Solar panels have been around for about 40 years now — they evolved from the need to keep spaceships and satellites moving about in outer space without overburdening them with tanks of fuel.

The report "Solar Panel Recycling Market by Type (Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline), Shelf Life (Early Loss, Normal Loss), Process (Mechanical, Hybrid), Material (Silicon, Metal, Plastic, Glass ...

The event was called the Bastille Day Solar Storm, and it registered as an X-class flare, the highest designation possible. (One storm since then, in October 2003, was even more powerful.) Ever wonder ...

Solar panels now power pumps used by salt farmers in India’s western Gujarat state, replacing diesel machines and providing them with increased profits and a better way of life.

Modern solar panels were developed at Bell Labs, AT&T’s research arm, in the 1950s. The United States was the leading manufacturer of panels as recently as the 1990s, but lost its lead over time.