US solar installations soar, as Solyndra row rumbles on

James S Murray
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New figures reveal record quarter for utility-scale solar installations, driven by falling cost of solar technologies

The US solar industry delivered a record quarter between April and June, installing 477MW of utility-scale solar capacity, according to figures released today by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries...

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