First Solar Inc. announced plans Thursday to build two manufacturing plants – one in the United States and one in Vietnam – that will each employ about 600 people when completed in 2012. Read more on The Arizona Republic Residents in Nairobi, […]

New solar factories in San Diego can tap into a skilled workforce, take advantage of economic incentives, and save on transportation costs, but can also sell the panels as made in America. Read more on San Diego Union-Tribune WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Bernama) […]

The solar lighting panel which lit the old entrance sign is not sufficient to provide the backlighting for the new entrance sign on the western side of La Junta. Size of housing for batteries with sufficient storage was a concern at Thursday’s […]

WASHINGTON, 15 OCTOBER, 2010: Thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar, Inc. of the United States announced on Thursday that it would build two new manufacturing plants, one in Vietnam and the other in the US, to accommodate an expected influx of work, Vietnam […]

SEIA® and GTM Research released inaugural US Solar Market Insight(TM) report. In 2010, US solar electric market, including photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) installations, could surpass 1 GW of installed capacity in one year. Report’s baseline forecast projects 944 MW […]

Chinese photovoltaic giant Suntech looks to electronics to help squeeze more power out of solar arrays. As manufacturers work to drive down the cost of solar power, refining solar cells and panels to make them more efficient is only half the story. […]

Four District 7 schools will soon get their power from the sun, as state grants will help fund solar panels for energy efficiency and science classes. Read more on Belleville News-Democrat Do you like this blog post? Today the nation’s largest solar […]

Solar Power International 2010, the largest business-to-business solar energy conference and expo in North America, begins today at the Los Angeles Convention Center and continues for three days from October 12 – 14. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Power-One […]