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(EUREKA) Most of the solar energy systems on the market today bare two major weaknesses: they require vast land areas in order to be built, and the costs related to solar cells fabrication and maintenance are high.

A new technology is about to overcome these challenges and many more: floating solar power plants.

A defense spending bill tailored to benefit many nations at China’s expense could mar President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States next week.

(EUREKA) Putting solar panels onto houses and offices once seemed good for the environment but a nuisance for architects.

Now buildings can easily be green and beautiful, says a Spanish and German EUREKA partnership, which found a way to make photovoltaic film virtually invisible.

A Chinese company is now the majority owner of a Hawaii-based supplier of silicon for solar panels.

If you want to be a green investor, you can do what everyone else does and invest in firms that make windmills, solar panels or next-generation batteries.

Greg Bove steps into his pickup truck and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business.

Companies that import solar panels to the United States faced up to $70 million in duties. And many members of the industry seemed unaware of the change in customs policy.

More factories that make the material used in solar panels have opened, and the global demand for them has fallen.

Hiring is underway at Evergreen Solar Inc.'s new $55 million plant in Midland, which will make silicon components for solar panels.

Len Bicknell angled his new garage toward the sun two decades ago, making room for the solar panels he planned to slap on top.

He couldn't afford the expensive panels until several months ago, however, when the company with seemingly the most to gain from big electric bills stepped in to help pay for them.