The major Indian newspaper, The Hindu, has been leaked a finalized draft of a national solar power plan that aims to have 200 GW in place by 2050.
The plan outlines expanding the use of small-scale solar PV panels and commercial-scale solar plants in both rural and urban areas and with both commercial and residential customers. [...]

And guess what? They’re all in Europe. C’mon North America, catch up!
1. Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park, Spain – The largest in the world, the Olmedilla Photovoltaic (PV) Park uses 162,000 flat solar photovoltaic panels to deliver 60 megawatts of electricity on a cloudless day.
2. Puertollano Photovoltaic Park, Spain – The power generated here is equivalent to [...]

The first of 1,100 planned solar-powered bus shelters has been opened up in the progressive California city of San Francisco. The other 1,099 will be installed across the city over the next four years.
The roof of the shelter is made up of thin-film solar panels which have been embedded in a 40 percent post-industrial recycled [...]

Some last ditch political wheeling and dealing this weekend at the end of the state legislative session prevented the passage of $500 million in solar rebates. Other efforts to change Texas’s renewable portfolio standard to create extra requirements for solar, biomass and geothermal power had failed earlier.
There had been some earlier hope, as so many [...]