We've tested and reviewed products since 1936. Read CR's review of the Hampton Bay Outdoor Solar LED Edison Bulb String Light outdoor lighting to find out if it's worth it.

The Brightech Ambience Pro Solar Powered Outdoor String Lights offer pretty ambient lighting, perfect for outdoor parties or get-togethers. The Edison bulb-style lights offer a romantic look but ...

A European research group has developed a solar brick based on textile ceramic technology (TCT) and perovskite photovoltaic cells. The new device is intended for applications in building ...

The Philippines has earned a new Guinness World Record for the largest display of solar-powered lamps, thanks to the global ...

A Brief History of Solar Panels. Inventors have been advancing solar technology for more than a century and a half, and improvements in efficiency and aesthetics keep on coming ...

The expense of space-based solar power would include manufacturing costs, maintenance costs, and launch costs, Ceriotti said. “We expect [the] cost to fall in future,” Vijendran said.

Designing Space-Based Solar. Beaming solar energy from space is not new; telecommunications satellites have been sending microwave signals generated by solar power back to Earth since the 1960s.

My firm, Space Solar, has designed a solar-power satellite called CASSIOPeiA, which is more than twice as powerful – based on the key metric of power per unit mass – as ESA’s design. So far, we have ...