Trump’s tax bill passed by the Senate would end some clean energy tax credits after Dec. 31. Homeowners and installers are ...

You can wash solar panels with a garden hose, but you should never do this on a hot summer day. PV modules reach high temperatures under the sun, and the sudden cooling effect caused by washing ...

The baseline temperature for a solar panel is 77 degrees Fahrenheit or 25 degrees Celsius. It's the temperature at which consumer-grade panels are tested (to determine their temperature ...

Which is why a lens on a solar panel might make that nominally 300w panel never be able to produce more than 200w, but will now when the uncovered flat panel would be producing say 40w with the ...

Regular solar panels lose power when they overheat. But this system cools itself while generating electricity and hot water. A simple tweak with big potential for hot regions.

While it's correct that solar panels are less efficient at hot temperatures, this reduction is relatively small, and was not the main reason for firing up coal power stations.

Solar panels that served a private subdivision on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base were torn down at the end of their lifespan, ...

In the early 198os, my dad installed a solar thermal panel on our roof in Florida. For a 5-year-old, the big black square looked like a portal into the future. The device, essentially a glass box ...

Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations. People across Germany are installing lightweight solar ...