First Solar has been fiercely protecting its TOPCon patents, which date back to its 2013 acquisition of TetraSun. Image: First Solar. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied three ...

Grist reports that despite political hurdles, the solar industry is thriving, driven by data center demands and growing ...

New interdisciplinary research highlights how engineering, economics, and policy experts must work together to manage intermittent renewable energy. To fully integrate renewables like solar and wind ...

Is solar power going to take over the world? The past few years have seen a frankly astounding acceleration in the rate of its deployment, with total generation capacity doubling between 2022 and 2024 ...

‘We started ES Foundry and brought back manufacturing to the US purely because of policy,’ said Alex Zhu, second from left. Image: PV Tech. At last week’s RE+ trade show in Las Vegas, US, industry ...