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Solar is no longer just a way to trim your utility bill; for many homeowners it is a serious contender to keep the lights on when the grid goes dark. Whether panels can truly stand in for a gas or ...

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Dr. David Moore painting perovskite onto a solar cell. Credit: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Solar holds great promise as a clean energy solution, as the sun is an incredibly abundant ...

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Gigawatt-scale solar farms spreading across China’s northern deserts are doing more than generating electricity. Field research at photovoltaic installations in Gansu province shows that panel arrays ...

With the growth of portable power stations as solar generators in the last decade, interest and competition has led to huge improvements in solar panel performance. When I began playing around with ...