From Sacramento to Long Island, these eight smart grid projects highlight where utilities and governments are working together for a more-efficient future.
From a shift from solar leases to solar loans to ongoing battles between utilities and the solar industry, 2015 is sure to be a big year for the solar business.
Futurist and author Ray Kurzweil has theorized that solar power could cover all of the world’s electricity needs by the year 2031 if the PV market continues on its decades-long ...
Included in a huge batch of new contracts from the Calif. utility are contracts for over 600 MW of energy storage, a move that may prove to be game-changing.
California has added a limited incentive for west-facing solar panels — but it is more about meeting peak demand than getting the most energy from the sun.
When Northern California’s largest earthquake in 25 years rocked Napa County and surrounding areas in the wee hours of last Sunday morning, it was a real-world seismic resiliency test for ...
Thanks to steadily improving economics and widespread government support, global demand for solar power will continue to surge over the next three years, led by China, Japan, the United States ...
Solar electricity should reach 1 percent of global electricity demand for the first time ever in 2014, forecasts a new report by the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power System Programme...