Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Solar power is the fastest-growing source of new electricity ...

"Capacity is set to more than double." Researchers make massive breakthrough that could revolutionize solar panels: 'Accelerating' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Solar power is no longer inching forward, it is compounding. In laboratories and early commercial lines, scientists are ...

Naked Energy announces VirtuMAX, a new ground-mount solar thermal technology designed to deliver high-performance renewable ...

Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home ...

Texas startup Janta Power has secured $5.5 million in seed funding to expand its next-generation solar power towers, a vertical alternative to flat solar farms. The funding round was led by MaC ...

But there might be another way for new data centers to get the enormous amount of energy they plan to use. A recent report from the nonprofit Rewiring America suggests that instead of building new ...

When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun's power for a rainy day—or a cold night. Chemists at UC Santa Barbara have ...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked for a legislative inquiry into two companies that are constructing large scale solar panel manufacturing plants in Texas in reaction to a FOX News report that the ...