Solar

DOE gives $1.187 bln conditional commitment to SunPower

published: 2011-04-13 17:02
A federal program to support the development of clean energy technologies escaped the budget ax this week and the Energy Department wasted no time announcing major commitments to fund two of the world's largest solar projects. Su...  more

Google Invests $168M in Solar Energy Project

published: 2011-04-12 14:03
The commitment announced Monday is part of the financing that BrightSource Energy needs to build solar power plant in California's Mojave Desert. BrightSource also has lined up $1.6 billion in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Departme...  more

GE to build nation's largest solar power plant

published: 2011-04-11 10:27
GE is taking aim at the world's biggest solar company in a bid to expand into a fast-growing renewable energy market. General Electric Co. announced Thursday that it would spend $600 million to build the nation's biggest solar pa...  more

3M to make solar energy products in China

published: 2011-04-08 10:43
3M Co. plans to build a plant in central China that will manufacture solar energy products, a move that expands the company's presence in the renewable energy market as well as its footprint. The plant in Hefei, an industrial cit...  more

GE Unveils Plans For US Thin-Film Solar Panel Factory

published: 2011-04-08 10:13
General Electric Co. (GE) is aiming to build up its nascent solar energy business on a scale of its $6 billion wind-turbine unit, announcing plans Thursday for what it said will be the biggest photovoltaic panel factory in the U.S...  more

CNPV Becomes Strategic Supplier for Sun'R French Company

published: 2011-04-06 14:34
CNPV Solar Power SA, a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, announced that it has entered into a long-term...  more