Upgraded equipment, new software, and innovations to serve both residential, and commercial and industrial customers are changing the solar power industry. Decentralized power generation continues to ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Global electricity generation from solar farms has exceeded generation from wind farms since May, marking the longest ever stretch when solar power has been the ...

Over the past 12 months, solar photovoltaic sources accounted for more than 6.8% of all electricity generated in the U.S., up from 5.5% in 2023, a 24% year-over-year increase, according to the U.S.

Researchers and startups worldwide are developing advanced solar technologies, such as perovskite-silicon tandem cells and orb-shaped panels, to significantly enhance efficiency and energy production.

The world added 474TWh of new solar capacity in 2024. Image: Ember Climate. The world’s cumulative installed solar generation capacity has doubled between 2022 and 2024, to reach over 2,000TWh, which ...

The Energy Information Agency has now released data on the performance of the US’s electric grid over the first 11 months of 2024 and will be adding the final month soon (and a month is very little ...

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. As a result of new ...

Solar energy has long been considered to have great potential and solar panels based on silicon have been on the market for over 30 years. But first-generation silicon solar panels are at the end of ...

Vahe Peroomian has, in the past, received basic research funding from NASA and the National Science Foundation. During the most recent total solar eclipse visible in the U.S., on Aug. 21, 2017, the ...

Solar PV generation dipped by almost 17% month-on-month in the NEM. Image: European Energy. In May 2025, utility-scale and rooftop solar PV dipped by 579GWh month-on-month in Australia’s National ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, July 31 (Reuters) - Wildfires spewing smoke across much of the southwest United States are denting solar power output in the country's largest solar producer just as power demand ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) are each investing €100 million ($110.8 million) in small- and medium-scale solar and onshore wind projects in South ...