solar panels
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Maldives leader puts solar on presidential mansion
Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed personally helped install an 11.5-kilowatt solar array on his home in conjunction with 350.org and Global Work Day
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White House approves solar for roof and California desert
Facing criticism over its environmental record, the Obama administration announced it will reinstall solar panels on the White House -- and approved California solar projects.
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White House gets into 10/10/10 spirit with solar-panel plan
Today's announcement that the Obamas will be cooking their breakfast courtesy of the sun could not have come at a better moment.
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The White House is going solar
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Obama White House will bring back solar power, removed decades ago by the Reagan administration.
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California big solar binge continues with approval of more projects
Federal climate change legislation may be a distant dream, but California is bent on making renewable energy and solar power a reality in the state.
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Environmentalists need a new president
I initially thought Bill McKibben's drive to return solar panels to the White House was essentially a waste of time: of all the things to ask the president, it seemed like the smallest, most insignificant, and easiest. I realize now that its very simplicity made the solar panels a masterstroke that clearly exposed, more than any big policy ask ever would, Obama's unwillingness or inability to confront our great planetary crisis.
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Walmart says thin (solar) is in
By partnering with a US solar firm to install photovoltaic panels on 30 stores, Walmart gives U.S. solar a big boost in its competition with China.
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A White House road trip with a solar rock star
Bill McKibben got to see the now-famous enthusiasm gap up close and personal last week when he asked the White House to go back to using solar panels.
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Chinese solar firm lands big airport deal
Denver International Airport's 4.4-megawatt array will be Colorado's largest commercial solar project. But what's most notable is its Chinese builder.