Real energy independence can be tricky to accomplish, but during the past few years, I've accumulated some insights that aren't so obvious. The main misconceptions about life off-grid are that it's a ...

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PG&E and Southern California Edison routinely blow their deadlines to hook up new solar panels, an advocacy group says. But ...

Solar panels can only generate electricity; they can’t store it, so you must pair them with a stand-alone battery bank or a power station. For home emergency power (for a few hours of power), we ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) thinks AI can speed up the process of connecting new energy projects to the power grid. It announced $30 million in funding now available through its Artificial ...

Solar panel systems can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and most people can't pay that much in cash upfront. Here's how to get solar-specific financing. Installing solar panels can be a game ...

The court revived a legal challenge to a 2022 regulation that significantly reduced the compensation utilities paid to owners of home solar systems for the electricity they sent to the grid. By Ivan ...