Solar energy

Homeowners can connect solar panels to batteries in their garage, this one from the Bay Area company Sunrun, to help power much of their homes during times of peak electricity demand.

Here comes the sun (storage)

August 2, 2019Energy

Solar batteries are booming, and this is just the start.

Energy and food together: Under solar panels, crops thrive

June 8, 2018Environment

Jobs in solar energy fall for the first time in seven years

February 26, 2018Technology

When Manny and Roz de Lizarriturri moved from the Philadelphia area to Pueblo, Colorado, their electricity bills jumped 30 to 40 percent. So, the couple installed solar panels.

Fed up with high rates, a Colorado city considers ditching its utility and relying on the sun

February 16, 2018Environment

Solar energy gets an endurance boost from salt

February 9, 2018Technology

Production operator John White checks a panel at the SolarWorld solar panel factory in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Trump slaps steep US tariffs on imported washers, solar panels

January 23, 2018Economics

President Donald Trump slapped steep tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels on Monday, giving a boost to Whirlpool Corp and dealing a setback to the renewable energy industry in the first of several potential trade restrictions.

Hampshire College goes 100 percent solar

December 10, 2017Education

Hampshire is the first residential college in the US to source its electricity entirely from renewable energy.

A new way to go local: Buy solar energy from your neighbors

July 21, 2017Economics

A project in New York aims to put energy choice in the hand(held devices) of consumers. How?

Scientists are trying to make the perfect battery

February 24, 2017Technology

David Pogue, host of NOVA’s new documentary, “The Search for the Super Battery,” discusses the booming field of battery science.

For solar and wind energy projects, a new lease on land

December 2, 2016Economics

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a new rule for the leasing of public land for solar and wind energy development — and it has bipartisan support in Congress.

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