When he wasn't designing warships, John Ericsson was dreaming up solar technology. The Swedish American inventor, credited with the screw propeller and the first ironclad vessel in the U.S. Navy, ...

Electricity demand could increase up to 16 percent across the United States by 2030, requiring up to a six-fold increase in the pace of building new generation and transmission. Can solar-plus-storage ...

In the US, many newly constructed generating facilities are brought online at the end of the year to qualify for tax incentives. Since much of the US’s new generating capacity is solar power, that has ...

California-based startup Aetherflux is working on a satellite constellation that would send solar power back to Earth. Solar power would be collected in space and then beamed down through lasers ...

Engineers have built a modern Stirling engine that quietly turns the cold of outer space into steady mechanical power, using the night sky as a heat sink instead of a fuel tank. By radiating heat away ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In 2024, rooftop solar was the fastest-growing source of ...

India, May 5 -- Jammu - In a landmark achievement for Indian student innovation, Japteg Singh Bamrah, a Class 12 student from Dalhousie Public School, has won the prestigious HonorsGradU 2025 ...

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 ...

Wide-bandgap materials and advanced embedded processing are being leveraged to enhance the efficiency, power density, and ...