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05/05/2025

Utility-scale solar power today is much more efficient than it was a decade ago in how much land it uses, according to new research.

The paper, by lead author Mark Bolinger of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is timely because utility-scale solar is a big part of plans to make a transition to carbon-free electricity, and because there have been few recent studies about solar’s efficiency in land use.

“It just seems a little bit odd to still be relying on data that was almost a decade out of date,” Bolinger told me.

05/05/2025

02/06/2024

Advances in solar panel technology have led to thin-film solar cells, which are lighter and more flexible than traditional crystalline panels.

Modern photovoltaic technology has evolved to include thin-film solar panels, which boast a lighter and more flexible design than traditional crystalline panels. Thin-film, flexible panels mold to irregular surfaces using adhesive and help to maximize available exterior areas on rooftops, vans, and RVs.

02/01/2024

Solar is the next generation of power that will continue to improve the world

01/31/2024

Panels can last up to 30 years

Solar panels usually operate at a high efficiency for the first 25-30 years, but you can already begin to see a return on your investment and savings around 6 years after installation. After this 30-year period, performance will degrade, but your panels will never completely stop converting sunlight into solar energy.

01/29/2024

Solar is sustainable

The US has some of the world’s richest solar resources, particularly in the Southwest region. Solar is a renewable source of energy that harnesses the energy of the sun, which is inherently abundant, inexhaustible and free, unlike fossil fuels that are finite and costly. On our solar farms, we burn no fossil fuel, require no transportation for fuel, and use very little water. Solar farms are non-polluting and do not emit carbon emissions when they generate electricity.

01/29/2024

Solar promotes a healthy environment

Solar energy emits no air pollution, unlike some types of conventional energy generation technology. Solar panels don’t produce carbon emissions that cause acid rain or greenhouse gases. From January to June 2020, solar energy avoided more than 96 million metric tons of CO2 emissions. Since the energy harnessed by solar photovoltaics comes directly from the sun, no water is used to generate the electricity, unlike other forms of energy generation technology.

01/29/2024

Solar benefits rural economies

Most utility-scale solar farms are located in rural areas where farmers and ranchers are often looking to diversify their income. Rent payments are made to landowners for use of their land, providing them with an additional stable income, which enables local farms and ranches to be passed onto the next generations even when commodity prices are unstable. Solar energy is an appealing new cash crop to complement farming, ranching or other practices. Furthermore, many municipalities use the increased tax revenue provided by solar farms to fund much-needed road, school and bridge repairs.

01/29/2024

Solar is cost-effective

Solar is one of the cheapest energy sources available and, since it is harnessed using technology not fuel, its costs will automatically decrease as technology advances. According to the financial advisory firm Lazard, the cost of producing 1 MWh of solar fell by 86% from 2009 to 2017. Even without subsidies, in some places solar is the cheapest source of electricity in history, according to a 2020 report by the International Energy Agency.

01/29/2024

SOLAR POWER IS THE EARTH’S MOST ABUNDANT ENERGY SOURCE

More solar energy hits the Earth in a single hour than all humanity needs for an entire year. Solar panels harness this clean energy source via solar photovoltaic (PV) cells.

01/29/2024

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