For decades, the solar industry has run on one material: silicon. It works, it is cheap, and it keeps getting slightly better ...

The two teens huddled around their science teacher, eyes wide as he held a tiny solar panel beneath a fluorescent lamp. As ...

The appearance of blocky black solar panels hasn't changed much at all in the last several years, and in the case of many ...

This story is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public media journalists across the United States. It features reporting by Jana Rose Schleis from KBIA. In an ...

On a bright morning, graduate student Jeremy Klotz and professor Shree Nayar walked through upper Manhattan with a tall ...

The University of Arkansas unveiled a new solar panels site on Wednesday. It's one of 20 to be installed.

U.S. scientists have developed a method to forecast solar irradiance at any location using a single high-resolution ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

Solar is no longer just a way to trim your utility bill; for many homeowners it is a serious contender to keep the lights on when the grid goes dark. Whether panels can truly stand in for a gas or ...

SM Supermalls reinforces its energy efficiency practices to serve its customers and surrounding communities undisrupted, on ...