Photovoltaics

For anyone who needed further evidence for the benefits of solar power: A new device being developed at Stanford University relies on solar-powered im...

CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors?...

When Loren Amelang's Silicon Valley employer put in florescent lighting and wouldn't let employees bring in their own lights, Amelang moved to an off-grid property to create a space where he would have control over his environment.

From EarthTechling's Susan DeFreitas: Big-box stores may contribute to the evils of urban sprawl, but -- with all that rooftop real estate -- they ...

From EarthTechling's Lauren Craig: How it ranks in SAT scores or Ivy League admissions, we have no idea. But in the highly competitive world of New...

When Rick Buss left his position as city manager of Maricopa, Arizona, to become the town manager of a 2,000-person, economically struggling town called Gila Bend in 2008, some people who know him personally and professionally wondered why.

From EarthTechling's Susan DeFreitas: The Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames was constructed back in Victorian times, and now it's getting a ...

From EarthTechling's Kristy Hessman: The United States is poised to shove aside Germany, Italy and Japan as the largest market for photovoltaic (PV...

From EarthTechling's Laura Caseley: Creating energy from renewable sources is just one part of the challenge. Storing the energy so it can used how...

"We've got to make solar feel simpler than people see it today," says Patrick Crane, the chief marketing officer for the California-based solar leasin...

I sincerely wish those that don't believe in the power of green jobs could have attended the Solar Power International show in Los Angeles. They would have seen and felt the continued momentum of the solar industry.

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who once famously held a cabinet meeting underwater to draw attention to climate change, is installing a solar pho...

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. It seems like a good thin...

For the last several years, I have had neighbors and friends involved in the planning, planting and weeding of my garden. Why can't constructing a house be the same communal effort?

Has no one learned anything? Detroit's dedication to fighting technological innovations in fuel economy was the biggest factor in costing the Big Three so much market share that a recession could send them into bankruptcy.