Year 2013 turned out to be a solid one for First Solar, buoyed by growing global solar demand, strong execution on its utility scale solar projects, and significant improvements on the technology and ...

The typical solar panel cost in California averages $14,873, but homeowners may spend between $12,622 and $17,130. Homeowners planning their solar panel budget will need to consider the size and type ...

Utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) generation has exploded over the past few years. From nearly nothing in the late 2000s, the U.S. now has more than 10 GW of utility-scale solar PV in operation ...

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have found that a combination of lower capital, operating, and finance costs, in addition to better equipment performance, and longer useful ...

Americans won't soon forget the shocking images of Texas communities held hostage by extreme weather and a failed power grid that left millions without power in February 2021. The crisis drove home ...

Switching to solar energy is a major financial commitment and, if you’re like most homeowners, you’ll want to know how long it will take to recoup your investment. This average recovery time, called ...

Four-part series begins with an exclusive 1-on-1 interview with the CEO of Auxin Solar—the company behind a tariff petition that has upended the solar industry. The U.S. solar industry has come to a ...

Sheep graze on a solar farm owned by SB Energy on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Buckholts, Texas. Photo: AP On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep ...

Built by Danish researchers, the device also achieved a power conversion efficiency of 5.0%. They designed the cell with a soda-lime glass substrate, a tin oxide (FTO) layer, an electron transport ...