Solar

Solar panels in the desert could be key to saving the planet's "living skin." Climate change is accelerating, rendering Earth's...

Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni Banks Hunter and Max Justicz, has raised $22 million to move its portable robotic...

The United States is aiming to diversify the energy portfolio of every state to ensure that there is a wide...

Certain bat species are starting to avoid areas near solar plants. Renewable energy capacity is rising to new record highs...

The energy industry goes through different phases where a certain component solves all the problems that developers are facing meaning...

In China's arid northwest, a solar thermal plant faces a unique problem. It has nothing to do with sunlight. The...

Organic solar cells have long promised a cheaper, more flexible path to clean energy — but converting sunlight efficiently enough...

Solar plants are at risk from weather events becoming more volatile, but the real danger is unexpected. Worldwide, nations are...

Uniper and Respect Energy have signed six-year Power Purchase Agreements covering 219 MWp of solar capacity across four photovoltaic projects...

Colorado's semi-arid grasslands are built for hardship. They face sparse rain and relentless summer heat. Plants are perpetually scraping for...

California's floating solar panels are becoming "artificial islands" for waterbirds, such as herons and egrets. Fertile land for large-scale solar...

ARRAY Technologies (NASDAQ: ARRY) launched the DuraTrack D2S™ on June 16—a new dual-row solar tracker built for international markets. The...

Solar energy facilities are becoming more popular as scientists are uncovering new and effective strategies through which developers can maximize...

Before dawn, black-crowned night herons settle onto floating solar panels still cool from the night air. As daylight comes, double-crested...

Planting soybeans under solar panels indicates that agrivoltaics does not have to be limited to hot, arid climates. The global...

There are plenty of companies in the United States that are actively competing to become pioneers within the solar energy...

The solar energy industry benefited massively from the integration of technological innovation because it opened the door for developers to...

Two sectors may finally cease fire, as solar panels could soon coexist with crop fields. The global population is continuously...

In Ohio, a major political fight is happening over solar farms. County officials have passed several bans. They want to...

Kesterite solar cells have long occupied a frustrating position in renewable energy research. Built from Earth-abundant, non-toxic materials, they look...

An investigation showed that solar farms create a glare that can be dangerous in aviation environments. Solar power has become...

Think about the rules of biology. Some lines are never meant to be crossed. Plants make energy from sunlight. Animals...

Every day, light pours through office windows and bounces off living-room LEDs — and almost none of that energy is...

A Sahara simulation shows that solar panels and wind turbines change the local climate. The planet's atmosphere has shifted significantly,...

Europe has a massive space problem. The continent wants to clean up its power grid. It needs millions of new...

Every summer, Colorado's semi-arid grasslands wage a quiet battle against heat and thirst — a landscape where rainfall routinely falls...

Solar energy is expanding fast—but not always without a fight. As panels spread beyond rooftops onto open fields and meadows,...

Hundreds of thousands of solar panels required moving the desert sand, which uncovered a 120-year-old mystery. Worldwide, governments are rapidly...

The United States has shown a huge commitment to diversifying energy sources in different states, with the Green Revolution now...

Inverted perovskite solar cells check nearly every box for next-generation solar power: low manufacturing costs, compatibility with large-scale production, and...

For decades, the guiding principle of solar cell research has been simple: build a cleaner, more perfect interface between materials,...

After a clash over land use at a solar farm, wildlife is now settling nicely at the facility. Solar power...

As solar energy infrastructure expands across New York state, finding space for it is becoming increasingly complicated. On April 22,...

Solar fuels have always had a sunlight problem. The energy arriving at a panel shifts constantly — with clouds, with...

California's biggest solar plant is facing permanent failure until someone suggested molten salt. Globally, nations are pushing to increase renewable...

RWE and PPC have brought nearly one gigawatt of solar capacity online in Northern Greece, completing the commissioning of nine...

On Colorado's Eastern Plains, dry summers and shrinking water supplies are facts of life, not abstractions. So the quiet station...

A recent solar farm project in Ireland perfectly captured an intersection of the ancient past and modern present. Globally, nations...

Technology has never been more noticeable in the energy industry than it is in the contemporary landscape. Interestingly, this trend...

Offshore wind, floating solar, and wave energy each have their limits alone. But combined on a single platform, they may...

In California's Mojave Desert, 173,500 mirrors track the sun with near-mechanical perfection — achieving 92–94% field availability, day after day....

Asia remains the continent with the most respect, as countries like China and Japan hold enormous amounts of wind energy...

Energy companies have discovered that the safest way to guarantee the success of energy projects is through collaboration and sharing...

Perovskite solar cells are riddled with impurities and structural flaws — exactly the kind of material that textbook physics says...

Residential rooftop solar was supposed to provide energy independence, but it ended up costing some people more. Worldwide, electricity consumption...

The United States is enjoying an abundance of solar energy projects in 2026 as the nation is aiming to meet...

India has committed to reaching 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity — but the land to build it is running...

In the quiet Swiss village of Buttes, 48 solar panels now sit between the rails of an active train line,...

America is one step closer to energy resilience thanks to a domestic solar panel factory. Modern nations face a paramount...

When the 19th SNEC International PV Power Generation and Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition wrapped up in Shanghai on June...