Twice this winter, when all of Europe was cloudy and nearly windless, solar and wind delivered less than 4% of the daily power Germany needed. Battery technology can’t cope: Germany’s entire ...

Maharashtra has completed solar power projects generating 1,359 MW, benefiting 2.14 lakh farmers with daytime electricity. The Mukhyamantri Saur Krishi Vahini Yojana 2.0 aims for 16,000 MW ...

The Power Hat is a good idea, but the state of solar panel efficiency is such that this hat at least requires ideal weather conditions and an ideal orientation to convert enough solar energy into ...

Utility Idaho Power has asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to drastically slash the rates it pays rooftop solar customers for excess energy. This move could severely impact solar ...

The Public Utilities Commission has come up with a list of suggestions and it has early adopters of solar power fighting mad. In its response to the governor's order, the Public Utilities ...

In a new Policy Study by The Heartland Institute, “How States Can Push Back Against the Destructive Expansion of Industrial Solar Power,” authors Jack McPherrin and H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., outline ...

SEE MORE Omnidian, a Seattle company that manages solar power performance and services the panels for commercial and residential installations, announced an $87 million investment today.

we do know that wind and solar don’t contribute to grid stability in the same way that some other power sources do, says Seaver Wang, climate lead of the Breakthrough Institute, an environmental ...

Researchers at The Ohio State University conducted a national survey to gauge consumer perceptions about adopting solar power. Though previous work has examined views about rooftop solar ...

Land-based wind and solar power have the lowest estimated costs, far below what consumers are paying for electricity today. The National Renewable Energy Lab has found similar levelized costs for ...