Solar power has shifted from niche technology to a central pillar of the global energy system, and the pace of change is only accelerating. Efficiency records are falling, manufacturing is scaling at ...

Solar PV is experiencing unprecedented growth on a global scale. According to surveys by IRENA, IEA, GEM, WNA and GWEC, the total installed capacity of solar power in the world surpassed nuclear ...

Rooftop solar PV has been central to the global energy transition since its origins, starting with Charles Fritts’ rooftop Selenium cell in New York in 1883. The modern era began in the 1940s, when ...

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Community solar projects allow subscribers to benefit from the renewable energy source even without installing solar panels. Old Hill Farms, in Yorktown, N.Y., produces enough solar energy to power ...