The number of broadb households that have adopted rooftop solar panels doubled to 4 percent in the period 2013 to 2015. Seven percent of U.S. broadb households said they plan to purchase solar panels in the next 12 months, according to new research from Parks Associates......[More]

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed reforms which will enable certain small-scale power generation projects including solar to qualify for a faster interconnection process. The reforms relate to Order No.2006 which became effective in 2005 to......[More]

Revenues from solar energy storage are to grow to US$2 billion by 2018, new research predicts. A report from analysts NanoMarkets says that the decline in feed-in tariffs in many parts of the world means PV users will have an additional incentive to storage the solar en......[More]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the state’s NY-Sun solar initiative will receive an additional US$150 million in funding every year for the next 10 years. Launched in 2012, NY-Sun seeks to quadruple the solar capacity in the state of New York in 2013. ......[More]

Solar Frontier, a Japanese thin-film PV manufacturer, has teamed up with Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in order to jointly establish an investment company which will provide funding for PV plants in Japan. The companies have signed a “basic” agreement which will see t......[More]

As part of Richard Bagdasarian Incorporated’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, President Nick Bozick recently “flipped the switch” on an advanced 300kW photovoltaic solar energy system at its packinghouse in Mecca, California. “Providing clean, reliable power is a ......[More]