Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In 2024, rooftop solar was the fastest-growing source of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...

What if you could harness the power of the sun to generate your own energy—right in your backyard? Imagine a system so efficient it could heat water, power small appliances, or even serve as a backup ...

Here’s how two farmers have used solar energy to offset their own energy costs, plus five steps to take if you’re considering a move to solar power.

A quick phone call, a detailed quote and a two-day installation. That’s all it took for Keith Stork to start enjoying energy savings ...

‘Superfund sites, landfills [and] brownfields have been around … for a long while, because everyone is trying to make use of land that is unusable.’ Image: Distributed Energy Infrastructure. In the US ...

U.S. solar is weighed down by soft costs and policy inefficiencies: fragmented permitting, slow approvals, duplicative inspections, and high fees. Customer acquisition remains bloated by opaque ...

Morgan Stanley predicts it could cost as much as $70 billion for Elon Musk to reach his goal of 100 gigawatts of solar ...

Five years ago, Greg Nemet wrote about the economic and technological factors that were helping to make solar power one of the world’s least-expensive electricity sources. Now, the University of ...

We calculated restrictions on wind and solar energy projects by looking at the restrictions states and counties imposed on their development.

MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the brownfield redevelopment project possible.