I'm in Tampa on my 5th day without power. I have a rechargeable battery and solar panels that meets my family's basic needs. I want to expand our offline power to increase our comfort the next time a ...

Installing solar in a van can seem intimidating — especially if you’ve never worked with electricity before. In this build, we installed a 400-watt solar system, a 300Ah lithium battery, inverter, ...

Enphase Energy just launched a new off-grid system that lets homeowners power their homes without a utility connection – even for extended periods. The California-based Enphase says the off-grid setup ...

Solar panels can help cut your energy bills – here’s how they generate power, what happens to the electricity you don’t use, ...

Indigenized Energy recently led a project deploying an off-grid solar-plus-storage solution for a buffalo ranch owned by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana. pv magazine spoke with Serena Romero, ...

Facing rising electricity costs and repeated outages, WA's biggest dairy farm is investing $650,000 in a hybrid solar and ...

Solar tech leader Solis is making waves in Southeast Asia with its new energy solution. According to a company announcement published in February and SolarQuarter's report, Solis launched an off-grid ...

Installing solar panels is a smart step for many homes, but understanding how tariffs, shading and energy use affect performance can help you get even more from your system ...

When the clocks change and afternoons start getting dark by midday, it’s easy to question whether solar panels are worth having through winter. Shorter days and overcast skies can make it feel as if ...

A Massachusetts homeowner shared three years' worth of solar panel data on Reddit — and the results might surprise people who think that going solar only makes sense in sunnier climates. "Our net ...

Faith Foushee is a CNET contributor and a former writer for SaveOnEnergy.com, covering energy-efficient products, renewables and other energy topics. She enjoys learning about new energy technology ...