Today's solar cells are usually made out of silicon that is too expensive to be cost-effective for the everyday consumer because highly purified, turned into crystal, then sliced thin. Because of the ...

Researchers have developed a new type of back-contact solar cell design that will enable scalable, low-cost manufacturing as it uses a perovskite material and tiny grooves embossed into plastic film.

Scientists have discovered that they can coax a tobacco plant into growing temporary solar cells by injecting it with a genetically engineered virus. Freaky, but the process may provide us with ...

Some planned U.S. solar factories will struggle to make a profit because of cheap imports even after accounting for new federal tax subsidies, according to a new report. The BloombergNEF report found ...

Imagine solar panels so thin and pliable that you can power all your devices by slapping them onto your house, car, smartphone, and knapsack. That tech could be coming soon, thanks to Oxford ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Swiss scientist Michael Graetzel won the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize on Wednesday for helping to develop cheap solar cells for renewable energy projects. The German-born chemist, ...

The preliminary decision sides with U.S. manufacturers who say cheap solar cells and modules flooding American markets are benefiting from Chinese subsidies. The Commerce Department is proposing new ...

"A solar panel manufactured in America, including IRA subsidies, using US-made cells costs 18.5 cents a watt, compared with 15.6 cents for a panel sourced in southeast Asia and just over 10 cents for ...

A coalition of U.S. solar manufacturers on Wednesday petitioned the federal government to impose tariffs on imports from four Southeast Asian nations, alleging that the countries are flooding the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Solar developers and manufacturers across Texas face potential increases in the cost of solar cells after a Friday decision by the International Trade Commission to look into dumping ...