Every solar panel company makes bold claims about its panel efficiency, maximum wattage availability, temperature coefficient and other specs in optimal conditions. Anyone who does product testing ...

In comparison, previous accelerated testing studies found that panels should lose up to 1% per year in performance. This new study puts holes in that theory, and though not all panels are likely to ...

Plug-in solar has remained in the shadows because of a lack of safety standards and often costly requirements imposed by ...

Choosing the best solar products such as solar panels, inverters, batteries, and what company installs them, is an important step in your solar shopping journey. Here's how CNET evaluates these ...

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 ...

Agrisolar — a practice which essentially marries agriculture and solar photovoltaic energy — is beginning to catch on around the globe, and researchers recently set out to quantify its benefits in a ...

In a world dealing with environmental issues and energy shortages, the promise of clean, renewable energy from solar power is driving development of solar-cell technologies. This growth in the solar ...

Solar power has shifted from niche technology to a central pillar of the global energy system, and the pace of change is only ...

There's a silver lining despite the challenges. Energy experts reveal what's next for the solar industry after federal tax credits disappear: 'The solar industry isn't going anywhere' first appeared ...

MECHANICSBURG − A new solar farm in Madison County is tackling the longstanding complaint that the growing number of utility-sized solar projects in Ohio are taking critical farmland out of production ...