The motivation to add a solar power system to your home is usually simple: reduce your power bill or even earn money from your utility. Maybe you add some solar batteries to have a backup in case of an extended outage.

Queen Mary University of London and Power Roll, a solar startup, have come together to commercialize perovskite solar film. The lightweight, flexible, and efficient characteristics of these next-generation solar materials will allow solar energy to be implemented in many locations around the globe.

Solar panel maker First Solar forecast higher current-year sales, and posted a rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, and said it has initiated legal action against JinkoSolar for patent infringement.

California officials want to reduce the financial credits that households with rooftop solar panels can earn for excess energy. "It's the utilities preserving their monopoly," says one homeowner.

Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

Intermittency and Reliability Concerns One of the most significant challenges with wind and solar energy is their intermittent nature. The sun doesn't always shine, and the wind doesn't always blow. This inconsistency can lead to reliability issues,

Solar energy might be clean, cheap and slow the heating of the planet. But that’s not what the solar industry wants lawmakers to focus on. Instead, solar leaders are at the Texas

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For community solar projects to run, they require a base of subscribers paying into the project and receiving renewable energy credits for their

The evolving category of power stations boasts more flexibility, moving indoors or out to quietly route banked energy wherever it’s needed—even to the whole house. Akin to large rechargeable batteries,

NV Energy is asking regulators to approve a revenue increase of $215.7 million that could hike residential electricity rates by 9% in Southern Nevada.