North America

Homeowners in search of flexible financing for their solar systems now have a product option that dramatically increases energy harvest and improves system uptime:  ACPV systems. In a partnership with residential lease provid...  more

Hartnell College and Chevron Energy Solutions announced they have broken ground on a solar energy project that is expected to save the community college more than $6 million. The project will include over half a megawatt of s...  more

SunEdison, a leading global solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) has signed an agreement with Petrobras to build one of the largest solar photovoltaic power plants in Brazil....  more

Trilogy® and Shea Homes Active Lifestyle® Communities, the award-winning builder of resort communities, and SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY), a leading provider of clean energy, will celebrate Earth Day this year by honoring ...  more

Nearly 2 million (1,951,243) Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicles have been sold in the United States, significantly reducing CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. The announcement was made today by Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A,...  more

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.(NASDAQ:ASTI), a manufacturer of consumer and off-grid products integrated with flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules (CIGS), announced the company's new retail relationship with Fry's Elec...  more

SunPower Corp.(NASDAQ: SPWR) announced that construction is underway on two solar power projects for Yolo County in Calif. The projects are expected to generate 5.8 megawatts of emission-free solar power for county facilities, wor...  more

Envision Solar International(EVSI), a leading sustainable infrastructure product designer and developer, is pleased to announce the successful installation of a second Solar Tree® array for the U.S. Department of Energy’...  more

Georgetown University is going solar with SolarCity(Nasdaq: SCTY) on a project that is expected to cut the school’s energy bills by tens of thousands of dollars and reduce more than 600,000 pounds of carbon pollution over it...  more

First Solar, Inc.(Nasdaq: FSLR) announced it is acquiring  TetraSun, a solar photovoltaic (PV) technology startup which has developed a break-through cell architecture capable of conversion efficiencies exceeding 21 percent ...  more