The fast, steep drop in the price of solar photovoltaics (PV) around the world has pushed many solar-power companies to (and sometimes over) the financial brink, but it’s been great for homeowners and others who couldn’t afford the technology just […]
Suntech’s Arizona plant starts shipping solar panels
The first of what will eventually be 800,000 solar panels have begun arriving at the construction site of the Mesquite Solar 1 plant in Arizona. Contrary to the lately common image of a moribund US solar industry, many of those […]
Italy’s green two-fer: Home-grown crops and solar power
A project nearing completion on the Italian island of Sardinia will not only produce home-grown crops but also generate up to 20 megawatts of solar energy for the national grid. The Su Scioffu development on 66 acres of land in […]