Renewables From Vestas to Suntech Plan Profit Without Subsidy
Renewable energy companies are approaching the point where they can generate electricity at a price competitive with fossil-fuels without subsidies, the biggest wind and solar manufacturers said.
In Defense of Clean Energy
After months of standing by as Republicans tried to gut environmental laws and discredit his clean energy initiatives, President Obama took the offensive in his State of the Union address.
Energy Tax Breaks Proposed, Despite Waning Support for Subsidies
Assisted by technological innovation and years of subsidies, the cost of wind and solar power has fallen sharply — so much so that the two industries say that they can sometimes deliver cleaner electricity at prices competitive with power made from fossil fuels.
Au revoir D.C.! Solar Decathlon relocates to sunny Southern California
Well, it looks like the Solar Decathlon officially has a new home and it’s not exactly a big shocker that the 2013 edition will not be held in or around Washington, D.C.
IKEA to Activate Solar Energy System
The world's leading home furnishings retailer will activate 4,186 solar panels Tuesday morning atop its 344,000-square-foot Butler County location.
Colorado's Solar Industry Faces Transition: Renewable Energy Quotas Are Met, Subsidies Decrease
Is the sun setting on Colorado's renewable energy sector? Has the wind left our sails? Can we conjure more stale metaphors for renewable energy that relate to the industry's possible contraction? The answers are maybe, perhaps, and one emphatic yes.
California, New York Seeing More Local Action in Support of Solar
Much of the solar industry's attention of late has been focused on the loss of important solar incentives from national governments, including the end of the 1603 grant program in the U.S. However, the Solar Energy Industries Association announced plans at the start of the year, just as the 1603 program was closing up, to shift its focus substantially toward the states rather than the federal government. The group even joined with the state-oriented Solar Alliance to further the interests of the industry.
Navy Breaks Ground on Second-largest Federal Solar Project
The Navy broke ground this week on what will become the service's single largest solar energy project and one of the largest in the federal government.
Solar-power Project Debuts at Local Middle School
Sierra Middle School on Thursday unveiled its $200,000 solar power system courtesy of a PG&E grant that will power about 20 classrooms, lower the campus' overall energy bill and will be used as a catalyst for "green" education.
Cheap Chinese Panels Spark Solar Power Trade War
There's a solar trade war going on inside the U.S., sparked by an invasion of inexpensive imports from China.