Consolidated Edison on Monday announced it is buying a 50 percent stake in two solar farms that Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is building in Arizona and Nevada. 

The photovoltaic market continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. As a general contractor, you will find yourself planning for an increasing number of projects with a solar energy scope. Solar installations require expertise in all the trades, and the sub-contractor you choose for your team will be a key element in the success of your project. 

Located in the East Village on the Park-to-Bay promenade, the new Central Library designed by Rob Wellington Quigley, FAIA/Tucker Sadler Architects, symbolically unites the regional architecture of the past to the architecture of the present in a commitment to the city’s future. 

Through a series of three votes, the Board of Supervisors adopted two ordinances Wednesday that could speed up decisions on wind turbine development in the county and certified the environmental impact report relating to the changes. 

ATLANTA — They’re unlikely business partners: a billionaire environmentalist and one of the largest coal-burners in the United States. 

The question of whether the county will expand its wind energy policies to make certain projects easier to complete remains unanswered, as the Board of Supervisors’ plans this week were stalled. 

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.