The Treasury Department's inspector general has subpoenaed financial records from SolarCity, SunRun and Sungevity to explain $500 million in public money the firms brought in. The probe looks to see if the companies accurately reported their costs when applying for the federal money, The Washington Post reports.
China, the world's largest producer of solar units, named more than 100 developers who are set to receive a total of at least $2.5 billion by the end of June 2013, Bloomberg reports.
A group including Royal Dutch Shell has invested $26 million in GlassPoint Solar, which will build the first solar plant in the Middle East designed to draw heavy crude oil from old oil fields, Bloomberg reports.
The City of Los Angeles has reached deals with SempraEnergy and KRoad Power LLC to purchase 560 megawatts of solar energy generated from the companies' energy projects, Bloomberg reports.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Covering nearly 300 football fields in a remote patch of desert, the Shams 1 solar project carries of plenty of symbolic significance for the United Arab Emirates.
Blue Energy, a U.K.-based renewable energy company, is developing the Nzema solar project in Ghana, set to be the largest-ever solar energy plant in Africa, BBC reports.
Some solar companies have started to use a sales method once utilized by Tupperware, using enthusiastic customers to market solar panels at neighborhood solar "parties", The New York Times reports.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State University professor has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for more than $3 million in federal research grant fraud.
A report from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows the average cost of switching to solar energy decreased significantly in 2011 and the first half of 2012, according to a Solar Energy Industries Association press release.
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and UC Berkeley have developed synthetic molecules that can store solar energy in chemical bonds. The molecules can be transported and store solar energy for heat generation for years, Nanowerk News reports.
The European Union and the U.S. Trade Representative's office rejected reports that they were working jointly to settle a dispute with China over solar dumping practices, Reuters reports
Both the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Duke Energy said they are unsure how operators missed a crack at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant during testing, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.
A report from Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said several electric utilities said they face frequent cyber attacks on their infrastructure, Reuters reports.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was able to give ample warning ahead of the deadly tornado that hit Moore, Okla., Politico reports.
House Republicans contend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tripled space at its headquarters by using an appropriations bill to get around the congressional authorization process, the Washington Business Journal reports.
House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings and ranking Democratic Rep. Ed Markey called on the Interior Department to extend the public comment period for its proposed public lands hydraulic fracturing rule, FuelFix reports.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., was endorsed by 20 Democrats to replace Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., as ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee should Markey win election to the Senate, Politico reports.
