A solar panel analyzed with daytime electroluminescence. Image: Enertis Applus+. ... fissures or faulty contacts – can affect their performance and contribute to power losses.

The project also is one of the massive solar power projects being built in California to enable the state to meet its goal of using an increasing amount of renewable electricity. The state's ...

First Solar Inc on Thursday announced plans to spend up to $1.1 billion on what will be its fifth U.S. factory to meet booming demand for American-made solar panels.

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a baseball-sized hailstone slams into a solar panel at more than 90 mph, the result is not ...

EU heavily reliant on Chinese solar panel imports Some European solar manufacturers on brink of collapse Governments, industry split over how to help Europe wants to grow local clean tech ...

More than 8 million solar panels will be decommissioned annually in the coming years, as batteries drive the next solar wave. With only about 10 per cent of panels recycled, waste is a major issue ...

Melink Solar will build a solar panel array on six acres of land east of Fairfield's Wastewater Treatment Plant. Over the course of the 30-year lifetime expectancy of the array, the city would ...