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Environment
Does It Matter Who Makes Solar Panels?
Seven American solar companies say Chinese solar panels are unfairly cheap. But wherever they're made, cheap solar panels mean more solar energy.
Environment
Supermodels Raise Money for Solar Power
Supermodels. They don't just provide us with tabloid fodder and unrealistic beauty standards. They also provide us with solar-powered hospitals.
Technology
Solar Panels in Space! With the Help of Lasers, It's Possible.
Can we get electricity for Earth by putting solar panels in space? A new analysis suggests that one of the major problems can actually be overcome.
Environment
Faux-tosynthesis: The Artificial Leaf that Could Power Your Home
A "Holy Grail" of solar research has reportedly been achieved: MIT scientists have created a fake "leaf" that mimics photosynthesis.
Environment
America Is Getting More Power from Renewables than From Nuclear
Renewable energy had a good year in the United States in 2011.
Environment
We Shouldn't Care That a Couple of Rich Suburbanites Don't Like Solar Panels on Their Street
The New York Times created a buzz by creating a controversy about a popular solar program in New Jersey. Ignore it.
Design
Picture Show: Cambodian Fishing Villages, Lit by a Solar Night Light
Ethereal light from a new solar LED lantern makes cooking, eating, and reading look vaguely mysterious.
Business
House of the Rising Sun: In New Orleans, Solar Power Gives Poor Families a Boost
“It’s expensive to be poor, and nowhere is that truer than in energy."
Environment
Behold the Gorgeous Solar Farms of Le Mées, France
Forget about carbon, solar farms are also just really nice to look at.
Environment
America's Next Top Solar Power Plant
America's newest "largest solar photovoltaic plant," the Copper Mountain Solar Facility in Nevada, opened a few weeks ago.
Environment
Can Custom Solar Design Be User-Friendly?
An online service allows people to easily design their own solar system for free and figure out how much energy they'll be able to produce.
Environment
May the Best Solar Panel Win: The Year in Green Innovation
The greenest light bulb ever, sexy solar panels, buildings that eat smog, and more.
Business
Hedge Funds Bet Against Clean Energy, Hope
Uh oh. Short selling of renewable energy stocks has hit the highest level in a year.
Lifestyle
A Kenyan Slum Gets a Solar-Powered Soccer Field
Mathare, a collection of slums in Nairobi, Kenya, is a difficult place to grow up. And while sports provide a positive experience for kids in...
Environment
Earth to Congress: Clean Energy Could Be a Booming Business By 2030
Google reports that the clean energy industry could grow to $150 billion in two decades. So why is Congress pushing to defund solar programs?
Environment
The Potential for Solar Power Is Enormous
The total amount of energy raining down from the sun could provide 6,000 times the globe's annual energy needs.
Environment
So How Quickly Can We Shift to Solar?
According to Greenpeace's Solar Generation report, we could get 20 percent of our electricity from the sun by 2050.
Environment
Video: MIT Researcher Explains New "Third Way" Solar Innovation
We all know photovoltaics and solar thermal. Now MIT researchers have made a breakthrough in a new form of solar power.
