Solar Power

The Biden administration is making $450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects nationwide at the site of current or former coal mines.

About 400,000 solar LED umbrellas have been recalled after reports of lithium-ion batteries in the umbrella’s solar panel overheating, causing the product to have unsafe fire and burn hazards.

Harold Souther may not be an obvious candidate to join the solar power industry. The 98-year-old owner of the 200-year-old Souther Family Farm has worked his land in Livermore Falls, Maine, to produce everything from eggs to canning crops to hay. But he says the decision to turn 20 acres of his land into a solar farm was an easy...

“Nobody is under any illusions anymore,” Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, said in a statement Thursday.

SunPower first announced plans to spin off the division in October.

Over the past few years a number of major firms have undertaken projects related to green hydrogen.

The automaker said supply issues will likely persist in 2022, even as income jumped more than 700% in the fourth quarter.

California regulators are reviewing changes to the state’s solar incentive program. Their decision could have drastic implications for home solar in the state.

The United States is already home to a well-developed onshore wind sector.

Ubiquitous Energy closed a $30 million funding round, with an investment from U.S. window and door giant Andersen.

GAF, one of the largest roofing companies in the world, just released a new solar shingle, which it says will be affordable and easy to install.

There is excitement in some quarters about the potential of green hydrogen, but challenges remain.

The proposed policy would reduce payments granted to solar customers for the excess power they generate — a policy known as net-energy metering.

Agreement will “explore the co-development of a UAE-based green hydrogen hub.”

The SEC is reportedly proceeding with an investigation after Steven Henkes, a former Tesla employee, filed a whistleblower complaint in 2019.