SolarCity filed to go public in April, but we are only now getting a glimpse of its IPO plan. The company is proposing to raise roughly $201 million and join the NASDAQ...
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SolarCity guns for a $201M IPO
Reps for Obama, Romney, debate energy and climate
Representatives of President Barack Obama and Republican contender Mitt Romney at last squared off on energy and climate issues Friday night.
ExxonMobil returns fire at Obama
ExxonMobil is returning fire after President Obama singled out the oil giant in Wednesday’s debate when calling for an end to billions of dollars in industry tax breaks.
EU drops US bioethanol trade investigation
The European Union is no longer investigating whether the United States illegally subsidized and dumped bioethanol on the European market, Reuters reports.
Calif. gas prices jump by up to 20 cents overnight
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California motorists faced another day of record-breaking gasoline prices Sunday, though relief appeared to be on the way.
Glut of solar panels is a new test for China
Although global demand for solar panels and wind turbines has grown rapidly in recent years, China’s manufacturing capacity grew faster, creating an oversupply and a price...
China starts dumping probe on U.S., European polysilicon
The Chinese government started investigating whether foreign suppliers of polysilicon are selling below cost in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the raw material...
GE suspends solar factory buildout in Colorado
GE was set to become a major solar manufacturer when it announced a 400 MW factory in Colorado last year. Over a year later, though, it’s putting that plan on hold for 18...
Solar makers bet on Japan nuclear crisis being a game-changer
TOKYO, June 5 (Reuters) - Solar power firms are betting that the nuclear crisis in Japan will become a game-changer for renewable energy in the world's third largest...
Report: Solar installations surged in 2011
The solar industry installed 1,855 megawatts of capacity in 2011, more than twice what it installed in 2010, a new report says.The report, commissioned by a major solar...
GOP weighs contempt charges against White House on Solyndra
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), who is heading the GOP probe of the failed solar company Solyndra, said Republicans are meeting this week to discuss contempt charges against...
House Republicans pressure Obama to oppose bonuses at Solyndra
More than 50 House Republicans are pressing President Obama to oppose failed solar company Solyndra’s proposal to give bonuses to its remaining employees.
Chinese solar companies' losses mount
(Reuters) - Chinese solar companies Suntech Power Holdings, JA Solar Holdings Co and LDK Solar Co posted larger-than-expected quarterly losses and warned the bleak sector...
Solyndra executives take fifth at House hearing
WASHINGTON — Stony-faced, the chief executive and chief financial officer of Solyndra, the bankrupt solar company, took the Fifth Amendment on Friday before a House...
Rooftop solar prices fall 'precipitously'
The upside to the brutal global competition in the solar industry is a steady and sizable price drop for homeowners and utilities.The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
Google invests $280 million in SolarCity to spur home solar
NEW YORK —Google is investing $280 million to help private homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops. It's Google's latest - and largest - investment in...
Silicon Valley solar firm buys East Coast’s biggest photovoltaic installer
California solarcompanies are continuing their eastward expansion, with Silicon Valley'sSolarCity on Wednesday acquiring the residential operations of one of the...
First Solar moves closer to delayed 2 GW China project
First Solar’s big plan to eventually build 2 gigawatts of power plants in China’s Inner Mongolia has moved ahead. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with...






