With statewide solar power generation already at an all-time high, California is hungry for more green energy: By 2020, most new homes built in the Golden State must be outfitted with solar panels.
Read moreThe outlook for renewable energy is sunny, according to a new report that shines light on international trends in energy investment and generation capacity.
Read moreEnvironmentalists balked Tuesday night that a settlement will likely block the Supreme Court’s review of an alleged utility monopoly.
Read moreNew Mexico on Thursday accused solar power company Vivint of defrauding customers through unconscionable business practices, racketeering, and clouding titles to its customers’ homes.
Read moreFacing a new 30 percent import tariff on their solar products, three Canadian manufacturers claim in a federal complaint that President Donald Trump acted rashly without input from trade officials.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of summary judgment Wednesday to First Solar Inc. and its directors, whom shareholders accused of insider trading to reap hundreds of millions of dollars before the share price took a nosedive when defects in the company’s solar panels were disclosed.
Read moreSouth Korea filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Thursday, challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to levy steep new tariffs on imported solar cells and washing machines.
Read morePresident Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines Tuesday, saying he was levying the steep duties to “protect American jobs and American workers.”
Read moreAfter several years of strong growth, the renewable energy market is showing signs of slowing down, as the United States revels in cheaper electricity from natural gas. And the slowdown is causing ripples of change across the nation, with some state utility commissions drastically cutting the contract lengths of green energy companies.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a challenge where an Arizona power supplier is accused of hurting solar-power business by setting unfair prices.
Read moreAs nearly 200 nations continue to pursue different strategies to limit climate change under the United Nations’ Paris agreement – without U.S. involvement – new research suggests artificially cooling the planet by mimicking the effects of volcanic eruptions may do more harm than good.
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A U.S. trade commission is recommending that the Trump administration impose tariffs or other restrictions to slow an influx of low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries.
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A U.S. trade panel has ruled that low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, raising the possibility of the Trump administration imposing tariffs that could double the price of solar panels from aboard.
Read moreGoogle’s semi-secret research and development wing has been toying with how to store energy generated by renewable sources like solar and wind.
Read moreThe builders of a solar power project and environmentalists opposed to the project on grounds it would harm three endangered species have reached a settlement effectively ending their dispute, the parties said Friday.
Read moreA solar company that won more than $2 million in damages from a well-connected Korean attorney now claims in a federal complaint that the lawyer’s doctor-daughter helped divert assets.
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The Second Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a challenge by a solar-energy company that claimed burdensome Connecticut regulations had cost it utility contracts.
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Australian researchers say they have developed a solar paint that absorbs water vapor and sunlight, generating clean hydrogen energy in a process that offers a potentially limitless source of power.
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A solar development firm sued a small Minnesota town over its refusal to allow the company to build a community solar-energy garden based on ambiguous requirements in a zoning ordinance.
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