One of the most divisive topics among environmental advocates and researchers is the claim that the growth of rooftop solar ...

This year, during the heat of summer, when temperatures in New York surpassed 90°F, the 22 solar panels on the roof of my house were doing absolutely nothing. This is not something I learned until ...

Federal tax breaks have fueled a boom. The House bill would end that immediately. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from ...

California can’t seem to decide whether it wants to maintain its status as the nation’s rooftop solar leader. Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees slashed incentive payments for newly ...

Solar-rich suburbs like Baldivis show why rooftop solar success can strain local grids, and why storage, timing, and coordination now matter as much as generation.

GUAYAMA, PUERTO RICO — The coastal communities of Guayama and Salinas in southern Puerto Rico feature acres of vibrant green farmland, and a rich, biodiverse estuary, the protected Jobos Bay, which ...

As global leaders celebrated a hard-fought agreement to triple the world’s renewable energy production and transition away from fossil fuels, an attorney for the state of California was in a San ...

Bay Area rooftop-solar businesses are reeling from a statewide change that gutted compensation for homeowners returning surplus power to the electrical grid, causing applications for new solar to ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

Some companies are leaving the state or reducing their presence there after California greatly reduced incentives for homeowners to install rooftop solar panels. A new policy in California has lowered ...