Electric Vehicles should be a more common sight on your local streets in the next few years as consulting firm predicts the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery market will grow 125 percent from 2010 to 2016 according to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.The ... [more]

Two Colorado companies were chosen to develop a solar power system on the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. NextGen Energy, a project developer and owner based in Boulder, and solar integrator Bella Systems, bas... [more]

Two Colorado companies were chosen to develop a solar power system on the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. NextGen Energy, a project developer and owner based in Boulder, and solar integrator Bella Systems, bas... [more]

Consolidation in the energy industry appears to be inevitable due to the slow economic recovery as Deere & Co. (DE:NYSE) announced it was selling John Deere Renewables to Exelon Generation Company (EXC:NYSE). The $900 million sales includes earn out ... [more]

With its share price needing a boost, SunPower (SPWRA, SPWRB:NASDAQ) announced today it has been selected to install its solar technology at several U.S. government properties totaling a minimum of 20 megawatts (MW). Today's announcement is in addit... [more]

Long before the finals approvals were made allowing the first cement to be poured for the bases of the wind turbines, Finavera Renewables sold a 90 percent share in its 105 megawatt (MW) Cloosh Valley Wind Project for $10.62 million. Paying the sum ... [more]

Monitoring solar energy isn't a new concept. Established solar manufacturers like SunPower (SPWRA, SPWRB:NASDAQ) and start-up solar power inverter manufacturer Enphase sell monitoring equipment that allows home owners to understand the output of the... [more]

Thailand will be the home of another large solar power plant and Suntech Power Holdings (STP:NYSE) will be supplying 34.5 megawatts (MW) of panels for the project. The announcement was made at today's groundbreaking ceremony for the plant just outsi... [more]

The concept behind solar power purchase agreements (PPA) is simple. A business signs an agreement with a power provider to receive electricity at predetermined prices over a specific amount of time. In the solar industry, this often means the solar p... [more]

Solar power is taking a major step forward in the middle east thanks to MBM Holdings announcing today that they will be building a solar-grade polysilicon plant in the United Arab Emirates. The $400 million plant is expected to start its annual prod... [more]