A once cutting-edge solar energy power plant in the Mojave Desert that looks like something out of a science fiction movie may be facing its last days, according to its builder and largest customer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bright future is dawning in China as the world's largest solar tower project (by expected tower capacity) recently broke ground ...

Texas-based Janta Power company is developing three-dimensional solar towers that generate roughly 50 percent more energy than standard flat-panel systems. This tower-like design maximizes the use of ...

Copper cobaltate nanoneedles coated with zinc oxide hit 99.5 percent light absorption, surpassing carbon nanotubes and boosting concentrated solar power efficiency. That will pave the way towards ...

We think of the power we generate as coming from all these different kinds of sources. Oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind… so varied! And yet they all fundamentally come down to moving a gas through a ...

EU-funded researchers are looking to hot air to overcome the supply and demand issues faced by solar energy and ease the clean energy transition. By Michael Allen As the world shifts toward renewable ...