The growth of solar energy has rapidly increased, with its share of global electricity production jumping from 0.15% in 2010 ...

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Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar ...

A coating 100 times thinner than a human hair could be “ink-jetted” onto your backpack, cell phone or car roof to harness the sun’s energy, new research shows, in a development that could reduce the ...

Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year's most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate. View on ...

In 1812 Frederick Winsor, a madcap entrepreneur, invented the public utility. The idea behind his Gas Light and Coke company, which would supply residents of London, was that instead of each household ...

Last month, an energy think tank released some rare good news for the climate: The world is on track to install 29 percent more solar capacity this year than it did the year before, according to a ...

Three years ago, Sanjay Vijendran's colleague told him about a scheme that seemed straight out of science fiction: beaming energy from solar panels in space down to the Earth. "The whole idea was new ...

China's advantage in solar panel production stems from lower costs in materials, electricity, and labor, resulting in a 44% price difference compared to the US. The US lags significantly behind China ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How cheap is too cheap for solar power? Renewable electricity has never been more crucial for the global energy ...

Solar systems utilize photovoltaic effects to capture and convert solar radiation into forms of energy that can be used for residential, commercial, industrial, and even utility-scale applications.