Power from solar panels is much closer to price competitiveness with fossil fuel-generated electricity than many policy-makers and investors realize, according to...
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Apple data center will be totally green by 2013
Apple Inc. (AAPL), targeted by Greenpeace International over its energy consumption, said its 500,000- square-foot data center in Maiden, North Carolina, will be powered...
U.S. slaps tariffs on Chinese solar panels
The United States on Thursday announced the imposition of antidumping tariffs of more than 31 percent on solar panels from China.
California ARB seeks public input on how to invest cap-and-trade auction proceeds
California will be developing an investment plan for the auction proceeds from the cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. As...
British team cancels geoengineering experiment
A U.K. project that is examining the feasibility of geoengineering the Earth's climate to reduce global warming will no longer involve an outdoor experiment that was...
Report: Obama to press G8 nations to back oil release
President Obama will press Group of Eight leaders this weekend to support a coordinated release of emergency oil supplies, according to a news report. Obama will discuss...
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Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy
Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar today filed for bankruptcy protection, following a month-long sales decline of its solar panel business.
China elbows into German soccer as solar rivalry hits field
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Solar project costs will drop by half in a decade, predicts Bloomberg research arm
The cost of developing a solar power project will fall by half in the next decade worldwide, making energy from the sun more competitive with fossil fuels, Bloomberg New...
BrightSource raises another $201M for solar thermal
BrightSource Energy of Oakland, Calif. has raised $201 million in a Round E, bringing its total funding to more than $530 million in private equity. That funding is in...
Report: U.S. solar $6 billion industry in 2010
The U.S. solar market grew 67 percent from a $3.6 billion market in 2009 to $6 billion in 2010, according to "U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2010 Year in Review," a...
Solar: It’s no longer just a California thing
The United States solar businesses boomed, as usual, in2010, growing 67 percent to $6 billion, according to an annual report released Thursday by an industry trade group....
Innovative silicon wafer manufacturing process nets 1366 Technologies $28.4 Million, including GE backing
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