solar energy

Bavarian solar specialist, Jurawatt, now also has operations in the Sri Lankan market, where it has found two very en­thusiastic desert technology partners. Jurawatt’s Desert Modules are ideal for Sri Lanka’s tropical climate wher...  more

Duke Energy proposed several solar power programs to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) that will greatly expand options for customers to use renewable energy. The programs plan to add up to 100MW of solar ene...  more

Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., one of the largest commercial-scale solar providers and the No.2 commercial EPC in the U.S., announced a record year in which it saw a 40% increase in total MW installed from 2013. The total installat...  more

Minnesota property owners can now increase the value of the sunlight that shines on their rooftops through the state's Made in Minnesota (MiM) Solar Incentive Program. The Made in Minnesota incentive pays a property owner for the ...  more

Scatec Solar ASA (SSO), the integrated independent solar power producer, has entered into financing agreements totaling USD$157 million for construction of a 104 MW Red Hills solar power plant in Utah. Total investment for ...  more

Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved Energy Sale Agreements with five proposed First Wind solar projects and the Idaho Power Company. The 20-year contracts are for five projects, total 100 MW, spreading across sou...  more

Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN) acquired substantially all of the assets of Green Lake Capital, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "Green Lake"), an owner and operator of commercial distributed generation solar power sys...  more

UNSW's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The world-beating efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being in...  more