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MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) today announced that it has achieved a new quality and safety milestone, receiving 1,000 volt UL certification with the introduction of its Silvantis line of multi-crystalline 290W PV mo...  more

Satcon Technology Corporation® (NASDAQ CM:SATC), a provider of utility scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, provided a business update and certain preliminary unaudited financial results for its first ...  more

Underscoring President Obama’s commitment to energy security for America’s warfighters, and to a sustained, comprehensive strategy to ensure a secure energy future for all Americans, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a $3...  more

Walmart announced six SolarCity projects on stores in Colorado, marking the company’s 100th solar power installation in the U.S. and moving it closer to its long-term goal of using 100-percent renewable energy for all its retail a...  more

General Electric Co. (GE) will supply a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) with 288 turbines for six wind farms in Canada that will be able to power about 120,000 homes. The 1.6-megawatt turbines will be used in NextEra Ener...  more

New turbines were installed at this wind farm in California's Tehachapi Pass in 2011, part of the $2 billion invested in wind energy in the state last year. On Thursday, the Annual Market Report from the American Wind Energy Assn...  more

Infiniti's plug-in LE concept, unveiled Thursday at the New York International Auto Show, will hit dealerships within the next two years, and there's a good chance parent company Nissan will build it alongside the Leaf, which will...  more

Electronics firm Kyocera Corp , heavy machinery maker IHI Corp and Mizuho Corporate Bank said on Tuesday they have agreed to launch Japan's biggest solar power project at a cost of $307 million. Their 70-megawatt plant will gener...  more