Amid Boom, Concerns at Small Solar Firms

Solar power is in the midst of a boom in the United States. High energy costs are one reason. But what may be more important are generous state and power company incentives and rebates, as well as tax credits that make solar systems affordable to many more people and businesses….

Solar Panels Are Vanishing, Only to Reappear on the Internet

Solar power, with its promise of emissions-free renewable energy, boasts a growing number of fans. Some of them, it turns out, are thieves….

French Nuclear Electricity Giant to Buy British Energy for $23.18 Billion

Éléctricité de France, the power giant, has agreed to buy a rival, British Energy, for £12.5 billion, ($23.18 billion), the companies confirmed Wednesday, in a deal that would give the French company a dominant role in the British nuclear power industry….