The Connecticut government  said that will provide $3 million in grants to help build large solar energy projects. Qualifying solar power systems have to be at least 50 kilowatts in size - so home solar installations won&#...  more

The world's biggest solar power project was approved by the U.S. Interior Department, whose electricity is enough to power around 750,000 average American homes in southern California. The project, a joint venture of Solar...  more

Portugal is planning to open the world's first nationwide electric vehicle (EV) charging network early next year. By 2020, 10 percent of all vehicles are going to be replaced by electric cars in Portugal. "In the firs...  more

China's annual production capacity of electric motor vehicles will reach 1 million units by 2020, a senior official forecast. As the world's largest auto market, new energy vehicles are key to the development of China&#...  more

More than 5,300 home and workplace charging stations are planned to be installed in Michigan as the state prepares for the introduction of new electric vehicle technology. General Motors and its partners are teaming up to help g...  more

The Chinese government will implement three standards to regulate electric vehicle charging stations this October and is set to develop a further five, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission said. The Energy Bureau is in disc...  more

Solar Millennium AG has hit another milestone in the permitting process for realizing its first parabolic trough power plants in the American southwest. Solar Millennium, LLC, the U.S. project development subsidiary of Solar Trust...  more

Arizonaelectric utility Tucson Electric Power is installing a 1.6-megawatt solar power system - and it's doing so at the University of Arizona's solar development center. The UATechPark's SolarZone, as it's called, occupies 200 ac...  more