At any given moment, 89,000 terawatts of solar power hits the Earth’s surface. While significant advancements have been made in harvesting this power, existing technologies do not capture the full ...

A research team has produced a flexible perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell that converts 33.6% of sunlight into electricity ...

For many homeowners, installing rooftop solar panels seems like a smart idea to reduce electricity bills, but the upfront cost and installation complexity ...

Harvesting the sun’s energy has always been an exciting challenge. As technology races forward, scientists are finding new ways to both collect and store that energy more efficiently. A recent ...

House Bill 4080 would create a blueprint for balcony solar in Oregon, at a time when people are already installing these ...

An innovative hybrid solar device that combines a PV panel and energy storage has achieved record levels of energy storage efficiency for such a device. And unlike conventional batteries, the ...

An Arizona bill allowing plug-in solar panels on patios and balconies died in committee after utility companies raised grid safety concerns ...

Balcony solar would augment utility-scale renewable energy and reduce the need for new utility-scale generation. More ...