In the wake of March 2011′s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, that nation’s confidence in atomic power was crippled to the point that many Japanese citizens compared the months immediately following the incident to the post-WW II era, a difficult period for the country. A common...

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Swedish retailer IKEA announced this week that they will be installing solar panels on 5 more stores in the United States, bringing their total solar presence in this country to 85 percent. IKEA has 44 locations across the country and has already installed solar on 12 of them; another 20 installations...

A year-long study conducted by a consultant company on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense has concluded that four military bases in the Mojave and Colorado deserts could generate 7,000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. The potential solar installations could create as much power as seven nuclear...

In an effort to reduce dependence on foreign oil sources, the U.S. Army set a goal of generating 25 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025. In a step towards that goal, the U.S. Army has contracted energy efficiency consulting company Johnson Controls to install a $16 million solar energy...