Solar panels can cut electricity bills by more than half and generate free power for decades, but how much can you actually save? Here’s what affects payback times and how to maximise your return on investment.

The city’s electric department was the focus of multiple agenda items at Thursday’s Escanaba City Council meeting, with solar projects moving forward to add power to the grid and offset electric usage.

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

A developer wants to go back on a promise to put solar panels on new homes in Worcestershire. Kendrick Homes was given permission to build 60 homes on land off Saffron Grove in Tunnel Hill, Upton-upon-Severn, in 2024. Approval was granted by Malvern Hills District Council on the condition that solar panels would be installed on each house.

China is using the high-altitude expanse for immense solar panel farms and wind turbines and has begun work on the world’s largest hydroelectric dams.

Shocking videos obtained exclusively by CBS News New York show the wind carrying the massive solar panel away from a parking lot and falling onto her head.

A facility in Tampa is recycling damaged solar panels from residential and commercial customers for future use.

The Queensland government unveiled its energy road map last week, introducing a new solar rebate scheme. The industry says similar subsidies mean demand is already surging.