Utility-scale and rooftop solar in the U.S. — the projects being built, the technology behind them and the policy that decides whether they get built at all.
Certain bat species are starting to avoid areas near solar plants. Renewable energy capacity is rising to new record highs worldwide, driven by tight climate goals.…
The energy industry goes through different phases where a certain component solves all the problems that developers are facing meaning it becomes a mainstay. Companies have…
In China’s arid northwest, a solar thermal plant faces a unique problem. It has nothing to do with sunlight. The desert delivers heat in abundance. But…
Organic solar cells have long promised a cheaper, more flexible path to clean energy — but converting sunlight efficiently enough to matter has kept them trailing…
Solar plants are at risk from weather events becoming more volatile, but the real danger is unexpected. Worldwide, nations are facing the escalating effects of climate…
Uniper and Respect Energy have signed six-year Power Purchase Agreements covering 219 MWp of solar capacity across four photovoltaic projects in Poland. The deal, announced this…
Colorado’s semi-arid grasslands are built for hardship. They face sparse rain and relentless summer heat. Plants are perpetually scraping for moisture. Solar panels planted across that…
California’s floating solar panels are becoming “artificial islands” for waterbirds, such as herons and egrets. Fertile land for large-scale solar arrays is becoming scarcer and sparking…
ARRAY Technologies (NASDAQ: ARRY) launched the DuraTrack D2S™ on June 16—a new dual-row solar tracker built for international markets. The Albuquerque-based company describes it as a…
Solar energy facilities are becoming more popular as scientists are uncovering new and effective strategies through which developers can maximize solar energy generation. Countries like China,…
Before dawn, black-crowned night herons settle onto floating solar panels still cool from the night air. As daylight comes, double-crested cormorants jostle for position across the…
Planting soybeans under solar panels indicates that agrivoltaics does not have to be limited to hot, arid climates. The global population has surged to billions, pushing…
There are plenty of companies in the United States that are actively competing to become pioneers within the solar energy landscape. The nation as a whole…
The solar energy industry benefited massively from the integration of technological innovation because it opened the door for developers to execute projects that would not have…
Two sectors may finally cease fire, as solar panels could soon coexist with crop fields. The global population is continuously growing at a steady rate. This…
In Ohio, a major political fight is happening over solar farms. County officials have passed several bans. They want to protect local farmland. State lawmakers have…
Kesterite solar cells have long occupied a frustrating position in renewable energy research. Built from Earth-abundant, non-toxic materials, they look ideal for scalable, sustainable photovoltaics —…
An investigation showed that solar farms create a glare that can be dangerous in aviation environments. Solar power has become a fundamental driver in the world’s…
Think about the rules of biology. Some lines are never meant to be crossed. Plants make energy from sunlight. Animals eat plants or other animals. That…
Every day, light pours through office windows and bounces off living-room LEDs — and almost none of that energy is ever captured. A small team of…
A Sahara simulation shows that solar panels and wind turbines change the local climate. The planet’s atmosphere has shifted significantly, impacting regions and modern economies worldwide.…
Europe has a massive space problem. The continent wants to clean up its power grid. It needs millions of new solar panels to do that. But…
Every summer, Colorado’s semi-arid grasslands wage a quiet battle against heat and thirst — a landscape where rainfall routinely falls short of what the grasses need…
Solar energy is expanding fast—but not always without a fight. As panels spread beyond rooftops onto open fields and meadows, public pushback has become a real…
Hundreds of thousands of solar panels required moving the desert sand, which uncovered a 120-year-old mystery. Worldwide, governments are rapidly building large-scale renewable infrastructure to meet…
The United States has shown a huge commitment to diversifying energy sources in different states, with the Green Revolution now fully underway. California is undisputedly the…
Inverted perovskite solar cells check nearly every box for next-generation solar power: low manufacturing costs, compatibility with large-scale production, and efficiency numbers in the lab that…
For decades, the guiding principle of solar cell research has been simple: build a cleaner, more perfect interface between materials, and efficiency will follow. Remove every…
After a clash over land use at a solar farm, wildlife is now settling nicely at the facility. Solar power has become integral to many grids…
As solar energy infrastructure expands across New York state, finding space for it is becoming increasingly complicated. On April 22, researchers from Cornell University, The Nature…
Solar fuels have always had a sunlight problem. The energy arriving at a panel shifts constantly — with clouds, with seasons, with the angle of the…
California’s biggest solar plant is facing permanent failure until someone suggested molten salt. Globally, nations are pushing to increase renewable energy capacity on an unprecedented physical…
RWE and PPC have brought nearly one gigawatt of solar capacity online in Northern Greece, completing the commissioning of nine solar farms across three photovoltaic clusters…
On Colorado’s Eastern Plains, dry summers and shrinking water supplies are facts of life, not abstractions. So the quiet station sitting outside Gill, Colorado, looks almost…
A recent solar farm project in Ireland perfectly captured an intersection of the ancient past and modern present. Globally, nations are rushing to increase their renewable…
Technology has never been more noticeable in the energy industry than it is in the contemporary landscape. Interestingly, this trend is likely to continue, considering the…
Offshore wind, floating solar, and wave energy each have their limits alone. But combined on a single platform, they may perform substantially better — and cost…
In California’s Mojave Desert, 173,500 mirrors track the sun with near-mechanical perfection — achieving 92–94% field availability, day after day. By that measure, Ivanpah should be…
Asia remains the continent with the most respect, as countries like China and Japan hold enormous amounts of wind energy capacity. The United States remains competitive,…
Energy companies have discovered that the safest way to guarantee the success of energy projects is through collaboration and sharing the financial risks that are involved…
Perovskite solar cells are riddled with impurities and structural flaws — exactly the kind of material that textbook physics says should struggle to convert sunlight into…
Residential rooftop solar was supposed to provide energy independence, but it ended up costing some people more. Worldwide, electricity consumption continues to surge, placing immense strain…
The United States is enjoying an abundance of solar energy projects in 2026 as the nation is aiming to meet all its clean energy objectives. China…
India has committed to reaching 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity — but the land to build it is running out. Flat, grid-connected terrain is already…
In the quiet Swiss village of Buttes, 48 solar panels now sit between the rails of an active train line, low enough for rolling stock to…
America is one step closer to energy resilience thanks to a domestic solar panel factory. Modern nations face a paramount challenge regarding global energy security. Renewables…
When the 19th SNEC International PV Power Generation and Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition wrapped up in Shanghai on June 5, 2026, the most telling detail…
Solar flares rank among the most violent events in our solar system — sudden eruptions that release enormous amounts of energy and superheat parts of the…
One of the reasons why the United States has maintained its position among the leading solar energy-producing countries in the world is that it has the…
One of the most remote regions of the planet is going green and is crossing paths with penguins. Researchers are exploring some of the most isolated…
