The big picture: Recent solar energy research highlights the potential for a future where solar panels play a pivotal role in reducing dependence on carbon-emitting energy sources. As scientists ...

Solar panels attached to a roof in Germany, where solar power adoption is spreading rapidly. Credit: EigenStromD/Wikimedia Commons Solar power is often lauded as a "cleaner" form of energy than ...

Solar energy is no longer just a clean alternative; it’s becoming a cornerstone of the global energy system. In 2026, high efficiency solar panels are leading this transformation, delivering more ...

Solar power is already one of the fastest growing sources of electricity on the planet, yet scientists say it is still only ...

Some evangelical churches in Indiana are conserving energy and installing solar panels, but they're not talking about climate change. The Rev. Robert Whitaker is part of growing movement across ...

First Solar's stock has been hit by recession fears and potential cuts to U.S. solar incentives, but climate change realities support long-term demand for clean energy. Oil and gas prices could soon ...

India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) will continue working with its 125 member and signatory countries to advance ...

New research published in the journal Nature confirms what The Heartland Institute and our allies in the free-market environmental community have long argued: wind and solar power have low power ...

Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. This peak is anticipated around mid to late ...

Earth’s average temperature is continuing to tick inexorably upward as the world’s nations stall at reducing their atmosphere-warming emissions. In the face of that grim future, strategies to try to ...

Could we redesign solar panels so we can harvest crops and renewable energy in the same space? Solar energy production and farming land benefit from flat, open, sunny fields. But solar panels and ...