Solar is no longer just a way to trim your utility bill; for many homeowners it is a serious contender to keep the lights on when the grid goes dark. Whether panels can truly stand in for a gas or ...

Solar power is no longer inching forward, it is compounding. In laboratories and early commercial lines, scientists are ...

Scientists in Germany have engineered a major leap forward in solar panel design by devising plans for ultra-thin solar panels that are up to 1,000 times more efficient than conventional silicon ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The sight of solar panels installed on rooftops and large energy farms has become commonplace in many regions around ...

As solar energy rapidly expands to meet urgent climate targets and increasing demand for electricity, the key challenge is to ...

How might floating solar energy projects impact wild birds and vice versa? A paper outlines key considerations for a growing floating solar industry. From a small California winery to a large-scale ...

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Agrivoltaics combines solar panels and agriculture on the same land. It’ll be an uphill battle for it to hit the mainstream.

With the growth of portable power stations as solar generators in the last decade, interest and competition has led to huge improvements in solar panel performance. When I began playing around with ...