Reporting from Bakersfield — Next to the Village Pet Market, two doors down from Trader Joe’s, a vision of California’s energy future is for sale. Bland’s Solar & Air, in a nondescript strip mall here ...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Whole Foods Market, Austin, Texas, installed its first 33-kilowatt, solar-powered lighting system in a 30,000-square-foot store here. Solar energy will be the store's primary ...

Installing a solar power system can carry a sizable cost, but the Guemes Island General Store found financing assistance that will help it get a quick return on its investment. “System costs vary ...

Once a portable charger runs out of juice, you have to find an outlet to repower it. Solar power banks, however, help you avoid that problem — they can be repowered by the sun. Like solar chargers, ...

In a sandy field on the edge of the Mojave Desert in Lancaster, California, an array of solar panels sits next to dozens of long white boxes that are filled with used batteries from electric cars. At ...

The Wal-Mart deep-cycle battery viewed from the top. It has a reserve capacity rating of 205 amps. We purchased four of these at $80 each. We've since replaced them with six golf cart batteries. This ...

Solar power might be the most up-and-coming renewable energy source, but one of the biggest drawbacks to solar power plants is their inability to generate electricity at night or during cloudy days.

On a hot, flat, empty stretch of desert in Lancaster, California, a company is trying to solve two of renewable energy’s biggest problems at once. Problem one: The dearth of clean energy sources in ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Next to a pet supply store, two doors down from a Trader Joe’s, a vision of California’s energy future is for sale. Bland’s Solar & Air, in a nondescript strip mall here, looks a ...