The award winning OpenMC software package is helping researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Massachusetts ...

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...

At a crucial moment for climate change, these technologies show us where we're heading. Happy New Year! I know it’s a bit ...

Lighting and solar energy integration have long been central to sustainable building design, driven by goals of energy ...

As the Institute’s first VP for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang ’00 is marshaling MIT’s expertise to meet the greatest ...

Brandi Umbaugh planned to build a home on her 70-acre farm that would have a commanding view of surrounding fields and woods hugging the eastern side of Westmoreland County’s Chestnut Ridge. A massive ...

The Rush Township supervisors approved a conditional use permit this week for a solar project that would repurpose nearly 2,000 acres of abandoned strip coal mining land. Contingent on the approval of ...

Bollinger Solar seeks to build an 11-section solar panel array farm generating a combined estimated 33-megawatts of electricity at the site in Muncy Creek Township. Deenergizing concerns Should a fire ...

Overview Energy plans to develop satellites collecting solar power in geosynchronous orbit and beaming it to Earth using near-infrared wide-beam lasers. Credit: Overview Energy WASHINGTON — A space ...

MARIN and SolarDuck have completed high-precision station-keeping tests of a 54-platform floating solar array, demonstrating the survivability in high sea states. The tests, conducted in MARIN’s ...

Space-based solar power has long been pitched as a way to deliver uninterrupted, weather-proof renewable energy. First proposed in 1968 by aerospace engineer Peter Glaser, the idea has cycled through ...

The switch to solar energy has grown rapidly in recent years, and now the Erie County Technical School is hopping on the trend. On Thursday, students, school representatives and local legislators met ...