Discover how to build a simple solar cell at home using everyday materials! This step-by-step tutorial demonstrates how to ...

Sunlight carries more energy than most solar devices can catch. That gap matters as heat waves grow worse. It also matters as ...

The Philippines rises as a new solar superpower, lighting up to 5 million panels as Terra Solar builds the world’s largest ...

Near Hickman, California, just outside Modesto, a 110-foot-wide grid of solar panels now tops a section of canal, arching over the gently flowing water. Solar projects have long been a crucial piece ...

The Solar Close Observations and Proximity Experiments (SCOPE) mission will send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere and follow an orbit with perihelion, aphelion, and inclination of 5 R⊙, 123 R⊙, ...

Wind energy infrastructure doesn’t produce power if the air isn’t moving, and solar doesn’t generate power if the sun’s not out. But that doesn’t mean that either source of energy is "worthless" ...

A version of this article first appeared in WFAE’s Climate Newsletter. Sign up here to receive weekly climate news straight to your inbox. The Southern Environmental Law Center plans to bring an ...

Churches, synagogues and mosques across the country are increasingly turning to solar energy to lower power bills and reduce their environmental impact. Federal incentives passed in recent years have ...

Solar energy now provides 7% of global electricity, doubling in two years and outpacing coal generation for the first time. Plummeting costs, down 90% since 2010, have made solar economically dominant ...

A dark geometric sprawl breaks up an expanse of ocher-hued sand in Saudi Arabia. Close up, the structure is made up of row after row of solar panels, glimmering in the intense sun as it beats down on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...