

Extreme weather events are pushing consumers to solar and residential storage
Extreme weather events across the U.S. — from wildfires and drought in the West, to deep freezes and floods in the South and Southeast —...
Investor Confidence in Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Sectors Hits All-Time High
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new analysis released today by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) finds that confidence among both...


The World's First Mountain Solar Farm is 50% More Efficient
Researchers worldwide are turning to innovative methods for seamlessly fitting renewable energy technology into spaces that already serve...
Solar Power's Decade of Falling Costs Is Thrown Into Reverse
A key selling point that made solar energy the fastest-growing power source in the world—rapidly decreasing costs—has hit a speed bump....
Solar Flow Battery: Single Device Generates, Stores and Redelivers Renewable Electricity From the Su
Chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their collaborators have created a highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow...


Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells
A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to...


Panasonic is ending its solar cell partnership with Tesla
Panasonic said it will stop producing solar cells and modules at Tesla’s factory in Buffalo, N.Y., ending a four-year joint venture with...


All The Energy Storage The Grid Needs Will Soon Be Under Our Noses
If energy and transportation planners stop seeing their sectors as separate markets for batteries—a World Resources Institute researcher...


5 green building trends: Energy storage a bigger piece in renewable energy puzzle
Over the last decade, the cost of photovoltaic cells plummeted while their efficiency skyrocketed. That drove an unprecedented boom in...
Counting the ways to store renewable energy
Multiple technologies are vying to house temporary surpluses of solar and wind power. A mind-boggling array of energy storage...