Don't keep your solar user in the dark. Changers--a small solar panel you can use to charge your gadgets--wants to make your energy savings public and competitive.READ»
What's the future of solar energy? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Lynn Jurich, cofounder of SunRun, which is flourishing in a season that has seen a few high-profile bankruptcies in solar energy.READ»
We already have private sector businesses with solutions that are scaling rapidly. The scary thing is that governments do not know who they are, and therefore have no good way to coordinate with them.READ»
The end of the solar company--with $1 billion in investments and hundreds of millions in government loans--is bad for the U.S. economy. But the good news is, it failed because solar power is growing too fast.READ»
Now New Yorkers can see exactly how much solar power each roof could generate. Will that info spur solar installations like it has in other cities?READ»
BrightSource just finalized $1.6 billion in loans from the U.S Department of Energy as well as a $168 million investment from Google. What's the search giant interested in?READ»
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, an organization dedicated to e-waste advocacy work, explores the dirtier side of solar in its 2011 Solar Scorecard.READ»
"It's really a preservation decision using solar for domestic consumption and keeping your oil for more lucrative export markets," says the Middle East director of BP Solar.READ»
No need to head for the hardware store to pick up a DIY solar panel kit. British grocer Sainsbury's has teamed up with British Gas to offer solar panels and other energy-related items on store shelves. READ»
Tessera Solar's $2.1 billion, 709-megawatt plant, which could power more than 140,000 homes, has been put on hold because of a request from the Quechan Indian Tribe.READ»
Deserts aren't just a result of climate change, they can also help stop it. Just ask the University of Tokyo researchers behind the Sahara Solar Breeder Project, an initiative that aims to produce 50 percent of the planet's electricity by 2050 -- by converting sand into solar panels.
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Solar power advocates scored a big win this week with news that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved Blythe Solar Power Project. But is it environmentally kosher?READ»
