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Tiffany Dedicates One of the East Coast's Largest Solar Projects

Tiffany & Co., one of the world's premier jewelers, today marked the addition of clean, emissions-free, renewable solar power to its energy portfolio with the dedication of one of the East Coast's largest commercial solar projects

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Using Solar Energy to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated the feasibility of exploiting sunlight to transform a greenhouse gas into a useful product.

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BP and Tata will Build a Solar Mega Plant in Bangalore

BP and Tata: $US 100 Million Investment to Create Solar Mega Plant in Bangalore to Meet Demands of Indian and Global Solar PV Markets.

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Practical Instruments Wins $4M in Funding from DOE Solar America Initiative (SAI)

Department of Energy Funds Heliotube Product Roadmap to Provide Double the Efficiency of Today's Solar Panels for Solar Energy

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SunPower, PowerLight Receive $10.5 Million Department of Energy Solar America Initiative Award

Companies Advance Integrated Solar Energy Products and Manufacturing, and Optimize Supply Chain Efficiency

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Konarka Receives Solar America Initiative Funding from U.S. Department of Energy

Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman Names Selected Solar Technology Projects During Visit to Konarka Headquarters.

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Energy Department Selects 13 Solar Energy Projects for up to $168 Million in Funding

This is the first funding awards for Solar America Initiative to make solar technology cost-competitive by 2015.

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A solution to help mitigate global warming

Solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and provide increased energy efficiency, says a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in a report (view it online) published in the March issue of Physics Today.

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