Andes Mainstream Renewable Power has entered the first stages of developing a 162 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Solar Energy and Solar Water Heating Systems bill, which accelerates the target date for achieving the state’s renewable portfolio standard 2 percent solar carve-out by two years.

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced that it has begun shipments of its U.S.-made solar modules for a 127 MW, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) installation in southwestern Arizona.

In the quest to "level the playing field," the 31 percent anti-dumping tariff announced Thursday was a good start, said SolarWorld President Gordon Brinser, but even more is needed to bring the industry back into balance.

Nanosolar Inc. has announced the completion of a 1 MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, a California's National Guard training facilities, located in San Miguel, Calif.

The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison have signed a $65 million loan agreement for the construction of a 20 MW solar park in Picture Rocks, Ariz.

The U.S. Department of Commerce May 17 imposed more tariffs on solar panels and modules imported from China.

Apple has won state approval for a 20 MW solar farm, the largest proposed solar installation in North Carolina near its data center in Maiden.

SunDurance Energy broke ground May 14 on a solar power purchase agreement (PPA) for the United States Marines Corps at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, Calif.

Satcon Technology Corp. was selected by Western Wind and Lord Electric to supply 30 MW of its Equinox Prism Platform solution, a fully integrated multi-megawatt medium voltage (MV) building block, optimized for utility-scale PV installations.

Texas posted a 13 percent increase in renewable energy generation, from 28 million MWh in 2010 to 31.7 million MWh in 2011, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Eclipsall, a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules based out of Toronto, Ontario, has entered into an agreement to supply 3 MW of solar panels to the Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health.

Martifer Solar signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with General Motors Brasil to build a 300 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) project at GM’s Joinville industrial complex in southern Brazil.

Brazil-based CPFL Energia plans to spend 8.3 billion reais ($4.17 billion) on new power projects over the next five years.

Mage Solar is supplying 3,300 solar modules to a redevelopment project in New Orleans.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a repeatable test protocol that simulates real shade conditions and can predict with greater precision the effects of shade on a solar array.

REFUsol Inc., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar inverters, received the necessary safety certificates to begin distribution of its solar inverters produced at the Greenville County, S.C. plant of its sister company, Prettl Electronics.

El Salvador could see the addition of 689 MW of renewable generating capacity through 2026 according to a renewables development master plan.

Lincoln Renewable Energy dedicated its 12.5 MW NJ Oak solar project in New Jersey.