Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...

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To the editor: Climate columnist Sammy Roth has done an admirable job explaining solar energy, but from a perspective that is fundamentally flawed. (“Nobody loves Biden’s Western Solar Plan. But it’s ...

As the world’s solar power capacity continues to grow year on year, companies are increasingly looking for ways to expand capacity without relying heavily on arable land to develop projects. Several ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Heritage buildings face mounting pressure to cut carbon emissions, but traditional solar panels often clash with their historic appearance and face public resistance. Building-integrated photovoltaics ...