Solar is scaling faster than any other new power source in the United States. According to the EIA, almost 70 GW of new solar ...

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, ...

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Forget roaring lawnmowers and fuel-guzzling tractors. Today's solar companies are turning to flocks of sheep to trim grass and control weeds under solar panels. These eco-friendly grazers easily ...

The Mojave Desert is often portrayed as empty space waiting to be filled with solar panels, but the ground beneath those arrays can be as biologically rich as any national park. New research on a ...

This story was originally published by The Conversation. Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines ...

Aerial view of rows of solar panels separated by grass with trees and clouds in the background. - Fahroni/Shutterstock Row after row of photovoltaic panels strung across the landscape are a sign of a ...

Daviess Fiscal Court is holding a work session beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at the Daviess County Courthouse to get answers about proposed solar farms from representatives of NextEra Energy ...

Brandi Umbaugh planned to build a home on her 70-acre farm that would have a commanding view of surrounding fields and woods hugging the eastern side of Westmoreland County’s Chestnut Ridge. A massive ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (THE CONVERSATION) Drive ...