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By Robert Gluck on July 29, 2010

This is the first part of my three-part interview with Andrew McCalla, founder and president of Austin, Texas-based Meridian Solar. In this part McCalla talks about Meridian's history, mission and what's changed in the industry since 1995.

ROBERT GLUCK:  What is your background and why did you start Meridian Solar?

By Robert Gluck on July 30, 2010

This is the second part of a three-part Q & A with Andrew McCalla, founder and president of Austin, Texas-based Meridian Solar. In this segment he talks about saving customers money, the Solartricity Program, and financing.

By Jace Shoemaker-... on July 29, 2010

General Mills Inc.(NYSE:GIS) is now using the power of the sun to help make yogurt.

By Harry Tournemille on July 28, 2010

A multidisciplinary team of top scientists will be given $122 million over five years to establish the Energy Innovation Hub -- a centralized means to research and develop energy directly from the sun.

By Kevin Grandia on July 27, 2010

I was taking a quick look at Leonardo DiCaprio's twitter account, when I saw he has posted on Facebook shots of the solar panels that were used to power some of the set for his movie

By Jeanne Roberts on July 27, 2010

A paper on rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity and market penetration in the U.S., written by three National Renewable Energy Laboratory colleagues (Easan Drury, Paul Denholm and Robert Margolis), shows that fully 1 gigawatt (GW) of the world’s 15 gigawatts of solar PV was installed in the U.S. alone by December of 2009.

By Alison Pruitt on July 23, 2010

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is getting a lot of press these days.  It is more efficient and powerful than ordinary photovoltaic solar energy – plus the technology is really cool.

By Jace Shoemaker-... on July 19, 2010

A small village in New Mexico is using the sun in a new light. Corrales is using the power of the sun to help fight fires.

More than US$1.3 million in federal funds will pay for the construction and installation of a new backup solar powered pumping system that provides backup electrical power for pumping water from storage tanks.

By Shannon Roxborough on July 16, 2010

Germany's Asola, an affiliate of California-based alternative fuel technology company Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW), this week announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Canadian renewable energy developer Evergreen Po