The biggest benefit of using solar energy is that it's clean with a very small carbon footprint, but China is finding some ...

Field researchers studying the Golmud Solar Park in China’s Gobi Desert have documented measurable shifts in air temperature, humidity, surface albedo, and soil biology inside the photovoltaic arrays ...

Gigawatt-scale solar farms spreading across China’s northern deserts are doing more than generating electricity. Field ...

Scientists have discovered that agrivoltaics systems deployed in the Hobq Desert in China — which receives just over 12 inches of rainfall per year — can help soil flourish, even in such an arid ...

Researchers led by Mohammed First University scientists in Morocco have fabricated prototype modules optimized for desert climates. Their so-called Desert Module delivered a 5.8% improvement in ...

Soiling-related losses are among the most serious threats to PV performance, according to Tomas Cebecauer and Vicente ...

Researchers at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar have investigated the potential of bifacial east-west-oriented vertical PV installations for mitigating soiling in desert climates and ...

It’s been a while since we’ve had such an outpouring for something that doesn’t have to do with Donald Trump: Dozens of readers wrote letters to the editor expressing dismay over the construction of a ...

With the remarkable expansion of the solar power sector, some states in the union may see their solar panels collecting dirt known as solar panel soiling.