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A brewing green energy trade war, with mooted U.S. retaliation against Chinese makers of solar panels and wind turbine parts, is high on rhetoric but distracts from a bigger technology race.

Finding the right North American partner is the key to success for East Asian solar companies on this side of the Pacific. A strong business matchup leads to the best utilization of the Chinese or Japanese company’s renewable energy technologies, engineering and operational expertise. An American or Canadian solar company also helps the Asian partner …

On Tuesday 22 Nov 11, Hawaii’s state government signed a memorandum of understanding for a $37 million smart grid project with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). NEDO, which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), will develop and install smart utility system controls on the island of …

New Solar Projects in the United States Southeast People often overlook the American Southeast when they think of North American solar energy. Over the last week, however, there have been a couple of examples of an increasingly robust solar market in the region. Duke Energy announced it has acquired three 1 MW solar farms near …

California Achieves 1 GW of Solar Energy Installed More than one gigawatt (GW) of rooftop solar photovoltaic capacity has been installed in California, according to a recent report from the Environment California Research & Policy Center. Fueled by falling solar prices, California’s Million Solar Roofs Initiative is on track to achieve its goal of three …

A trade mission from the United States is keen to lure investment from China’s energy sector despite the ongoing dispute over the US’ anti-dumping investigation on made-in-China solar products.

Asia Pacific economies Sunday agreed to cut tariffs on “green” products and to pursue a range of other measures aimed at boosting trade, as they warned of increasing uncertainty in the world economy.

China’s largest solar power plant developer has put a planned $500 million U.S. project on hold over an anti-dumping trade dispute, the company’s general manager said on Monday.

A group of U.S. solar-panel makers Wednesday called on the federal government to punish Chinese rivals with extra duties for allegedly dumping their products on the U.S. market.

Kyocera Solar, Inc. and the Associated Students of San Diego State University (SDSU) announced today the completion of a 355.9 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic energy system on the school’s campus, part of a student-approved plan to build a new LEED Platinum student union building. An inaugural ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 11 …