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.
Utility-scale solar plants can be transformed into wildlife havens – if managed responsibly. The global green energy transition requires rapid deployment to meet fast-approaching targets. However,…
Competition over land-use between solar plants and agriculture could become less intense. Solar energy plays a fundamental role in the global transition to renewables. Over the…
Acwa Power Philippines and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) have signed a lease contract for a 500-hectare site in New Clark City, formalizing plans…
A proposed solar farm is dividing a Vermont town of roughly 800 people — and the opposition isn’t coming from climate skeptics. Northland Solar has filed…
A pioneering molecular breakthrough can overcome universal efficiency issues of solar cells. Solar power is essential for global energy grids to meet fast-approaching climate targets. Yet,…
Iberdrola inaugurated Spain’s largest battery energy storage system in June 2026, bringing online a 58 MW / 120 MWh facility integrated into the Campo Arañuelo solar…
California’s long-term solar and water future is looking significantly bleak. Global climate change, renewable energy, and natural resources are all inextricably linked. If clean energy is…
For the first time, solar power is on track to outproduce coal across Texas’s main electricity grid — not by a narrow margin, but by a…
MIT engineers have built a solar-powered desalination system that runs without batteries — and without any connection to the grid. Developed by the GEAR Center team…
Virginia’s decentralized solar approach will offer more affordable clean power to more locals. Denser populations and rapidly expanding data centers are increasing global energy demand. Solar…
Doug Manning spent years building solar projects across Vermont. He has enough panels on his own roof to zero out his electric bill. But standing at…
Architectural designers can now use solar panels as a design tool for nearly all infrastructure. Global smart technology is rapidly evolving, demanding significantly more energy. However,…
A 51-second Facebook video posted by a Michigan state lawmaker has been viewed more than a million times — carrying a claim that could reshape how…
Arizona’s grid is under pressure. A booming population, a wave of new data centers, and relentless summer heat are pushing electricity demand to levels the state’s…
In a small manufacturing town in northeast Ohio, a rubber products facility has quietly crossed a threshold no other commercial building in Seville had reached before.…
Global renewable energy investment is being redrawn — not by crisis, but by calculation. In a transaction that closed in late 2025, Spanish independent power producer…
The solar industry entered 2026 carrying two compounding problems: a glut of manufacturing capacity that had hammered margins across the sector, and an efficiency ceiling that…
At Intersolar Europe 2026, solar manufacturers are once again competing to extract more power from the same cell platforms — squeezing gains not through new chemistry,…
In 2016, the world added 75 gigawatts of solar power in a single year. By 2025, that figure had reached 655 gigawatts — nearly nine times…
Solar panels have looked more or less the same for decades — dark, flat rectangles that generate clean energy but rarely win design awards. For historic…
A solar cell that exceeds 100% efficiency sounds like a violation of physics — and if taken at face value, it would be. Energy can’t be…
Violent marine weather may have met its match in new life forming underneath a solar plant. Offshore renewable energy infrastructure overcomes several land-based obstacles. However, the…
At Intersolar Europe 2026, the industry’s most closely watched solar showcase, Tongwei is arriving with more than incremental upgrades. The Chinese manufacturer’s booth at A2.350 is…
Forrest Bagley knew Illinois had everything a solar developer could want: flat land, strong state incentives, and a growing market hungry for clean energy. What he…
California’s kit foxes can enjoy a triumph over predators thanks to a solar plant. Utility-scale renewable energy projects are essential to meeting data center and AI…
Ten years ago, India’s climate negotiators were among the loudest voices defending coal on the world stage. At COP26 in Glasgow, the country’s environment minister helped…
Solar energy and nature recently conflicted at a massive plant, stalling clean power production and sustainable progress. The countryside is experiencing unprecedented infrastructure expansion. Global green…
Inside every solar microinverter, a handful of semiconductor switches do the quiet work of turning sunlight into usable electricity. Enphase Energy has now published a technical…
At a time when household costs are climbing across nearly every category, Duke Energy Florida customers are seeing something that runs against the grain: their electricity…
A hybrid tidal-solar catamaran system proves that two renewable energy sources are better than one. Electrification is essential to global decarbonization, but requires substantial clean power…
The Hambach opencast mine has spent decades as one of Europe’s most visible symbols of fossil fuel extraction — a vast wound in the Rhineland landscape,…
Dozens of solar and energy storage manufacturers lined the halls of Capitol Hill this week for the Solar Energy Industries Association’s American Solar and Storage Manufacturing…
When Elon Musk unveiled the Solar Roof in 2016, the pitch was hard to resist: tiles indistinguishable from premium slate, silently generating electricity, costing less than…
Scientists are advancing solar technology by improving existing systems with a special crystal. Panel efficiency is essential to ensure the world benefits from the highest possible…
Traditional solar panels fail in extreme weather. Severe storms can shatter rigid glass, cutting off critical clean energy. A breakthrough technology solves this. At CES, engineers…
MIT engineers have developed the next generation of versatile solar cells. They have an ultralight, thinner-than-hair design that addresses the limitations of conventional solar panels. It…
Solar power peaks at noon. Energy demand peaks at night. This mismatch creates the costly “duck curve” gap. While utilities rely on massive chemical batteries to…
The U.S. tech boom faces a critical power bottleneck. AI data centers consume up to 10 times more energy than standard searches, heavily straining the aging…
Solar farms are becoming unexpected sanctuaries for North America’s rarest predators. Global solar capacity is exploding to meet massive net-zero climate goals. Yet, these giant arrays…
With the abundance of resources and technological innovation available in the energy industry, developers have the privilege to experiment and pursue ambitious projects that would not…
Global energy is shifting toward ‘nature-positive’ infrastructure. Solar farms are engineered to function as active ecosystems rather than industrial voids. Solar capacity increased by a record…
A new solar innovation at utility-scale plants now transforms the way bees survive and thrive in these environments. This is important, as pollinator species populations are…
Solar energy is typically measured by output and carbon offset, but biodiversity restoration has become another factor. When it comes to sustainability, mitigating the effects of…
A solar plant demonstrates that true sustainability can be achieved day and night. A rare species is beginning to thrive as a result. Global heating is…
Texas has become the new face of agriculture and solar plants working together symbiotically to achieve true sustainability. Global energy demand is surging. Digitalization requires constant,…
Renewable generation is not the only key to sustainability, as the white light of electronics also plays a role. Modern technology has evolved significantly over the…
There has been a common theme in the 2026 energy initiatives, which displays the importance of technological innovation in the projects that materialize. Traditional developers were…
A Dutch floating solar project’s shadow has been affecting the water and vital algae. Harnessing the power of the sun has been key to the global…
The solar energy industry is one that new companies are eager to enter because it is dependent on a natural factor, such as the availability of…
One of the ways through which a company can maintain activity and effectiveness simultaneously in the energy industry is by pursuing individual initiatives as well as…
