Utility bills in the U.S. grew 6% year-over-year in January 2025 — significantly outpacing inflation, according to Bank of America data. As they continue to climb, more homeowners are considering ...

Homes traditionally run on power grids, but it isn't 100% reliable. Technical problems can happen at any time, high consumer demand leads to blackouts, and there's the occasional weather disturbance ...

When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why ...

Anurag Srivastava receives funding from the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation to work on renewable energy integration into the grid. He is an IEEE Fellow and member of the IEEE ...

Recent advancements in solar technology have introduced a groundbreaking material that promises to make solar panels 40% cheaper. This innovation not only reduces the cost of solar energy but also ...

In your home, you probably have a handful of gadgets that rely on batteries: remotes, smoke detectors, wireless keyboards. But instead of having to replace those batteries again and again, those ...

An icon in the solar industry left customers scrambling after they filed for bankruptcy. After CBS News New York investigator Mahsa Saeidi helped get a New Jersey family's solar panels fixed, her ...

The solar power industry is growing fast, accounting for more than half of all new electricity on the grid last year. But soon President-elect Donald Trump and fellow Republicans in Congress may try ...

Thirty is the new 20. Well, at least maybe in the solar panel world. That's because a study of six, three-decade-old arrays in Switzerland found them to still be working well, retaining more than 80% ...