Imagine that you own a small, 20-acre farm in California’s Central Valley. You and your family have cultivated this land for decades, but drought, increasing costs and decreasing water availability ...

Opponents say wholesale conversion of farmland into solar farms will devastate rural communities that depend on agriculture ...

The plea comes two weeks after Trump signed a Republican-passed law that effectively phases out wind and solar energy tax ...

California has hit a new record for clean energy. Solar, wind, hydropower and other carbon-free sources made up 67% of the ...

Supporters say a regional energy market would benefit renewables and accelerate climate progress. Critics say it would ...

Experts are now debating if the elimination will significantly hurt the industry or if solar adoption developed such momentum ...

The CEC has awarded a US$4 million grant to perovskite developer Tandem PV to test its perovskite-silicon tandem solar panels ...

Data from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory show that 12% of California solar adopters in 2019 had incomes below $50,000, and an additional 29% had incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 — up ...

Explore why some California farmers are calling for a halt to the conversion of agricultural fields into solar panel farms.

Sacramento Bee columnist Tom Philp and the Chamber of Commerce are feeding us a fantasy about why our utility rates are so ...

California has long been one of the most solar-friendly states, with plenty of sunshine and generous financial incentives. With big changes to its solar policy last year, the calculus for going ...

California considered breaking long-standing solar net metering contracts, but the Senate voted to drop that provision after ...