Solar

Federal tax credits for rooftop solar, heat pumps and other energy-efficient technologies are going away at the end of the year. Here's what consumers should know.

Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.

The $30 million municipal initiative aims to bring solar canopy shade structures to city-owned facilities. The largest project installation at the Public Safety Answering Point is designed to offset 77% of the facility's annual electricity consumption.

Potential rooftop solar customers and installers worry the incoming Trump administration might try to eliminate a 30% federal tax credit. Some customers plan to install sooner because of that. And solar companies are changing their business plans.

A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there have been measurable effects and impacts from the biggest geomagnetic storm in decades.

Over a third of the electricity on the Texas grid came from the sun on Sunday, a new state record.

The dark patches, known as coronal holes, are regions where solar wind escapes more quickly and readily into space. Geomagnetic storms can disrupt GPS and hurt the power grid.

Large-scale solar farms are running into opposition from people who want to save farmland. Now solar companies are trying to combine solar and farming.

The country's largest municipally owned utility aims to make San Antonio a hub for clean energy and innovation, and has unveiled two new initiatives to…