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- Evidence grows that global solar supply chains are diversifying Fri, 21 Jan 22, 5:17amSolar demand growth is leading to new manufacturing capacity additions outside of China.
- Swift Current orders 1.2 GW of solar modules from First Solar Sat, 15 Jan 22, 4:48amThe solar module order is Swift Current's largest to date.
- How a small tribe in Nevada shut down coal and built a solar farm Wed, 12 Apr 17, 11:56pmPresident Donald Trump brags about bringing back coal jobs, but tends to gloss over the fuel's negative health effects for workers and those who live nearby...
- Large organic farm in Saudi Arabia switches to solar-powered irrigation Thu, 28 Jan 16, 6:00amA major agricultural firm in Saudi Arabia has launched a new solar project to power its irrigation system, and it could help spur the growth of the solar power industry in the country...
- The World’s Largest Fully-Operational Solar Plant Opens in Arizona Wed, 30 Apr 14, 8:00pmSomewhere between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona on a desolate stretch of 2,400 acres of land, major construction has completed on the world’s largest fully-operational solar-power plant...
- First Solar Stock Surges on Higher-than-Expected Earnings and Announcement of TetraSun Acquisition Fri, 12 Apr 13, 5:00amArizona-based solar company First Solar saw its biggest ever one-day jump -- a whopping 45-percent increase -- on Wallstreet Tuesday after announcing that its revenues and earnings will far exceed expectations, partly due...
- First Solar Sets a New Record for Thin-Film Solar Efficiency Thu, 28 Feb 13, 4:00amJust last year, Republican lawmakers were trying to tarnish First Solar, Inc, because the Department of Energy provided loan guarantees to the company...
- New Report Finds that Solar Power Could Serve All of the World’s Energy Needs Tue, 22 Jan 13, 2:00amPhoto via Shutterstock Critics of renewable energy often argue that wind and solar power are “boutique” energy sources that could never satisfy the world’s energy needs, but one new report has found that...
- The ugly battle between rural residents and alternative energy mandates in California Sat, 7 Apr 12, 3:41pmSeems the Mojave evictions WERE to make way for solar and wind projects Guest post by Alec Rawls In 2006 California’s Senate Bill 107 codified a requirement that by 2010 all electricity retailers in the state were to...
- Blame China for Solyndra’s Downfall? Fri, 23 Sep 11, 7:20amTomorrow, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold its second hearing on Solyndra, the manufacturer of innovative non-silicon-based solar panels that borrowed $527 million only to file for bankruptcy, shutter its...
- GE Will Build the United States’ Largest Solar Panel Factory Fri, 8 Apr 11, 4:40amGE has just announced their plans to build the largest solar panel factory in the U.S. The company will spend 600 million dollars on the new factory and their goal is to produce of 400 megawatts of thin-film solar annually,...
- Worlds Largest Solar Plant Now In Ontario, Canada Fri, 1 Oct 10, 11:50pmCanada may not be the first place you would guess to have the world’s largest photovoltaic facility. In fact, if this writer was asked he’d have opted for somewhere notoriously sunny such as Saudi Arabia or Australia....
- World’s Largest Solar Plant in China Will Power 3 Million Homes Thu, 10 Sep 09, 1:00amArizona-based First Solar announced yesterday plans to construct the world’s largest solar plant in Ordos, China. When completed in 2019, the 2,000 megawatt Ordos solar farm will produce enough power to provide for...