A 30-megawatt solar farm in New Mexico, will be built by First Solar (FSLR) which has entered into a contract with the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Authority.
The New Mexico contract is worth around $98 million …

If you would like to install solar panels, but don’t like the aesthetic appearance of conventional, or older style solar panels then a great alternative might be solar roof tiles. Also known as solar roof …

First Solar (FSLR) has already invested $25 million in the solar financier and installer SolarCity. Now it is continuing to signal that it will offer financing of it’s own for solar power projects.
The move to …

Renewable energy supporters say a proposed “solar credit scheme” will artificially inflate renewable energy figures, potentially limiting investment in large-scale projects, and may actually hurt the renewable energy industry.
In a joint statement from the Alternative …

Rampura village in Jhansi anymore is the first in India to get its own solar power plant. It did not have any electricity at all before, but now the kerosene lamps which were the only …

From now until March 31, Santa Monica residents will have a golden opportunity to go solar, thanks to a special offer by SolarCity, in partnership with First Solar.
In October 2008, SolarCity, centered in Foster City, …

In the last 24 hours two utility companies ordered twice the total solar capacity the United States had installed in 2007, over a gigawatt of solar power.
NRG is partnering with Google.org-backed eSolar, a startup incubated …

Today First Solar, Inc. announced that it had reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules to 98 cents per watt, breaking the $1 per watt price barrier for the first time ever.
The company is the …

Today’s solar cells are mostly made from silicon, which can be costly to refine and purify, or from thin films of cadmium telluride, which contain relatively rare or toxic elements, making it difficult or impossible …

Another solar-as-a-service company to is doing well in terms of raising funding despite the economic downturn. Solar Power Partners, a Mill Valley, Calif. company that installs panels for commercial customers but retains ownership in order …