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Homeowners can connect solar panels to batteries in their garage, this one from the Bay Area company Sunrun, to help power much of their homes during times of peak electricity demand.
Energy
Here comes the sun (storage)
Hampshire solar power
Environment
Here comes the sun: How Hampshire College moved to 100 percent solar energy
Solar panels
Technology
Jobs in solar energy fall for the first time in seven years
Technician Alexis Portalatin stands next to rooftop solar panels he is connecting to a new Tesla battery storage system the San Juan suburb of Guaynabo. The storage system will allow the panels to operate separately from the power grid and supply electric
Economics
Hurricanes blew away Puerto Rico’s power grid. Now solar power is rising to fill the void.
Fourteen year-old Nuru Sheha studies at night in the light of solar-powered LED lights at home in the village of Matemwe, on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. He family's first electrical system was installed by one of Zanzibar's 13 "solar mamas," illiter
Environment
Zanzibar’s ‘Solar Mamas’ flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles
Nellis Solar Power Plant
Environment
Natural gas and solar power have been growing together. Can that last?
A wind farm with 43 wind turbines generates electricity for the village of Feldheim, Germany.
Environment
A German village keeps the lights on with windmills and pig manure
Shoubra El-Kheima Power Station, belonging to the North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company, is pictured in Cairo, April 19, 2014. Egypt needs to find at least $5 billion to invest in its dilapidated power grid, a government official told Reuters.
Development & Education
What’s on Egyptian voters’ minds? They want enough electricity to keep the lights on
Chamonix Skywalk
Global Scan
Stepping out in the new year?
Environment
Solar-powered car now comes in family size
Environment
Solar powered ocean-going boat makes pitstop in Boston
Environment
New project seeks to develop dormant volcano into power source
Business, Economics and Jobs
New Jersey warehouse unveils massive rooftop solar project
Environment
Teams battle for green power supremacy at Solar Decathlon
Environment
New solar technology coming from US military
Environment
Bugs engineered to make biofuels
Business, Economics and Jobs
New soccer ball can generate electricity
Environment
Slideshow: Solar Power Decathlon in DC
Solar Powered Plane Takes Flight
Renewable Energy Challenged
The world’s largest solar power plant
Geothermal Energy Heats Up
Note on Emerging Science
Our Solar Future
The Future of Fusion
Solar Salon
Business Note: Solar-powered Gas Stations
Solar Solutions
Business, Economics and Jobs
Geo answer ? Norway’s new energy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Solar energy slump in Spain
Environment
Government greenbacks for greener homes
Environment
Clean tech cleans up