Ausra, the Palo Alto-based solar thermal company that just last month announced plans to build a 177-megawatt solar installation in California, is now in the process of launching a new business ...

Ausra relocated to Silicon Valley from Australia in 2007, having announced plans to build a gigawatt’s worth of solar thermal power plants. The start-up raised about $130 million from investors ...

French engineering giant Areva said Monday that it will buy Ausra, a Mountain View startup specializing in large-scale solar power. The deal will give Areva a way to break into the growing ...

French nuclear power giant Areva is buying Ausra, a Silicon Valley solar start-up, with hopes of dominating the solar thermal power market. Sarah Gardner explains who gets what out of the deal and ...