China accuses the EU and member states of violating international trade accords on solar, the latest volley in the escalating dispute.

Solar production is up 50 percent in 2012 in Germany, and the sector’s share of total electricity production was up to 6.1 percent for the first nine months of the year.

Tiny Tokelau and its three atolls finish work on a solar power system that, except for during emergencies, will supply all its electricity.

The Solar Foundation’s annual report shows the industry gained 13,872 jobs in the past year, growing at a rate several times the rest of the U.S. economy.

Three years after buying parabolic trough concentrating solar company Solel, Siemens says it is getting out.

The Navy has a new 13.78 megawatt solar power plant in the high desert of California – the service’s biggest solar project yet.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signs off on a program to open up 285,000 acres in 17 “solar energy zones” in six Western states for fast-track project approvals.

The Commerce Department sets its final levels for duties on PV products from China; now it’s up to the U.S. International Trade Commission to make the final call on enacting the sanctions.

Nearly a year after SolarWorld launched the case, U.S. regulators hear final arguments in the battle over possible tariffs on Chinese solar PV imports.

Struggling Suntech, the world’s largest solar panel maker, gets financial assistance from the local government where it is headquartered in China.

The Canopea home by the team from Rhône-Alpes, France, has taken first prize in the Architecture Contest of the Solar Decathlon Europe, with Germany in second.

How dominant is Europe in solar power? It has 51 gigawatts out of 70 GW of global installed capacity, according to a new EU report.