(Reuters) - Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month peaks. Full story
DALLAS (Reuters) - A solar airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the globe landed safely on Thursday in Texas, completing the second and longest leg of an attempt to fly across the United States powered only by the sun. Full story
A solar-powered plane is flying from Arizona to Texas on the second leg of a trip across the United States. Full story
DUBAI (Reuters) - A slide in solar power costs and a surge in oil prices over the last few years has made solar power a win-win strategy for Saudi Arabia: saving billions of dollars of crude for export while making electricity at less than half the cost. Full story
The solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand its use of solar energy as it plans to meet the state's electricity needs over the next two decades. Full story
Solar stocks rose Monday after Chinese panel maker JA Solar announced a rare rise in revenue and quarterly loss far smaller than expected. Full story
The Solar Impulse is attempting to fly across the country without a single drop of fuel. If that flight goes well, it will try to circle the world in 2015. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.
Danny Kennedy and Andrew Birch, cofounders of “Sungevity,” talk with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about solar panel energy.
A solar-powered plane took off from San Francisco for a 16-hour flight on Tuesday. “The Solar Impulse” is powered by 12 thousand solar cells, has the wingspan of a 747 and weighs as much as a mid-sized car.
Jim Cramer explains why he is keeping an eye on solar energy.
Solar Power maker Suntech Power was forced into bankruptcy after defaulting on a multi-million dollar bond payment. Gordon Johnson, Axiom Capital Management, weighs in.
A Saudi man walks on a street past a field of solar panels at the King Abdulaziz city of Sciences and Technology, Al-Oyeynah Research Station, in this May 21, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed/Files
Solar dishes are seen behind the entrance sign of the King Abdulaziz city of Sciences and Technology, Al-Oyeynah Research Station, in this May 21, 2012 file photo. A slide in solar power costs and a surge in oil prices over the last few years has made solar power a win-win strategy for Saudi Arabia:
Solar panels are seen under a cloudy sky in Bad Hersfeld May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner (GERMANY - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)
