SoCore Energy installs Walgreens' 100th rooftop...
Mark Wagner, Walgreens President of Community Management and Operations, says: “Our use of solar power across Ohio is a gr...

First Solar sells 550 MW Desert Sunlight Solar ...
The Tempe, Arizona-based firm — which will continue to build and subsequently operate and maintain the project under separ...
Stirling Energy Systems, Dish-Engine Solar Make...
Stirling Energy Systems (SES) of Scottsdale, Arizona, a system manufacturer of dish-engine solar plants has filed for chap...

Solar Basics: How Do Solar Panels Work?
This NASA diagram illustrates the operation of a basic photovoltaic cell, also called a solar cell, the building block of ...

The story behind #SD2011, a look @SolarHomestea...
This fun event captured the imagination of thousand of visitors, and a number of innovative and potentially marketable ide...

In Focus: Solar Thermal Technology | Solar Feed...
It can require large plants that generate electricity indirectly. Fluid is heated with heat rays collected from the sun, p...
How Does Solar Energy Work? How Solar Power Works
“…a most elegant energy source. Light shines on a crystal and produces electricity. It’s as simple as that. There are no m...
Solar Manufacturing Dilemma: Location, Location...
“When you look at deployment globally, is it bad to have an innovation and deployment decoupled?” asked Ira Ehrenpreis, ge...
Solar Manufacturing Dilemma: Location, Location...
“When you look at deployment globally, is it bad to have an innovation and deployment decoupled?” asked Ira Ehrenpreis, ge...

Solar Shakeout Continues: Stirling Energy Syste...
RenewableEnergyWorld.com learned late Tuesday evening that SES had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and was going into liqui...

US Still Net Exporter of Solar to China: Filed ...
Following the announcement that CIGS solar start-up Solyndra had declared Chapter 11, I published an article suggesting th...
China and Local Installers — the Big Winners in...
It does not manufacture any of its installed equipment, but has reseller relationships with a variety of both domestic and...

GE Google Electric: Google Invests in Residenti...
On Tuesday, Google announced that it is investing $75 million into a fund with Clean Power Finance Inc. to help install so...

Third-Party-Owned Solar Dominates the Californi...
Third-party financing of solar, be it some form of lease or power purchase agreement (PPA), is becoming the leading method...