If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

So you’re waiting impatiently for the Pittsburgh Penguins to trade winger Bryan Rust to get a haul that will help set the team on a path toward being a contender again? And on those coattails, to ...

Summer is here, and if you have been planning to spend more time outdoors, a portable solar panel can be a great investment. These can keep your power stations charged wherever the sun shines, but not ...

With the growth of portable power stations as solar generators in the last decade, interest and competition has led to huge improvements in solar panel performance. When I began playing around with ...

Solar energy looks like a clean and safe power source, but is it really as green as people say? Making solar panels creates pollution and uses harmful chemicals. For instance, the International ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The sight of solar panels installed on rooftops and large energy farms has become commonplace in many regions around ...

Portable solar panels and solar battery chargers are easy-to-use devices that provide backup power to anyone who happens to be away from a working power outlet, including hikers, car campers, and even ...

Roughly 12 percent of America’s K-12 students attend school in a building that has solar panels, and that number is likely to grow in the coming years thanks to an onslaught of new federal funding ...