solar energy

SolarWorld and Montpellier Airport jointly inaugurated the completion of a 4.5MW solar power system installed at the airport in the southern French city. The PV system, which consists over 16,000 PV modules and was installed on ca...  more

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced its $1 million commitment to support the installation of rooftop solar on nearly 100 homes with 17 different Habitat for Humanity local affiliates throughout Northern and Centr...  more

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) held the twelfth Electric Power Safety Subcommittee meeting on March 22nd, and drafted a new safety proposal of solar power generating facilities. In the future, propos...  more

Under Mexico's first electricity power auction, SunPower has been awarded power purchase agreements with CFE, Mexico's state-owned electric utility, to deliver one terawatt-hour of energy, equivalent to approximately 500MW, over t...  more

Solar Frontier has entered into a 150 MW module supply agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR), a solar company specializing in locally-based development strategies and ownership of clean energy solar projects with over 2.6 ...  more

BrightSource Energy, Inc., a concentrating solar power technology (CSP) company, announced advanced solar field technologies currently being deployed at the 121MW Ashalim Solar Thermal Power Station located in Israel’s Nege...  more

Gamesa, an India-based renewable energy company, has won a new solar order from the industrial conglomerate Laugfs Power Limited in Sri Lanka. This order entails delivering 20MW of solar power in Hambantota province, in southern S...  more

Over the past seven years, PSEG has invested more than US$1 billion in developing solar energy, transferring the traditional power company into a solar company. Solar is a clean and inexhaustible power source that is crucia...  more

Cochin International Airport, the seventh busiest airport in India, is now completely operating by solar power generated from its own solar power plants. By installing solar arrays on buildings’ rooftops and on near land, C...  more

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi, Kenya, will be powered by three rooftop solar PV arrays totaling 1,154kWp. Solarcentury will undertake the installations while schedules completi...  more