This story is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public media journalists across the United States. It features reporting by Jana Rose Schleis from KBIA. In an ...

Solar farms are a popular source of clean energy in places that maximize sunlight exposure, like deserts or large fields away from urban areas. But they can also be constructed on water, for example, ...

Horticulure professor and chair Ajay Nair plants bell peppers at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm at Iowa State University in June 2024. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – ...

The technology behind solar panels is surprisingly basic, so you may be tempted to make your own from scratch. But should you ...

A 100 MW solar plant in Dunhuang, China uses 12,000 mirrors and molten salt to store energy and generate electricity even ...

Why aren’t the world’s deserts blanketed with solar panels, transforming barren landscapes into hubs of renewable energy? Below, Just Have a Think takes you through how deserts, seemingly perfect ...

When the 47th solar panel exploded, Henrik Eskilsson began to fear he had signed on with a madman. In his SUV, he and Anders Olsson were accelerating across Sweden’s Lunda Airfield, towing a trailer ...

Australia’s national science agency says AI-driven robots could reshape solar maintenance across large-scale PV projects after successfully trialing the cutting-edge technology.

TECUMSEH, Mich. — Raisin Charter Township in Lenawee County is harnessing solar energy to fund local infrastructure improvements. The township has partnered with a renewable energy company to develop ...

WORTHINGTON — Helen Sharron Pollard and the couple down the road, Timothy Sena and Catherine Rude-Sena, had been neighborly for decades, stretching back to when Pollard picked potatoes on the Senas’ ...