FELDHEIM, Germany -- This tiny village in a wind-swept corner of eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution. 

BRILON, Germany -- Solarhybrid AG remains “very interested” in buying the U.S. projects of Solar Millennium AG, which filed for insolvency, Chief Financial Officer Albert Klein said. 

NEW YORK (AP) -- Online search and advertising giant Google is teaming with investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to develop four solar energy farms serving the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California. 

The Obama administration has approved a pair of renewable energy projects being developed on public lands in Arizona and California. 

NEW DEHLI -- India may join an escalating U.S.- China trade dispute over solar equipment as local manufacturers lobby New Delhi for protection against imports from rivals like First Solar Inc. and Suntech Power Holdings Co. 

Picking up on a tradition that was left out in 2010, the San Diego chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council held its winter social Wednesday, revealing new board members and handing out awards for the year’s top LEED projects. 

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.