Today, Caltech Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Sossina Haile and a team of Swiss researchers are one step closer to developing liquid fuel from sunlight after discovering a commonly used element can do the trick. Earlier this week, Haile shared the findings of her research and her hope for the future with NPR. You can listen to it here, or read the details of the study that we’ve pulled out.

If you’re trying to start a solar movement within your community but are stuck at the starting line, caught between deciding who to talk to and which roofs are suitable for solar, there’s a new guide that can help you get your solar revolution off the ground.

What better time than now, during the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, to show the world what we can do with clean solar power?

It’s no secret that one of the American industries hardest hit by our nation’s most recent economic recession was homebuilding, which in many respects is still trying to grapple its way back to even years after taking a nosedive.

A new report released yesterday by the Solar Energy Industries Association predicts that, by 2020, global solar capacity could reach 980 gigawatts (GW).

The Hawaiian Hospitality Group, Inc. (HHGI) – which works with all levels of government to ease land restrictions on under-used waterfront property on the Hawaiian islands in order to use the land for recreation and/or visitor-serving income projects – will soon utilize solar energy on its own develoment properties.

Reducing consumption and making energy efficient improvements are two of the five necessary steps to going solar for both commercial buildings and homes.

The Center for Innovation and Creativity on the campus at the University of Colorado at Boulder is now ten percent solar powered, courtesy of a 370-solar-panel installation that was recently installed atop the center’s roof. The solar installation is the most recent addition to CU Boulder under the university’s long-term sustainability commitment initiative and will [...]

Panasonic’s majority purchase of Sanyo led to Panasonic’s announcement this week that it would combine Sanyo’s solar modules and its own energy management, electrical technology and sales networks in appliances and housing to enter the solar panel manufacturing industry.

Toyota will lend out a total of 150, 2012 Priuses this summer to city employees in several cities across the country, including San Diego.