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 th......[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 comp......[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 BP’s Statistical Review of World Ener......[More]

Last week, one of India’s 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 ent......[More]

Adding yet more capacity to its Ukrainian photovoltaic portfolio, Activ Solar has completed the second and final phase of its 42.95 MW plant in the Odessa region. On June 19, the Austrian solar company announced that the first 21.18 MWp phase of the Starokozache Power S......[More]

Photovoltaic solar power accounted for 10 percent of Germany""s total electricity production in May, an increase of 40 percent from the previous year, as reported by the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry. The significant jump stemmed from heightened c......[More]