There are very few options available to people to dispose of old solar panels. The government has announced a national solar panel recycling pilot to prevent them becoming toxic waste in landfill.

Like EVs, solar panels are sold with warranties – but what happens when the warranty runs out? A Swiss university study of solar installations from the 1980s and ’90s found many still generating most ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Solar panel makers are racing to cut silver from their products, as a 300 per cent surge in prices over the ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) conducted a series of large-scale tests to investigate factors that affect flame spread beneath photovoltaic (PV) panel installations on flat, commercial and ...

Federal tax credits for residential solar panels, batteries and heat pumps expired, eliminating incentives that previously saved homeowners thousands of dollars. Emerging lease-to-own models and ...

Agrivoltaics — also known as dual-use farming — provides immense possibilities for a greener future. A research project from the University of Illinois has taken a hands-on approach to studying this ...

First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), the US’s largest solar panel maker, announced it will open a new 3.7-gigawatt (GW) factory in the US to finish production of its Series 6 modules started at its overseas ...

If you're weighing up whether or not it's worth getting solar panels fitted to your house, one of the key considerations is how long you can expect those panels to last. A new study reports that, with ...

YINCHUAN, China, Sept 23 (Reuters) - In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels. The 1 gigawatt (GW) ...

Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus. In May 2025, African countries imported ...

When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been ...

When my wife and I decided to expand our horizons beyond campgrounds with full electrical hook-ups to experience dry camping, we didn’t want to go entirely without certain creature comforts, like ...