At Susquehanna University's solar farm near Selinsgrove, a group of students are busy looking through the tall grass and ...

The SOLAR-1 satellite, operated by NOAA, has officially become operational after a nearly one million-mile journey to the Sun ...

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette owns and operates one of the largest outdoor solar testing facilities in the southeastern United States, and will break ground on the Louisiana Solar Energy ...

Professor Yoke Khin Yap and his research group are improving the efficiency of solar cells one quantum dot at a time. × To sustainably power our digital future, the world needs more — and more ...

In their quest to improve our ability to capture and distribute the Earth's greatest potential source of power--the sun--scientists are exploring every square nanometer of solar cells, looking for new ...

One of the hindrances to large-scale solar adoption, especially in cities, is where to install the chunky panels. Rooftops? Skyscraper walls? Vast open spaces that dense urban centers barely have in ...

Federal and state government officials journeyed to the western corner of Merced County on Thursday to announce a new project to place solar panels on the water in the Delta-Mendota Canal. The project ...

The rise of solar power shows no sign of slowing down, with the International Energy Agency predicting it will overtake coal as the world's biggest source of electricity next year. Behind its success ...

This longtime sci-fi dream could actually become reality in the next decade or so, some researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The photovoltaic effect is where light striking a material generates electric current and was first observed in the mid-1800s. Early photovoltaic devices were expensive, made from toxic materials, and ...

The University of Delaware’s Institute of Energy Conversion has been a leader in solar energy research for almost a half-century. Now, for the first time, it has a working photovoltaic array on its ...