Giant solar thermal plants may harm flying animals that swoop into their rays, but such damage is minor in comparison to the environmental, economical, political, and even health problems caused ...

Readers say the problem with solar energy isn't that there's too much of it; rather, it's that we lack proper storage and transmission. And don't blame rooftop solar.

California boasts some of the biggest solar farms in North America, with three huge plants opened in the mid-2010s. The state was responsible for nearly a fourth of utility-scale American solar ...

Large-scale ground-mounted solar parks are relatively new phenomena. Over time, ideas have been put forward about how they can accommodate biodiversity, and some parks are indeed becoming more ...

Virtual power plants could solve one of renewable energy’s most vexing challenges: the weather. By supplying electricity from renewable sources even when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn ...

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System has a problem. The myriad mirrors that reflect the sun's searing rays onto towers that generate electricity ...

California boasts some of the biggest solar farms in North America, with three huge plants opened in the mid-2010s. The state was responsible for nearly a fourth of utility-scale American solar ...