BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 22 (UPI) -- In celebration of Earth Day, U.S. company Wal-Mart announced it plans to as much as double the size of its solar-power initiative over the next 18 months.
BERLIN, March 27 (UPI) -- Germany-based Siemens Energy announced it will acquire a 28-percent stake in Italian solar company Archimede Solar Energy S.p.A.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The United States and Spain have led the way in solar power for the last two years, according to a study by Ausra, a California-based solar energy company.
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Japan's government has rekindled its efforts to expand solar power.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- India's Maharashtra state government has approved a 10-megawatt solar power plant in the city of Nagpur.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 23 (UPI) -- A U.S.-based research firm suggests solar power is spreading through Europe.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- India has decided to launch a program to support setting up grid-connected solar power generation plants.
BOULDER CITY, Nev., June 4 (UPI) -- A new solar power plant in Nevada is set to begin supplying power to 15,000 homes.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- SunPower Corp. of California, which makes solar cells, said it will pay about $265 million to acquire PowerLight Corp., a private intra-state company.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a new solar initiative, with a goal of 3,000 megawatts of solar power generation capacity.
