Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal ...

"The successful fabrication of this … device paves the way for the continued advancement of innovative solar-to-chemical ...

Broken and worn-out solar panels can be recycled, but it's not easy. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 ...

Major installations now exist worldwide, from large hydropower reservoirs in China and India to water treatment ponds in the ...

Rooftop solar PV has been central to the global energy transition since its origins, starting with Charles Fritts’ rooftop Selenium cell in New York in 1883. The modern era began in the 1940s, when ...

In August 2023, Snopes began receiving messages from readers about a social media post making an odd claim about solar panels. Over the past year, we have continued to receive messages about the post, ...

Scientists have developed a way to generate tiny amounts of solar energy at night. It’s true potential could be in space.

For years, solar power at home was mostly limited to people who owned their rooftops and could afford the steep upfront costs. But now, a new generation of small, affordable systems — often called ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anurag Srivastava, West Virginia University (THE CONVERSATION) It’s hard work soaking ...