Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal waters into power plants. As solar capacity races past 1,200 G worldwide, ...

Researchers in Taiwan demonstrate that installing solar panels above clam ponds can simultaneously support aquaculture and renewable energy under increasing climate stress. Using real-world farm data, ...

Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power and Sicily-based robotic tech startup Reiwa have developed a robot that automatically cleans solar panels without using water or gas. Dust and dirt can be a ...

Officials at Del-Co Water Company, a nonprofit cooperative in north central Ohio, were looking for ways to add solar power to reduce the carbon footprint of their energy-intensive pump systems. But ...

A Brazilian research group has developed a novel recycling method for solar panels that uses supercritical water technology. Supercritical water is water heated and pressurized beyond its normal ...

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A recent report details a waterless solar cleaning system design developed to address the challenge of dust accumulation on solar panels in arid regions; it is one of multiple waterless cleaning ...

Cleaning your panels once or twice a year can keep them in top shape. Always turn off your panels before cleaning them. Know where your solar array's DC shut-off is, and know/learn the procedure for ...

A mega solar plan could remake the Central Valley.

Before the new solar-powered water taps were installed near her home in Kirehe District, Eastern Province, Rwanda, 13-year-old Adele walked for an hour every day before school to fetch water for her ...

A massive open-sea solar plant is under construction in China, designed to power millions of homes and test how floating ...