The majority of solar power generation is from conventional silicon-based panels made in China, a technology little-changed since silicon cells were discovered in the 1950s. Bill Gates' Breakthrough ...

One of the biggest solar farms proposed in the U.S. wants to test the idea of whether the space between and around thousands of acres of solar panels can be farmed. If successful, the work at the ...

A startup backed by investors including Bill Gates is racing to build what could be the first silicon wafer factory for solar panels in the U.S., the latest example of the influence of recent ...

LONDON, Ohio—Mark Forrest had a choice: Save his political career or continue to support a solar power project that he saw as an economic bonanza for his Ohio county. He chose the latter. “I’m a ...