Gary Breton Brings 20 Years of Global Operations Experience to eSolar Team

In an interview with journalist Todd Woody, Bill talks about the future of solar energy, his relationship with Google, and how to avoid battles over building large solar farms in the deserts of the Southwest.

eSolar is one of the top 50 startups in greentech announced by Greentech Media.

eSolar is named as one of the Top 10 venture-backed, clean technology companies.

eSolar and Ferrostaal AG announced a partnership today to deploy turnkey solar power plants in countries including Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa.

Despite record growth in generating capacity, the industry is creating few employment opportunities overall.

Rob Rogan of eSolar testifies before the US Senate's full committee and subcommittee on green jobs and the new economy.

Bill Radke talks to Davos attendee Bill Gross, CEO of the Pasadena Company eSolar.

Some of the world's leaders in developing sustainable energy solutions gathered in Abu Dhabi to address the challenges of growing energy demand.

ESolar, a builder of solar thermal equipment and plants, has landed what could be a $5 billion, 2-gigawatt deal in China, propelling it among the marquee names in solar, like First Solar and Solyndra. Not only is it breaking out of a pack of competitors, but also putting the U.S. on the map as a major solar thermal distributor.

eSolar of Pasadena, Calif., signed an agreement to build solar thermal power plants in the Mongolian desert over the next decade.

With this deal, eSolar now has a footprint in India, China, Africa and U.S. How did a company desperate for help a year ago go global in 12 months?

The firm will provide technology and assistance in setting up a series of solar farms for China, in the nation's first big venture into solar thermal power production.

Op-Ed Columnist THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: At the end of the first decade, the most important thing to happen was not the Great Recession, but China's Green Leap Forward.

2 GW to be Built Utilizing Technology Proven at the Sierra Power Plant.

Award Honors Company's Innovation and Global Impact.

eSolar's strategy of building relatively small-scale modular solar farms on privately owned agricultural land is also allowing it to avoid — so far — fights over endangered species that have slowed big solar power plants planned for federally owned land in the Mojave Desert.

A picture was worth 24,000 mirrors when eSolar transformed a vast field of heliostats at its Southern California solar farm into a Fourth of July tableau of the American flag and the Statue of Liberty.

Harnessing the terawatts of energy we get from the sun.

eSolar has signed its second licensing and investment deal in as many weeks.