China has brought a massive offshore solar farm online – a full 1 gigawatt of photovoltaic capacity built at sea.

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How many of us have spent weeks rubbing together the batteries of our TV remotes to get a bit more life out of them before finally biting the bullet and buying some new ones? This could soon be an ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's no secret Melissa Connor loves living in Pleasantville, Ohio. "I first moved to this property in '83," she said. And her neighbor Frank Martin feels the same. "My wife and I set ...

Village leaders in Cato are weighing a proposal that would rewrite how solar projects get approved and built in the village. The draft local law amends Section 3-6 of the Village of Cato Zoning Code ...

Mike Protas, owner of One Acre Farm, installed a $100,000 solar panel project on his property last year, expecting half of it to be paid for through a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. Now, with ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will heighten scrutiny of some solar and wind projects but stopped short of ending all agency support for clean ...

Saying their property values are threatened, a group of homeowners in northern Plymouth is asking the state to block Verogy from building a nearly 1-megawatt solar farm on an unused apple orchard.

COUNCIL HILL, Okla. — Sam Stamper lives in Council Hill, a small community south and west of Muskogee made up mostly of open fields. "We were just a little old farm town, and we were proud of it," ...

Connecticut’s Shared Clean Energy Facilities Program allows residents to reap the benefits of solar who are not eligible to install solar panels themselves.

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