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The Super Soaker's Unlikely Role in the Green Energy Revolution
Lonnie Johnson wants to make your batteries more efficient and your solar power more powerful.
Off the Grid, But Still Online
A photographer spent two months with people who live off the grid but still log in every once in a while.
How Elon Musk’s Super-Efficient Rooftop Panels Will Help US Solar Thrive
As an important tax credit fades, it's imperative that companies like SolarCity make big moves to help solar survive.
Meet the Drought Truther Who Thinks the Government Is Behind California's Long Dry Spell
Former solar engineer Dane Wigington believes chemtrails are to blame for the state's record dry spell—and a surprising number of people agree.
Google Announces 'Project Sunroof' to Encourage People to Install Solar Panels
Using Google Earth data, it will provide a roadmap for installing solar panels on your home.
The Renewable Energy Industry Added Over a Million Jobs Last Year
The clean energy industry grew by 18 percent in a single year. Worldwide, the sector is booming.
The US Solar Workforce Has Doubled in Just Four Years
The industry has been booming for the last four years—it's adding jobs 20 times faster than the rest of the economy.
How Jackie Chan's 'Supercop' Inspired a More Efficient Solar Panel
The engineers who developed Blu-ray data encoding inadvertently solved one of solar cell engineering's oldest problems.
The Largest Rooftop Solar Farm in America Will Power 1/5th of a Single Hotel
The massive solar array atop Mandalay Bay is both an encouraging sign of progress and a reminder of how far we have to go.
How Solar Power Could Become the World's Dominant Energy Source in 35 Years
By 2050, the sun could be the main source of electricity for human civilization.
New Solar Array Designs Take Origami to Space
They fold really small, because space needs space-saving solutions too.
India's Incoming Solar Power Plant Will Be Bigger Than the US's Ten Biggest Combined
India is proposing a massive new solar power mega-plant—but could it be too big to be the true future of clean energy?