At a glance, all solar panels might look alike, or at least very similar. Look closely and you'll notice some subtle differences, namely the color of the solar cells. Those differences can mean a lot, ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Solar energy, once a sideline to carbon-based energy sources, is rapidly ...

To the casual observer, solar panels are solar panels. But looks can be deceiving. In the past, solar panels had a clunky effect that ruined the aesthetics of your roof. However, thanks to ...

When opting to use solar panels as a power source for your home or business, the choices tend to revolve around where to place them and how big they should be. But there's at least one more decision ...

An emerging strategy for making ordered materials is modular construction, which connects preformed molecular subunits to neighbours through interactions of properly selected reactive sites. This ...

Despite observations of massive methane release and geohazards associated with gas hydrate instability in nature, as well as ductile flow accompanying hydrate dissociation in artificial ...

Interested in going solar? Find a Solar Energy partner near you. There are two leading types of solar panel technologies in use today: monocrystalline and polycrystalline. Commonly referred to as ...

All that glitters: Laser spectroscopy of monocrystalline and polycrystalline gold samples revealed that electrons in the former stay "hot" for much longer. (Courtesy: Megan Grace-Hughes, King's ...

Scientists in China have investigated how frame perforations can help reduce the operational temperatures of solar modules through air cooling. Their findings show that the number of perforations must ...

Fraunhofer ISE has tested 70,000 modules since 2012. Image: Fraunhofer ISE. New research from German research organisation Fraunhofer ISE has found that in 2024 the average monocrystalline silicon PV ...

Solar has become the lowest cost electricity source in more and more locations globally. According to the latest report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the levelized cost of ...

Harbor Freight is offering its own take on Goal Zero's popular Boulder 1 solar panel, but how does the lower priced panel ...