On the southern border of Senegal lies a small village called Keur Niangane. The roughly 1,200 residents of this village ...

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Find out how solar cells power a good portion of homes today—and how they might power almost everything in the future.

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We can tap the sun's power using solar panels, and turn the free sunlight into electricity to power our homes and more. However, solar energy isn't a topic that everybody is well-informed about.

Dominion Energy wants to cut the credit that customers with solar panels on their rooftops can get on their monthly power bills, a move that could make installing them less attractive to ...

But how do solar panels make electricity out of light? Can they be a viable replacement for fossil fuels at scale? In this article, we'll look at how solar power works and what it can—and can't ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As central Ohio grows, so does the need to power all the new homes and businesses. And with each ray of sunlight, people like Noah Faust say getting solar panels put on his ...