British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source. The space solar power project ...

Like nuclear fusion, the idea of space-based solar power has always seemed like a futuristic technology with an actual deployment into communities ever remaining a couple of decades away.

Bottom line: The MIT engineers' solar-powered desalination system represents a significant leap forward in sustainable water treatment technology. By eliminating the need for batteries and ...

A company backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group and Ares Climate Infrastructure said three solar power of its projects are now online in Texas. SB Energy, a renewable energy group focused on utility ...

A solar powered water filter station in Asheville. (Photo by Elizabeth Ouzts) They deploy solar-powered charging stations, water filtration systems, and other so-called climate tech to communities who ...

XI’AN, China—This should be a shining moment for Longi, one of the biggest makers of solar-power equipment in the world. Longi and a few other Chinese companies dominate the solar business ...

Solar panel efficiency is set to improve significantly ... reviews across categories including smart home, uninterruptible power supplies, generators, and automotive tech. Most recently, he ...

A world that mostly runs on solar power will also need something else—such as hydropower, nuclear, or geothermal—to generate energy when the sun isn’t shining in the evenings and winters.

In total, Google has contracted with clean energy developers to bring more than 2,800 megawatts of new wind and solar projects to the state, which it says exceeds the amount of power required for ...

Aniket Bhor is a contributing writer for USA TODAY Homefront specializing in solar power. He has a master’s in renewable energies, and he has spent the past decade working as a solar engineer ...

There are also inevitable losses of energy in the wires connecting the cells. The future of solar power, however, could lie in a new, more efficient, type of solar cell that has just gone into ...