General Electric (GE) is out with news this morning that it’s going to invest $100 million to open a manufacturing plant in NY that will produce advanced batteries, including high energy density, ...

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) has announced a partnership and distribution deal with West Holding of Japan to push further into a growing Japanese solar market. As part of the joint venture, CSIQ will ...

According to Benzinga, Hapoalim Securities sees flat worldwide demand for solar in 2011 at around 15GW. Due to changes to incentives they see significant drops in Germany and the Czech Republic, but ...

Apparently Germany will not cut solar subsidies as much as had been expected according to draft legislation released today. They are now planning a 15% cut for solar parks built after July 1st (less ...

UQM Technologies (UQM) announced today it will supply upgraded electric propulsion systems to Electric Vehicles International, a California electric manufacturer, for use medium trucks and van’s.

Emcore just announced that they have a contract with Dutch Space to supply solar panels to power the Cygnus spacecraft. The spacecraft, which is being developed for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service ...

Jim Cramer said on Mad Money that Ener1 (HEV) is one of his first favorite speculations. He said “”That’s one of my favorite speculations. I think that you want to be in that. It’s a lithium battery ...

What started out as a shaky day for A-Power Energy (APWR) has turned into a great day. The stock is surging off the lows of the morning after missing analyst expectations and has announced two new ...

MEMC Electronic Materials just announced that it will be acquiring Solaicx, a company that has developed a patented continuous crystal growth manufacturing technology. This technology enables solar ...

Capstone Turbine (CPST) shares are down about 10% in after hours trading after announcing it intends to offer shares of common stock in an public offering. No word on how many shares the company will ...

Valence Technology just announced that it has been selected to provide lithium phosphate batteries and dynamic energy systems for a new master-planned smart grid community called Discovery at Spring ...