QSTec (Qatar Solar Technologies) just signed a memorandum of understanding with Qatar Electricity and Water Company today in a move to ramp up future solar power generation.

Clif Bar, the granddaddy of the modern day energy bar, has been sustainably celebrating its 20th birthday this year. The company’s latest accomplishment is this week’s announcement that its headquarters in Emeryville, CA, across the bay from San Francisco, was awarded with LEED Platinum certification.

According to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, Americans are willing to pay for slightly higher electricity bills for clean energy.

Saudi Arabia says it will install enough solar technologies to generate a capacity of 41 gigawatts of power by 2032 at a cost of $109 billion.

The German government is close to slashing subsidies for solar energy by 20 to 40 percent despite solar’s success in reaching up to 25 GW in capacity.

According to the CEO of a massive solar startup in Qatar, 8000 metric tons of solar modules manufactured at this new plant could produce enough to generate over 6.5 gigawatts of electricity worldwide annually.

One Ocean, designed by Vienna’s soma, hails Yeosu’s redevelopment along its waterfront as this southwestern Korean city of 300,000 hosts EXPO 2012.

Costco is a huge conundrum when it comes to sustainability. The company itself is very admirable: workers are paid and treated well, and the warehouse chains leads in waste diversion.