A single gold nanoparticle tends to absorb within a narrow band. Much of its strongest response sits in visible wavelengths.

Solar power has shifted from niche technology to a central pillar of the global energy system, and the pace of change is only ...

Companion bills in Iowa would authorize community solar programs in the state.

Solar and wind accounted for 93% of new U.S. electricity capacity additions in November 2025, making solar PV the leading new ...

Global solar capacity has tripled in 5 years. New island projects and U.S. manufacturing exports show how solar is becoming resilient, scalable infrastructure worldwide.

Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power worldwide, driving a massive shift toward renewables. Falling battery prices and innovations in solar materials are making clean energy more reliable ...

President Trump has repeatedly criticized solar and wind, most recently in at the U.N. General Assembly, calling them “a joke” and the “scam of the century.” Congressional Republicans passed the One ...

As the sun emerges from behind the clouds above a former farm in Germantown, Maryland, rows of solar panels begin to hum. The soft buzz is barely audible over the sounds of childr ...

In 2025 — for the first year ever — solar arrays provided more electricity to Texas’ main power grid than coal-fired power plants. Solar farms contributed 67,800 gigawatt-hours of electricity from ...