As fossil fuels continue to rise, the cost of implementing solar technology is dropping. That’s good news for the state of California, which aims to provide 33 % of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Could California become the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of s
The U.K. government will announce as early as next week plans to reduce subsidies for solar energy at routine intervals as part of an effort to curb a boom in installations, a person familiar with the plan said. The plan will include a mechanism call
(Reuters) - The number of proposed solar projects in California last year was 4-1/2 times the level the state needs to meet its 33 percent renewable power target by 2020, a state regulator said on Tuesday. California is the biggest U.S. solar market,
President Obama talked up the promise of alternative energy in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, and said he'd clear the way to produce clean power on public lands. But whatever their future, the solar and wind industries — and alternative ene
Wacker Chemie AG (WCH) said prices of polysilicon, the material used in most solar panels, are on their way up after the photovoltaic industry stopped running down inventories. Spot prices rose in January after solar-cell, wafer and module makers inc
Solar stocks rose on anticipation that lower-than-expected subsidy cuts in Germany will spur demand while an oversupply of panels may lead to consolidation. Suntech Power Holdings Co. (STP), the biggest solar-panel maker, gained 8.5 percent to $3.21
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