"We intend to double our efficiency next year and the year after as well," Debroca said. "Going from 20 percent more battery life to 50 percent is a rational objective."
The investment totals $12 million and marks the search company's first investment in Africa. "Given South Africa’s position as an economic powerhouse in Africa, a greener grid in South Africa can set an example for the whole continent."
The Solar Foundation is making it easier to track solar jobs with the State Solar Jobs Map, an interactive online tool showing job numbers for all 50 states.
Over 119,000 Americans have a job in the solar industry, and with …
Everybody Solar is helping charities like the Bay Area low-income home rehab volunteer organization Rebuilding Together Peninsula go green by accessing the free energy of the sun -- with free solar panels, to boot.
SolarCity is gearing up for a big IPO -- but will the business be able to survive changing federal regulations?
SolarReserve, a U.S. based solar energy developer has succeeded in closing a $586 million equity and debt round of financing for two South African clean-energy projects.
Later this year, Saudi Arabia is expected to approve very ambitious plans for a massive array of renewable energy projects. The first installations should be completed next year.
Solar energy software companies Draker and Solar Power Technologies Inc. successfully completed a merger this week as well as closed a new $8 million round of funding.
Researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered that what looks like junk may actually open the doors to a treasure of solar energy.
The future is looking bright for solar panel maker Solaria. The company just raised $30 million according to documents filed today with the SEC. Solaria makes crystaline solar panels and is based in Fremont, CA, with operations in Germany and …
Search giant Google today announced it has made another large investment in a residential solar provider, this time dropping $75 million into Clean Power Finance, an online service that connects solar panel installers with investors.
Clean Power Finance connects solar …
Solar panel prices have fallen more than 40 percent this year to $1.30 per watt, well below the high of $3.50 per watt they hit in 2008. But that shouldn’t scare clean technology investors interested in U.S.-based solar providers, where …
A glut of photovoltaic solar panels on the market has caused solar cell manufacturer Solyndra to go under. The company filed for bankruptcy and laid off 1,100 workers this morning.
The company makes cylindrical solar rooftop systems and is a …
Applied Materials, a provider of manufacturing equipment for solar panel manufacturers, unveiled a new manufacturing process that would give solar panel manufacturers the ability to make more efficient solar panels.
The Baccini Pegaso solar panel printer reduces overall manufacturing costs …
Infinia, a manufacturer of satellite-like dishes that generate electricity from sunlight, has raised $6 million of a $25 million funding round, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Infinia’s PowerDish is a parabolic disk covered with mirrors …
Two partners are leaving storied cleantech investment firm Khosla Ventures, as excitement has started to peter out in the once-buzzing clean technology space.
Khosla Ventures partners Jim Kim and Alex Kinnier have followed former partner Gideon Yu in leaving the …
Solar panel manufacturer SunPower and Ford announced today that they will give Ford electric car buyers the option to buy and install a residential solar panel array that will charge the electric car.
Focus Electric car buyers will have the …
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it is investing $50 million in the SUNPATH program, which is designed to promote solar panel manufacturing in the United States.
The United States manufactured only 7 percent of the world’s solar …
Solar panel leasing company SolarCity announced today that it will begin selling 240-volt electric car chargers manufactured by ClipperCreek for $1,500 for customers that currently lease solar panels.
The “Level 2″ 240-volt chargers can charge an electric car like the …
The next victim of the United States debt crisis could be conditional loan guarantees, says a prominent venture capitalist.
The loan guarantees are one of the financial engines powering many cleantech investments in Silicon Valley.
“I think the loan guarantee …
