Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal waters into power plants. As solar capacity races past 1,200 G worldwide, ...

Did you see those red blotchy areas around the sun during Monday's total solar eclipse? Those are called solar prominences. Though they look like they could be made of fire, they are actually ...

Indonesia’s Cirata Floating Solar Farm, commissioned in 2023 on a hydropower reservoir, is a regional benchmark for utility-scale floating solar and a precedent for Masdar’s planned 200-MW Chereh Dam ...

The global floating solar panels (FPV) market is projected to grow from $55.11 million in 2024 to $84.90 million by 2032, driven by increasing land scarcity and government renewable energy mandates.

GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz.—About 33 miles south of Phoenix, Interstate 10 bisects a line of solar panels traversing the desert like an iridescent snake. The solar farm’s shape follows the ...

During the total solar eclipse, skywatchers saw ruby-colored prominences sticking out of the moon's shadow. Here's the science of those red dots This article is part of a special report on the total ...