Japan is on a mission to beam solar power from space by 2025
A decades-long quest could be close to completion
Solar power articles
Global funding for solar power will outpace oil production in 2023
Clean energy investment is moving fast, and solar power is at the center of it
Wind and solar power generation hit record highs last year, providing 12% of global electricity
"A turning point in the world's transition to clean power"
Low-cost 'transparent' solar cells reach new efficiency record, electricity-generating windows incoming?
Forward-looking: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are cheap, transparent, and flexible. The promising technology set a new record in efficiency for turning visible light into electric energy, making it viable for use as energy-collecting windows.
California is spending $20M to install solar panels over 1.6 miles of canals
Installing solar panels over canals could have numerous benefits
Adidas shows off solar-powered headphones with 80 hours of battery life
Near unlimited battery life with a constant light source
Lightyear announces the world's first production-ready solar car
Grab 40+ miles of range daily from the Sun
Amazon announces three renewable energy projects in Spain and the US
They'll produce over 700,000 MWh of energy annually
The 'world's first' solar-powered rail line is up and running in the UK
More public transportation goes green
UAE powers on Noor Abu Dhabi, the world's largest solar project
Enough juice for 90,000 people with nearly 1.2 gigawatts of electricity
The Lightyear One is a $169,000 electric car with built-in solar panels
Set to launch in early 2021
Tesla lowers solar prices, new costs are up to 16 percent lower than the national average
Lower prices come with a few drawbacks, though
California has become the first state to require solar panels on all new homes
But will it make building new homes harder to afford?
California becomes first state to require new homes have solar power
Requirements are expected to add $8,000 to $12,000 to the cost of a new home
Apple says all its operations now run on 100% renewable energy
Few companies are as green as Apple
Tesla will begin selling their Powerwalls and solar panels at 800 Home Depot locations in the US
Tesla's clean energy tech is about to become much more accessible
Google's Project Sunroof now shows which homes in your neighborhood are harnessing the sun's power
Studies say you're more likely to install solar panels if your neighbors have done so first
