The latest call for renewable energy projects in New York comes with a sweetener for companies that promise to steer clear of farmland...

If you have ever wondered how much of the electricity demand in the U.S. could be supplied by rooftop solar, a new study has the answer....

The facility will have the capacity to build 1.2GW of the firm’s Series 6 thin film PV modules, which, when combined the First Solar’s...

Solar power is expanding rapidly. The United States now has over 53 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed – enough...

With help from the Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE), Cherryland Electric Cooperative today kicked off Michigan’s first pilot program to...

A Flushing, Michigan, school district will soon be part of a solar project that is forecast to save the community $45,000 annually. The...

PASADENA — Meital Hoffman squinted from the searing sunlight, then moved quickly into the shade. As one of 12 engineering students from...

A solar panel that can generate electricity from falling raindrops has been invented, enabling power to flow even when skies cloud over...

The United States could reliably meet about 80 percent of its electricity demand with solar and wind power generation, according to...

Some people call it the “sunrush”: a 25-year period in which solar power has grown exponentially, transforming the technology from...

More than 80% of Michigan voters, with majority support among both Republicans and Democrats, favor increasing the state’s use of solar...

The terms “energy payback” and “energy payback period” when used to discuss solar power might be kind of confusing at first glance, but...

How does your state stack up against all the other states in the country when it comes to being solar friendly? Solar Power Rocks, an...

Now that solar power is here, and without a doubt racing toward being a leading source of global electricity, we’ve now got some really...

A year ago, 2017 and 2018 were supposed to be down years for the solar industry as the U.S. and China pulled back from extremely high...

2017 was an up-and-down year for the solar industry, but it was much better than most investors and analysts expected from a demand...

Since taking office, President Trump has gone out of his way to help the coal industry.  He’s reversed ground on the Clean Power Plan and...

A new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device – which is unlike any existing solar panel and opens up fresh opportunities to develop more...

Duke Energy Corp. has purchased the minority share of California-based REC Solar it did not already own to expand its offerings for clean...

Researchers looking to bolster the efficiency of solar panels have concluded that the answer lies in some advanced double-glazing. A new...