Traditional flat panels have a key limitation: they can only capture sunlight efficiently from one direction. This is where ...

Tesla has updated its online configurator with a new solar panel heavily emphasizing its US manufacturing at Gigafactory New ...

A new generation of 3D-printed solar cells could let buildings generate power through colorful, semi-transparent windows ...

In a development straight out of an iconic science fiction novel, laser beams from the Sun sent directly to Earth may be the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Solar power is the fastest-growing source of new electricity ...

(herein “SunPower,” the “Company,” or Nasdaq: “SPWR”) a solar technology, services, and installation company, is pleased to ...

A new study out of MIT has created an autonomously functioning robot that can act like a lab technician to test materials, in particular for the properties needed to make solar cells. It can collect ...

New research has uncovered a critical challenge in solar energy with the discovery that a considerable number of solar panels ...

But there might be another way for new data centers to get the enormous amount of energy they plan to use. A recent report from the nonprofit Rewiring America suggests that instead of building new ...

A new study highlights a semi-transparent, color-tunable solar cell designed to work in places traditional panels can't, like ...

Forward-looking: A new chapter in materials science is unfolding at MIT, where researchers have developed a fully autonomous robotic system designed to accelerate the search for advanced ...