So you’re thinking now is maybe the time to get solar panels installed on your roof to cut your electricity costs and help save the planet to boot. But now you need to decide: do you buy your solar panels?

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Solar panel maker First Solar forecast higher current-year sales, and posted a rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, and said it has initiated legal action against JinkoSolar for patent infringement.

Solar energy might be clean, cheap and slow the heating of the planet. But that’s not what the solar industry wants lawmakers to focus on.

WIGTON Energy reported a 16 per cent increase in operational expenses for the quarter as the renewable energy company prepares to transition into solar energy generation.

California officials want to reduce the financial credits that households with rooftop solar panels can earn for excess energy. "It's the utilities preserving their monopoly," says one homeowner.

Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

For some, Ivanpah now stands as a huge, shiny monument to wasted tax dollars and environmental damage. For others, failures like this are a natural part of the race to find the winning solutions

Renewable energy advocates are working to position themselves as part of President Donald Trump’s energy agenda — including by hiring an unorthodox messenger.

In an industry built on momentum, developers are finding new ways to unlock capital efficiently to avoid being hamstrung by the new uncertainty. Land can be the key.

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India is finalizing a $1 billion capital subsidy plan to bolster its solar manufacturing industry, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as part of a wider effort to reduce dependence on China and profit from the global energy transition.