The virtual battery records the surplus solar power injected into the grid on sunny days and returns it at night or in winter. If the production of the PV plant is not sufficient to cover all the ...

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what's coming next. You can read more from the series here. For more than a ...

The likely future of power generation can be glimpsed in Germany, where in 2022 energy company Next Kraftwerke "passed the 10,000 megawatt mark of networked capacity" -- enough energy to serve about 5 ...

Solar giant Sunrun announced Tuesday that thousands of home solar projects exported power to the grid this summer, reducing energy demand and curbing the use of “peaking” natural gas plants. New ...

It might not look like it, but Pippa Buchanan's house is, in many ways, a very modern type of power plant. Inside the shed at her property in Cowaramup, a rural town about 3 hours south of Perth in ...

Round Rock resident Chris Graf used a lot of air conditioning in August, the hottest on record for most of Texas, and when the month came to a close he received a big number from his retail ...

With the paid version of Snapchat, Snapchat Plus, users gain access to new experimental features. One of these exclusive features is the Friend Solar System. This feature assigns each of your close ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A small town in southern India has rolled out an innovative solar-powered “invisible” fencing system designed to alert residents of approaching ...

Going solar isn’t cheap. Many pay for their solar energy systems with solar leases or solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) — both mean trading ownership of the system for upfront savings. “There’s ...