In a bit of good news for the battered solar industry, price declines for photovoltaic modules are expected to moderate slightly in the second half of 2012 on the strength of renewed demand, according to the latest IHSiSuppli Photovoltaics Cell Module Production Market Tracke...... [More]

A new 294 kilowatt photovoltaic solar power plant has been supplying power to hospitals and schools on six islands since last week.As solar radiation here is about 70 percent higher than in Germany, photovoltaics is the central component of the energy turnaround on the Maldive...... [More]

Shares of First Solar Inc rose 8 percent after the company installed an additional 100 megawatts in less than 12 weeks at an Arizona solar plant.The plant, which is expected to be completed in 2014, reached a 100 MW milestone in April.First Solar declined to say if the plant wo...... [More]

BELMONT, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic MaterialsWFR +0.92% , today provided additional details on the solar project closings announced last week. The company clo...... [More]

While the global use of fossil fuels continues to grow by up to a few percentage points a year, solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is exploding, driven partly by government policies but also by rapidly falling costs.Data presented in BPs Statistical Review of World Energy 2012 sh...... [More]

Last week, one of Indias leading solar energy developers, Mahindra Solar One announced plans to move forward with a 50 megawatt solar plant in Rajasthan, India. Funded in part by the U.S. Export Import Bank, the project is yet another example of how U.S. and Indian entities ar...... [More]