Almost a third of new U.S. electricity came from solar last year
More solar has been installed in the U.S. in the last 18 months than in the last 30 years.
Post-IPO, SolarCity plans to ratchet up solar roofs to 250MW in 2013
Following one of the only successful cleantech IPOs of the year, solar installer and financier SolarCity says it will grow its solar rooftops next year to 250 MW, up from 156 MW in 2012. Can it achieve profitability at the same time?
Walmart dominates the list of U.S. companies using solar
One less reason to hate Walmart — the retail behemoth uses the most solar panel systems out of any other company in the U.S. Collectively companies and governments in the U.S. are delivering 2.3 GW of solar power, mostly on the rooftops of their buildings.
The U.S. solar market is booming this year
The U.S. solar market is shaping up to be larger than anticipated and could end up installing nearly 3.3 GW of solar panels in 2012, a roughly 18 percent jump from the previous forecast of 2.8 GW, according to a report released Wednesday.
Solar Biz: Lack of Permits for Solar on Federal Land “Is Disturbing”
Rhone Resch, who leads the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association, said in a call with reporters today, “The fact that we have not received one permit to build on federal land is disturbing.”