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.

The increasing demand for electricity, driven by artificial intelligence, electrified transportation, and industrial ...

Lightweight, robust, radiation-resilient photovoltaics are critical technologies for many aerospace applications. OPV cells ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

BarcelonaTech (UPC) in Spain have designed hybrid solar cells that can generate electricity and store it onboard. This is the ...

The world’s first photovoltaic leaf (PV-leaf), which mimics natural leaf transpiration, has been developed by researchers at ...

Cornell’s interdisciplinary teams are also exploring perovskite recycling methods, cutting costs and reducing toxicity ...

Trina Solar has filed a lawsuit against Canadian Solar, seeking US$144.7 million for the alleged infringement of two patents.

In 2024, the solar energy generation industry experienced its largest-ever annual rise globally, fueled by China’s 44% solar ...

The latest container-based solar-plus-storage plant developed by AREP, an SNCF subsidiary, can be placed on the rails and ...

Is nuclear power or renewable energy the key to a zero-carbon future? Explore costs, risks, and global trends shaping the ...

Researchers have developed a method to recycle all parts of a solar cell repeatedly without environmentally hazardous solvents. The recycled solar cell has the same efficiency as the original one.