As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of the Interior, in partnership with the Department of Energy, will publish the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar...  more

IKEA has completed the installation of its new solar energy system on June 27, which is said to produce approximately 1,421,500 kWh of clean electricity annually for the the 309,000-square-foot store, the home furnishings ret...  more

(Yilan, Taiwan, June 20, 2012) —Sunrise Global Solar Energy Co. Ltd. (Sunrise) achieved peak efficiency of 20.2% in industrial grade Czochralski p-type cells. The high performance cell, called the ‘CELCO’ cell, u...  more

As a world-leading supplier of solar energy solutions, Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced the launch of its latest solution: Kyocera Solar Finance, a program designed to provide loan and lease options to consumers seeking light commerc...  more

IKEA announced plans to install solar energy panels on 10 additional US locations—its entire presence in the Southern US. Pending governmental permits, installation can begin this winter, with completion expected in summer 2...  more

An advanced solar-powered vehicle built by Solar Energy Racers, which is run by employees from the Swiss-based Bühler Group, took ninth place and the best newcomer award in the Veolia World Solar Challenge trans-Australia r...  more

GE (NYSE: GE) and MPX, a division of EBX Group, owned by businessman Eike Batista, announced an agreement that will double the output of MPX’s first solar power plant in Brazil. The announcement signifies an important step...  more

Arizona Public Service Co. has signed contracts for the construction of two photovoltaic power plants with a combined capacity of 37 megawatts. Both plants will be developed by SunEdison, with APS taking ownership at completion....  more