Getting solar panels professionally installed can be expensive. If you're on a budget, here's how you can make your own. Solar panels are becoming more popular throughout the country, and there are ...

We live in an exciting time with respect to electrical power, one in which it has never been easier to break free from mains electricity, and low-frequency AC power in general. A confluence of ...

Three years ago, robotics engineer Banks Hunter drove deep into the Mojave Desert to see a solar farm under construction. Cardboard boxes with around 2 million solar panels were scattered over tens of ...

Starting with an Earth the size of a marble, these folks built a full-scale model of our solar system across 7 miles of Nevada desert. Anthony Domanico CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

Around the country, developers are building microgrids — energy-resilient communities that act as their own energy source. Heron’s Nest, a microgrid community in Shallotte, N.C., near the Atlantic ...