Safety concerns over solar panels were raised a year before massive Boyle Heights fire

The rooftop solar panels that a cold storage company says may be the cause of the Boyle Heights warehouse fire were the ...

Wisconsin is testing whether solar farms can power homes, save water, and still grow food

While residents in rural communities are excited about solar power, there's still the question of whether solar farms could ...

Switzerland laid the world’s first removable solar plant between its train tracks, and the early results are turning heads abroad

Switzerland’s removable solar tracks just hit a major milestone. See how this innovative technology could turn railways into ...

A new satellite wants to prove nuclear power can work in space without solar panels

BOHR's primary mission is to test a different kind of power source in orbit. The CubeSat is carrying City Labs' "NanoTritium" ...
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Covering our roads with solar panels: How it would change the world

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if we covered our roads with solar panels.

California roofed its irrigation canals with solar panels, and covering all 4,000 miles could save billions of gallons of water

California's "Project Nexus" covers canals with solar panels to save water, stop weeds, and generate clean energy.
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Are solar panels actually saving me money?

After nearly five years of living with solar panels in Massachusetts, it's time to look back and see whether going solar was ...
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Fluke Helps Solar Installers Take the Risk Out of Rooftop Panel Installation with New PV Module Lift

Innovative lifting solution eliminates the need to carry solar panels up ladders, reducing installer fatigue and supporting OSHA ladder safety requirements ...

Netherlands has a floating solar farm where scientists found hundreds of fish and thousands of aquatic creatures living beneath the panels

A floating solar farm in the Netherlands is turning out to have an effect nobody quite expected; it is giving underwater life ...
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Startup testing nuclear battery technology in orbit

A Florida startup has launched what it says is the first commercial demonstration of a nuclear-powered satellite technology, testing a power source that could allow future spacecraft and autonomous ...

The problem with next-gen solar panels was never the sunlight, it was the toxic lead inside, and Japanese scientists just recovered 99.7 percent of it

Flexible perovskite solar cells get a greener future as Japanese scientists recover 99.7% of their toxic lead.
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Homeowner skipped a pricey solar upgrade, then used 900W of portable panels to cover EV charging

For some households, it can be smart to test what works before making a bigger investment.