As Oil Jobs Dry Up, Workers Turn to Solar Sector
Workers install massive racks that will hold solar panels at the Alamo 6 solar farm… A few years ago, Sean and Stormy Fravel were riding the oil and gas boom Continue Reading
Solar-Panel Installers Face Clouded Future
Many U.S. states are considering dialing back solar-power incentives amid growing pressure from local electric utilities, potentially dealing a blow to the companies that install home solar systems around the Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Chief Prepares for a World After Fossil Fuels
Even as it pumps near-record quantities of oil, Saudi Arabia is getting ready for a time when the world will no longer need its biggest export. The world’s largest crude Continue Reading
$2 Billion Loss for Generators as a Million U.S. Roofs Get Solar
Rooftop solar is casting a $2 billion shadow over power generators across the eastern U.S. With more than a million U.S. houses set to have solar panels by the end Continue Reading
First Solar’s Cells Break Efficiency Record
Driving forward in the race for highly efficient solar cells, First Solar says it has converted 22.1 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity using experimental cells made from Continue Reading
Crescent Dunes concentrating solar plant begins producing electricity
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy, a 110 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) electricity plant, began full operation in February, according to its press release . Crescent Dunes uses an energy Continue Reading
First Solar’s Cells Break Efficiency Record
Driving forward in the race for highly efficient solar cells, First Solar says it has converted 22.1 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity using experimental cells made from Continue Reading
IHS CERAWeek: Texas likely to see ‘wave’ of new solar power generation: panel
A top Texas power regulator, a grid operator and two corporate executives focused much of their panel discussion Thursday at IHS CERAWeek on distributed generation, agreeing that a “wave” of Continue Reading
California has nearly half of the nation’s solar electricity generating capacity
The United States has slightly more than 20,000 megawatts (MW) of solar generating capacity, which includes utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal installations, as well as distributed generation solar Continue Reading
Solar Energy Is the Future; You Can’t Stop It
Your Dec. 29 editorial “ Nevada’s Solar Flare ” targets the solar-leasing companies, calling them “overgrown solar babies,” and there is some truth to that. But many of us bought Continue Reading