Solar energy giant First Solar closed a major deal to acquire NextLight Renewable Power, LLC for $297 million this week. Read the rest of this entry »
US and Chinese Companies Team Up to Create High Efficiency Solar Cells
In a move to try to create a solar cell conversion efficiency rate of over 20%, Chinese company JA Solar Holdings has teamed up with US start-up Innovalight. The two have signed a 3-year contract “for work on Secium high efficiency solar…
Egypt Announces Plans for 100 MW Solar Power Plant
Egypt, moving forward in its effort to have 20% of its energy from renewable resources by 2020, just announced plans to build a $700 million 100 MW solar power plant in Kom Ombo. The project is part of a 5-year…
Obama’s Grandma — Gets Solar Panels on her Kenyan Home from Greenpeace
Greenpeace’s “Solar Generation” activists installed solar panels on President Obama’s Grandmother’s house in Kenya last week.