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Integrated PV manufacturer SolarWorld will lay-off around 500 temporary manufacturing workers in the fourth quarter of this year due to significant price drops on the world market.

SolarCity purchase under threat as Tesla shareholders file four lawsuits in two weeks, alleging the company's board breached fiduciary duties.

Despite US solar rapidly transitioning from an alternative energy source into a leading energy solution in recent years, barriers in regulation, communication and technology still prevent the industry from taking off into the mainstream arena, according to a panel of experts at Solar Power International (SPI) 2016.

Growing 43% year over year in 2016, the US solar industry is taking off at a pace no one could have foreseen. Naysayers may cite the industry’s slow start, hampered by high upfront costs and initial niche appeal as reasons why solar still will not experience a consumer boom. But panellists at the opening session of the 13th annual Solar Power International convention made it clear just how solar energy could exceed expectations and is poised for not only growth, but mainstream acceptance.

The solar industry must grow up and revamp its approach to lobbying, a panel of US solar and utility experts have said.

This week's Movers & Shakers features expansion into new markets, renewable asset management and new executive appointments.

This week's solar movers and shakers featuring salary sacrifice at SolarCity and feats of life-saving at Strata Solar.

The job losses announced by SolarCity last week could impact more than 100 employees, according to reports by local paper The Mercury News.

Elon Musk and his SolarCity executive cousins have purchased US$100 million of the company’s latest bond issue.

Following the completion of an intensive two-month research phase internally at PV-Tech and Solar Media, we have now identified the key topics that will form the basis of the PV CellTech 2017 event in Penang, Malaysia on 14-15 March 2017.