Small-scale solar panel systems, already popular in Europe, are now becoming a possibility in the United States thanks to changing regulations around this technology, The New York Times reported. For ...

It's rarely great news when an area gets blanketed in volcanic ash – but University of Barcelona researchers have discovered it has a rare combination of useful properties, which make it remarkably ...

Do rooftop solar panels sound like a good deal? They could very well be, assuming you consider all the pros and cons before ...

Electricity demand could increase up to 16 percent across the United States by 2030, requiring up to a six-fold increase in the pace of building new generation and transmission. Can solar-plus-storage ...

In 1812 Frederick Winsor, a madcap entrepreneur, invented the public utility. The idea behind his Gas Light and Coke company, which would supply residents of London, was that instead of each household ...