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An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.
An Israeli solar company says it has raised more than $200 million to build eight solar energy fields in the country's southern desert.
Seven years old and lounging in a tree listening to the radio, Baje Whitethorne Sr. wasn't aware of the lesson he was about to learn.
China's government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy.
The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly flooding the U.S. market with government-subsidized products.
A shakeout that is rattling the solar panel industry has sent First Solar, once among the industry's biggest and strongest companies, to a wide quarterly loss.
First Solar, one of the world's biggest solar panel manufacturers, posted a loss of $449 million in the first quarter as it struggles to withstand a shakeout in the solar industry.
The Swiss team that built the world's most advanced solar-powered plane is planning to head to the Mediterranean next month.
The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not.
First Solar Inc. will lay off 2,000 workers and close its factory in Germany following a collapse in solar panel prices that has erased the industry's profits and forced some smaller companies into bankruptcy.
Federal financial experts weren't consulted on a half-billion federal loan to a failed solar company until the last minute, and only then had "about a day" to complete their review, an internal watchdog concluded Wednesday.
The Commerce Department is imposing new import fees on solar panels made in China, finding that the Chinese government is improperly giving subsidies to manufacturers of the panels there.
The solar storm that seemed to be more fizzle than fury got much stronger early Friday before fading again.
Once again teams from universities and colleges across the country will take part in the U.S. Energy Department Solar Decathlon to design, build and test solar-powered homes. One of the 20 teams in the 2013 competition is led by the University of Louisville and also includes the University of Kentucky and Indiana's Ball State University.
Missouri University of Science and Technology has been selected to compete in an international competition to build a solar-powered house.
Online search and advertising giant Google is teaming with investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to develop four solar energy farms serving the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California.
First Solar Inc. on Wednesday cut its earnings and revenue estimates for 2011 due to weather delays and other unspecified issues with some company projects. It also said it was laying off about 100 people.
A federal trade panel voted Friday to investigate whether Chinese companies are harming the U.S. solar panel industry by dumping low-price products on global markets.
A $1 billion solar energy project that lost a federal loan in the wake of the Solyndra bankruptcy and related investigations is back on track to nearly double the number of panels on residential rooftops in the U.S.
The top GOP aide to a House committee investigating Solyndra Inc. once worked for a lobbying firm that helped the now-bankrupt solar company apply for a half-billion-dollar federal loan.
Countries are lining up to supply a huge global market for solar energy, and it's important for the United States to stay in the game, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday after touring a Colorado solar facility.
An unapologetic Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended a half-billion-dollar federal loan to a solar-panel manufacturer that went belly up, even as he told a House committee Thursday he was unaware of dozens of key details that led to the debacle over Solyndra Inc.
The White House says congressional Republicans are using the investigation into a bankrupt solar energy company as a partisan "political football."
Vodkapundit » Pay Up, SuckersLast week PJM Interconnection, the company that operates the electric grid for 13 states (Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia) held its 2015 capa …
Astronomy Fans Eagerly Await Rare "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse Over U.S. - Zero-G NewsIt has been nearly two decades since a solar eclipse has crossed the skies over the mainland United States.
U.S. slaps tariffs on Chinese panels. Is this the end of cheap solar? On Thursday, the Commerce Department ruled that China’s solar manufacturers are engaged in “dumping” — that is, they’re selling their panels for below-market rates in order to drive their competitors out of business. In response, the Commerce Depar …
Canadian firm will receive up to 50 million stimulus dollars for Nevada solar plant that employs two peopleThe company behind the recently opened Silver State North solar plant is eligible to receive up to $50 million in federal tax credits under the Obama administration’s “stimulus” legislation, even though the plant created only two full-time jobs.
Saudi Arabia Unveils $100 Billion Plan To Make Solar 'A Driver For Domestic Energy For Years To Come' Even the world’s largest producer of oil understands the value of developing renewable energy. A few months after Saudi Arabia’s oil minister called global warming “among humanity’s most pressing concerns,” the country is rolling out an ambitious …
Massive sunspot fires off powerful solar flares - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.comA huge sunspot that dwarfs the Earth is unleashing a series of powerful solar flares as it moves across the surface of the sun, NASA scientists say. The sunspot AR 1476 was detected by space telescopes on May 5. The huge sunspot is 60,000 miles (100,000 …
'Monster sunspot' spurs solar storm warning - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.comAn enormous sunspot group has taken shape on the surface of the sun, hinting that our star may soon start spouting off some powerful storms. The huge sunspot complex, known as AR 1476, rotated into Earth's view over the weekend. It measures more than 60,000 m …
Solar Infographic: A Look at Solar Growth in the USThis infographic on solar growth in the US sheds interesting light (pun intended) on just how rapidly this renewable energy market has been growing
Below you can find the results of Fascinating Facts Game 7 (The Planets). Thanks to everyone who participated in this game and sharing your comments. We have included a poll with four new categories for the next Fascinating Facts game for you to chose from. We were asked du …
Welcome to game 7 of Fascinating Facts. This game will be limited to the planets within our solar system. As poor Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet when larger objects were found in the Kieper Belt and new definition was developed for what constitutes a planet in 2006, we …
Coal Power Plants Becoming Unprofitable In Germany Thanks to SolarGermany has installed enough photovoltaics such that coal-fired power plants are beginning to become unprofitable. This is driven by a combination factors, e.g., that coal isn’t asked to provide power at the peak of the day, when both the sun and the price of electricity …
Solar & Wind Energy Subsidies Should Continue "Forever"It seems that every day I’m reading (or even writing) about solar and wind energy’s price and potential without government subsidies — but it is really ridiculous that dropping government subsidies should even be on the table.
Solar power's next shining | Sustainability & Resource Productivity Practice | McKinsey & CompanyHas the solar-power industry lapsed into a classic cycle of boom and bust after a decade of unprecedented growth? It might appear so. As years of government subsidies boosted the global installed capacity of solar-photovoltaic (PV) modules and dramatically cut prices, new produ …
Obama's green jobs have been slow to sproutOne problem is that, unlike other elements of the Recovery Act that injected money into the economy quickly, efforts to develop high-speed rail or electric-car batteries Obama also promoted could take a decade or longer to yield dividends. Gains in the sector don't necessar …
70MW: Kyocera and partners to build largest photovoltaic power plant in JapanElectronics giant Kyocera, along with partners IHI Corp. and Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd have jointly announced plans to build a photovoltaic power plant in the southern Japanese city of Kagoshima, in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, which is just across the Kanmon Str …
Another $2 billion of taxpayer money lost on solar companies! Well...not exactlyMonday’s news that yet another solar company that received Energy Department backing is filing for bankruptcy protection at first looked like the Obama administration had funded another expensive loser. But unlike Solyndra’s high-profile and costly flameout, this …
My new goal, after spending 5 years studying the best Sustainable energy country in the Americas is to go back to the USA and County by County, parish by parish, turn our country carbon-neutral by 2030Costa Rica is a country rich with renewable energy. In fact, it gets about 99% …
It's Here! Solar, Renewable Grid Parity, or Better, in California's Latest Renewable Power Auction Yes, that's right: grid parity is here, well here being California in this instance. The weighted average highest cost of solar and other renewable power contracts accepted by California utilities in the state's Renewable Auction Market (RAM) auction amounted to 8.9 cents per k …
World's Largest Solar Plant, With Second Largest Ever Department of Energy Loan Guarantee, Files For BankruptcyEarlier today, in what will come as a surprise only to members of the administration, the company which proudly held the rights to the world's largest solar power project, the hilariously named Solar Trust of America ("STA"), filed for bankruptcy. And while one could say that t …
Monster solar tornadoes discovered - Technology & science - Science - DiscoveryNews.com - msnbc.comFor the first time, huge solar tornadoes have been filmed swirling deep inside the solar corona — the sun's superheated atmosphere. But if you're imagining the pedestrian tornadoes that we experience on Earth, think again. These solar monsters, measuring the width of sev …
Can the USA be Carbon Neutral by 2030?The goal of American Security Trust, SA, after spending 5 years studying the best Sustainable Energy country in the Americas is to return to the USA and County by County, parish by parish, turn our country carbon-nuetral by 2030. The U …
Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy | Video on TED.comWhat's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batter …
by Samuel Gerald Firman Let's take a giant leap into the mechanics of solar power generation by using solar cells or photovoltaic devices. Solar systems are composed of some very basic components. Almost all the components can be obtained on the open market at prices far below t …
President Obama Speaks on Expanding Our Energy Portfolio - YouTube March 21, 2012 | 16:30 | Public DomainPresident Obama discusses investing in clean and renewable energy sources as part of an all-of-the-above strategy to develop American energy and reduce our reliance on foreign oil at the Copper Mountain Solar Project.
by Samuel Gerald Firman Since the days of mob leaders and chiefs, through Kings and Emperors, right up to CEO's and Bankers, the masses have always sent their assets, money, produce and labor up to those entities in exchange for the necessities in life. This tithing …
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