Polysilicon production already moving out of Xinjiang, but China still dominates

Based on the latest solar supplier market report from technical advisory Clean Energy Associates, significant expansions of polysilicon production is already occurring outside Xinjiang, China, but China as a whole still dominates. Read more…

DOE Sec. Jennifer Granholm pushes for jurisdictions to adopt SolarAPP+ during Berkeley stop

On Friday, August 20, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm visited a solar-powered Berkeley home, joining national, state and local leaders along with clean energy advocates in an effort to urge local cities and counties to adopt…

California environmental justice coalition advocates for solar net-metering preservation

Credit: PetersenDean The Coalition for Environmental Equity and Economics (CEEE) announced it will be partnering with the Save California Solar campaign to call on Governor Newsom, the California Public Utilities Commission and state leaders…

Chlorpyrifos Will No Longer Be Allowed on Food Crops

“It is very unusual,” Michal Freedhoff, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention, said of the court’s directive. “It speaks to the impatience and the frustration that the courts and environmental…

Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday blocked construction permits for an expansive oil drilling project on the state’s North Slope that was designed to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day for the next 30 years.The…

Western Drought Will Last Into Fall or Longer

The severe drought that has gripped much of the western half of the United States in spring and summer is likely to continue at least into late fall, government forecasters said Thursday.The outlook for September through November, prepared…

Rain Showers in Greenland Point to Climate Change

Something extraordinary happened last Saturday at the frigid high point of the Greenland ice sheet, two miles in the sky and more than 500 miles above the Arctic Circle: It rained for the first time.The rain at a research station — not…

Harnessing sunlight to fuel the future through covalent organic frameworks

Scientists underscore the potential of a new class of materials to convert sunlight to fuel.A team of researchers highlights in an article published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews the potential of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a…

CEP Renewables develops the largest landfill solar project in North America

CEP Renewables LLC, an accomplished expert in the development of solar power plants on unusable land such as landfills, brownfields, Superfunds, and mining sites, will begin construction on the largest solar project installed on a capped…

First Solar Breaks Ground on Ohio Manufacturing Facility

Pictured (L-R) are Tim Alter, CEO, Rudolph Libbe, Inc., U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Jon Husted, First Solar CEO,…