Vertical solar panels that track the sun even as it barely clears the tree line have proved too expensive, requiring multiple motors to rotate them, too much concrete to anchor them, and too much ...

A new vertical solar tracking system designed to make solar energy more efficient and ...

When the 47th solar panel exploded, Henrik Eskilsson began to fear he’d signed on with a madman. In his SUV, he and Anders Olsson were accelerating across Sweden’s Lunda Airfield, towing a trailer ...

Norwegian startup Over Easy Solar has deployed what it claims to be the world’s largest rooftop installation of vertical solar panels in Tromsø, northern Norway. The 320 kW solar array features 6,400 ...

Germany has quietly flipped the switch on a new kind of solar plant, one that stands upright on water instead of lying flat ...

The Arctic Circle may not be the first place that comes to mind when talking about solar energy. But Norway's Over Easy Solar is showing that the technology can flourish in the region. What's more, ...

A canton in Switzerland commissioned a project in which solar panels were attached vertically to a roadside retaining wall. The canton of Appenzell Ausserhoden in northeastern Switzerland is aiming to ...

A new Danish study shows that bifacial, vertical solar panels in agricultural fields can generate clean electricity without reducing crop yields. And they are better received by the public than ...

California’s farmers face mounting pressures from every direction. Electricity prices are soaring, droughts are intensifying, and tempting utility-scale solar leases threaten to retire productive ...

In 2023, world leaders pledged to triple global renewable energy capacity by the end of this decade at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Meeting this goal will require an unprecedented buildout ...

If you’re mounting solar panels, everybody knows the drill, right? Point them south, angled according to latitude. It’s easy. In a video which demonstrates that [Everyday Dave] is truly out standing ...

Meeting COP28’s renewable energy goals will require vast land, creating conflicts with agriculture and rural communities. Agrivoltaics, the practice of combining farming and solar power, offers a ...