Solar power has an efficiency problem. When the electrons move from the solar panel to the battery that stores them, about 20 percent of the energy is lost. But now, thanks to new type of solar cell, ...

Researchers have developed a new type of back-contact solar cell design that will enable scalable, low-cost manufacturing as it uses a perovskite material and tiny grooves embossed into plastic film.

Cheap Chinese clean technology is reshaping the global energy map, slashing the cost of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles for poorer countries while igniting a political backlash in richer ...

China is driving a major shift in the world’s energy landscape, and the change is happening faster than many expected. Clean technologies like solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles are ...

The preliminary decision sides with U.S. manufacturers who say cheap solar cells and modules flooding American markets are benefiting from Chinese subsidies. The Commerce Department is proposing new ...

U.S.-based manufacturers say that Chinese companies based in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia are dumping cheap solar panels on the American market. The U.S. government has finalized severe ...

Ever take a look at a solar panel system and think to yourself: I could build that. The truth is that you probably can. Building a cheap, solar panel system is a fun project to take on that if done ...

The U.S. government has announced a new tranche of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations, in response to complaints from U.S. manufacturers that companies based in the ...

Glimmering, deep-blue solar panels carpet rooftops in Pakistan’s largest cities and dot the perimeters of houses in villages across the country. Pakistan, home to more than 240 million people, is ...