The panels, battered by over a decade of dust and heat, had been manufactured by a Chinese supplier that had since folded — leaving no warranty, no support, and a plant manager watching his output ...

Silicon solar panels dominate the global market, but they’re not the only technology powering the renewable energy revolution. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panels have quietly become one of the most ...

Researchers have demonstrated how to use the power of the sun to turn plastic waste, such as drink bottles, into clean ...

With federal incentives gone and local resistance rising, some industry players want a checkoff-style fund to promote ...

It points to the possibility of "horizontal" recycling.

Solar panel setup on a balcony outdoors in an apartment complex. - Frederick Doerschem/Getty Images Residential solar systems can lose functionality without a backup battery for several reasons. For ...

A research team from India’s Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology has simulated the performance of cooling panels that combine PV power generation, thermoelectric (TE) cooling, and latent heat ...

Researchers developed laser-etched solar panels that produce fresh water from seawater without chemical treatment or brine discharge. The system was successfully tested using water from the Pacific, ...

Recycling a utility-scale solar module in the United States costs between $15 and $45. Sending it to landfill costs between $1 and $5. That gap is the central problem facing the PV recycling industry, ...

Over the past decade, hundreds of millions of solar panels have been installed from Sicily to Lapland, turning what was once a niche technology into Europe’s biggest source of power during the summer ...

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal. A Dyson Sphere is a ...