% increase in first-quarter revenue for China-based JA Solar and also news in its financial results that it had shipped more solar equipment than it had expected.

Wind and solar power generated 3.5% and about 0.1% , respectively, of US electricity last year.

With the early repayment yesterday of Tesla Motors Inc. 's loan from the U.S. Energy Department, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is free to run the electric-car maker for the benefit of himself and other shareholders.

Image courtesy of Sunsense Solar This illustration depicts two sites for proposed solar panels near Cabondale's Roaring Fork water treatment plant to help the town lower some of its utility costs.

A group of Korean businessmen is eyeing investment on power generation to help address the electricity needs of this city.