Carlsbad-based NRG Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, will co-host a ribbon-cutting event Friday morning to commemorate the completion of the NRG Solar Borrego I Project in Borrego Springs. 

The push for local involvement in the operation of the Del Mar Fairgrounds is picking up momentum as county legislators are expected to further explore partnership opportunities for joint operation of the fairgrounds. 

A survey released Thursday by the Solar Foundation, a nonprofit research group, ranked California to have a higher total number of solar industry jobs through 2012 than any other state in the nation. 

Two newly energized solar arrays have added to an already-recognized effort toward greater sustainability at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 

Escondido-based GST Technology has opened its latest division, GST Renewables, which will provide operations and predictive maintenance for existing and new commercial and utility scale solar installations in the southwestern United States. Clark Thompson will serve as division president. 

San Diego-based EDF Renewable Services has secured the operations and maintenance contract at the Edom Hills Wind Farm. 

As November’s general election creates numerous possibilities for policy change both in San Diego and across the country, a group of executives from companies and groups involved in the expansion of solar energy systems discussed the state of their economies at a Daily Transcript roundtable. 

In the aftermath of the summer bankruptcy of the government-backed California solar panel maker Solyndra, expectations among renewable energy wonks, who describe the company’s failure as an outlier among many successes, remain generally high. But some policy research analysts are more skeptical — not doubtful, but still skeptical. 

When entering San Diego's business community about 30 years ago, Clint Walker’s aim had nothing to do with being in the solar business. His success as the co-founder and president of Southwestern Solar Systems since his entrance to the business in 2009 came about in much the same fashion his other major endeavors have. 

When Cecilia Aguillon, director of marketing and government relations for Kyocera Solar Inc., immigrated to the United States from El Salvador as a teen, she grew into a young adult with a lofty goal in mind: to save the world. 

Some people look at buildings and see a combination of wood, steel and mortar with a number of things inside to make them more comfortable and workable — lighting, computers and maybe a few windows, even if they can't be opened.