Three days ago, Vodafone Essar Ltd. revealed a new product in Mumbai, India meant to serve the millions of mobile subscribers living in rural parts of the country with limit access to electricity.

Bright news came out of the Indian solar market yesterday as the county’s top energy officials announce that India is capable of reaching its 2015 renewable energy goal of meeting 10 percent of the nation’s energy needs with renewables.

Just before 7 a.m. local time, the Solar Impulse airplane (HB-SIA) with lone pilot Andre Borschberg, took off from Payerne, Switzerland with a less than modest mission: a 24-hour, non-stop flight in this solar-powered aircraft.

Yesterday, a group of student architects from Virginia Tech won grand prize in the inaugural, 10-day Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid, Spain, beating 16 other universities from seven different countries.

Solafrica.ch, a Swiss-based non-profit organization that advocates the use of solar power, in conjunction with the Kibera Community Youth Programme (KCYP), grassroots organization formed and run by Kibera’s youth, have scored the most impactful goal of this 2010 World Cup by putting a big-screen, solar-powered T.V. inside of a community hall where up to 1,000 people can gather at a time to watch the world’s game.

LG outlined a five-year plan in which the company will invest $820 million to expand the Gumi plant and make LG one of the solar energy industry’s leading manufacturers

It doesn’t take a solar power expert to know that parts of North Africa, like Algeria, get a lot of sunshine. Nor does it take an energy analyst to know that, given its relatively large, dense population, the Europe Union needs a lot of electricity. So, why not make solar power in Africa and sell [...]

Despite Europe’s recent economic turmoil, the continent is the main reason why nine countries are on pace to grow photovoltaic (PV) market sizes over 250 megawatts (MWs) in 2010. In 2009, that figure was six.
According to a trio of reports released today by SolarBuzz, Germany will continue to lead the way, while other European countries move to [...]

SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) earned international recognition yesterday when six of 17 universities competing in Solar Decathlon Europe chose to use the company’s high-efficiency solar panels when competing in the solar home-building competition. Solar Decathlon Europe is one of the most prestigious solar home-building competitions in the world and is currently being held through June 27 in Madrid, Spain.

In 2008, a wave of fortune crashed upon Solar Sailor as the 11-year-old hybrid vessel manufacturer sold one if its ferries to Suntech Power, China’s leader in solar panel manufacturing. This deal is one of the main reasons why 2010 will be the company’s first profitable year since it opened for business in 1999.