BUT you can still catch up with our U.S.-related news and feature articles on our international website (see story below for link).
25 January 2012
NRG Energy has acquired the developer of commercial and industrial distributed solar projects, Solar Power Partners, for an undisclosed sum.
23 November 2011
Cogenra Solar will install a solar cogeneration system at Facebook’s new Menlo Park campus, producing hot water and electricity.
09 November 2011
Employment figures for the US solar industry is soaring despite a lagging economy, according to the Solar Foundation's National Solar Job Census 2011: A Review of the US Solar Workforce.
19 October 2011
The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund has invested US$12 million in commercial solar hot water system installer and solar photovoltaic (PV) integrator, FLS Energy Inc.
06 October 2011
The US solar industry achieved a positive trade flow of US$1.9 billion globally in 2010, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association's (SEIA) and GTM Research’s U.S. Solar Energy Trade Assessment 2011.
31 August 2011
GE Energy has entered into an agreement with California-based eSolar, which specialises in tower-based concentrating solar thermal technology.
15 August 2011
Californian solar rooftop installations are growing at “a rapid pace”, according to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
06 July 2011
Up to US$130 million is being made available for advanced energy research projects, including renewable energy, by the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
21 April 2011
The Renewable Energy Focus team is at the European Wind Energy Association's annual conference and exhibition EWEA 2011.
14 March 2011
The US solar market value grew 67% last year to US$6 billion despite the recession, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GMT Research.
10 March 2011
As part of a media partnership deal with the forthcoming Hannover Fair, we have managed to secure complimentary tickets for our readers...
04 March 2011
The Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011 will be held in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., beginning late September.
24 February 2011
SunReports’ monitoring and verification technology will be incorporated into solar hot water systems from SunEarth.
07 January 2011
The US non-residential solar energy market grew 38% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2010 from the previous quarter to 103 MW.
16 December 2010
eco Hybrid Solar LLC’s Hybrid Solar Water Heating System uses both the sun and waste heat to warm up water, the company says.
07 December 2010
The mid-term election should not have much impact on support for solar power as both main parties are pro solar, says Rhone Resch, Presient and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
05 November 2010
The Solar Electric Power Association has released a report showing that in 2009 and 2010 U.S. utilities were involved in over 800 MW of solar projects (both CSP and PV) worth US$2.5 billion dollars.
15 October 2010
One of Germany's most outspoken environmental politicians has died, at the age of 66. Hermann Scheer, a Social Democratic member of the German parliament, was a leading campaigner for renewable energy, in particular solar power.
15 October 2010
The study, by Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), finds that these state-level RPS programs have already proven to be an important driver for solar energy deployment in the U.S., resulting in more than 250 megawatts (MW) of new solar capacity through the end of 2009.
11 October 2010