Solar News

Projects aim to reduce cost of solar-thermal desalination and helping the technology to reach new markets, areas not connected to the electric grid.

Entrepreneurial individuals and teams will compete through a series of three successive prize contests designed to develop American-made products.

A new report released by NREL looks at the impact of eclipses and other major weather events on solar generation.

Since 2016, Texas utility Austin Energy has worked with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a low-cost integrated solar plus storage solution.

New systems would enable significant progress toward 2030 goals.

Innovations are critical to address solar photovoltaic reliability challenges and driving down costs.

Funding support America’s continued leadership in energy innovation through solar technology.

Technology developed by former Catalyst winner, Gridmates, played a critical role in helping Direct Energy win a best practices award in Texas.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University use electroluminescence and machine learning to reveal the evolution of solar module degradation.

The American Made Solar Prize will incentivize the nation’s entrepreneurs to develop new processes and products for the solar marketplace.

New Research at SLAC National Accelerator Lab uses artificial intelligence applications to help utilities better integrate their solar resources.

NREL SAM received upgrades SunShot SETO

Eight projects to advance predictive modeling capabilities for solar generation.

Sun Number Scores show a home’s solar potential and are now available on Zillow’s website for more than 84 million homes across the United States.

DOE announced funding to develop solar desalination technologies that will help create freshwater from otherwise unusable waters.

DOE announced up to $32 million for research and development that will further improve the resilience of the nation's electric grid.

Average price of utility-scale solar is now 6 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).

The solar industry has achieved the 2020 utility-scale solar cost target set by the SunShot Initiative.

Hit Me with Your SunShot photo contest winners

The SunShot Initiative will sponsor Start-Up Alley at Solar Power International in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 10–13.

Projects address systemic barriers currently preventing the private sector from more fully supporting energy innovation.

Hit Me with Your SunShot photo contest that will award prizes up to $2,500 to those who submit the best photos that contain solar energy technologies

Dr. Elaine Ulrich honored by Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) with an Energy Hero award for her contributions to the solar industry.

New projects intended to develop innovative, early-stage solar power technologies.

SunShot speakers at IEEE PVSC 44 in Washington, DC