When a door-to-door salesman showed up at Christine Palmer’s door in 2022 telling her she could save money by going solar, she and her husband decided to make the investment. Two years later, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

4.5 million households in the U.S. have solar panels on their homes. Most of those customers are happy with it - their electricity bills have just about disappeared, and it's great for the planet. But ...

Sanyo-brand solar panels had a defect not covered under warranty, but now you can get things resolved thanks to an ongoing settlement. Did you ever buy Sanyo brand solar panels or move into a property ...

Solar panels are just about everywhere. There’s a good chance one of your neighbors has them on their roof, as does the big box store down the street. As you drive there, you might see a field of them ...

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 ...

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 ...

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% ...