The solar power division of energy giant BP said on Friday it plans to close its Maryland manufacturing facility, a sign of the heightened international competition in solar. BP Solar opened a facility in Frederick, Md., three and a half years ago t More...

First Solar, the world's largest thin-film solar panel producer, has set up a Silicon Valley lab for a thin-film technology with the potential for higher efficiency at a lower cost, sources said. A big move toward panels based on CIGS, or copper indi More...

Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global technology company Moser Baer, plans to commission its second solar farm in the country in the next quarter. The 5-Mw farm will be set up in Tamil Nadu, with an investment o More...

The Indian solar photovoltaic (PV) market has come of age in the last two to three years, with the market growing from a ten-member sector to a well organized market with more than 30 world-class PV module and cell suppliers. The aggregate module pro More...