An investment arm for electric utility PG&E Corp. recently announced it will invest $100 million in rooftop solar systems for 3,500 new homes in five U.S. states, from California to New Jersey. As a partner in the project, San-Francisco based SunRun will offer long-term lease and power purchase agreements to homeowners, who in turn will…

This coming June, Yosemite National Park will begin construction on the largest grid-tied solar photovoltaic installation in the U.S. National Park System. With $4.4 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the 539-kilowatt array will be built at the park’s maintenance complex in El Portal and is anticipated to save up to $104,000 on…

The world’s largest multihull vessel covered in a massive array of solar photovoltaic panels begins preparatory measures for its maiden voyage around the globe using absolutely nothing but clean, renewable energy from the sun. Planned to embark…

Today, SunPower Corporation introduced its newest generation of SunPower® T20 Solar Trackers at the Solar Power International 2009 conference. SunPower’s tracker is of the most effective and efficient on the market; featuring the corporation’s systematic 128-cell, 400-watt solar panels for maximum energy output. The ground-mounted solar seeker works on a single…

The United States Department of Interior has recently reported that it will be employing part of its federal stimulus cash to do an environmental review for the best 24 sites on western public lands to produce more than 100 gigawatts of solar energy. After evaluating territory managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Department of Interior has discovered the most ideal sites for solar energy…