solar energy

In 2012 Samir Ibrahim and Charles Nichols launched SunCulture, a start-up that helps farmers grow food without relying on rainfall by using solar power instead.

The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor

Solar panels can at times generate more than 200% of what the average household uses in conventional electricity, saving more than 3,000 tons of carbon dioxide per day across California. Kari Hall reports.

New homes built in California after Jan. 1 will require solar panels to be installed, causing housing prices to rise but lowering utility bills and helping the environment.

New homes built in California after Jan. 1 will require solar panels to be installed. It will make housing costs rise but will lower utility bills and help the environment. Scott Budman reports.

Two employees of a Bay Area solar energy company have pleaded guilty to participating in what federal prosecutors say was a massive scheme that defrauded investors of $1 billion.

Power shutdowns intended to prevent more devastating California wildfires are raising new concerns about another longstanding environmental threat: air pollution.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle federal laws to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Washington D.C. is working to bring renewable energy to the White House and the rest of the city. Under a law approved in December, the District of Columbia will require that all of its electricity come from renewable sources by 2032, the most ambitious timetable in...

You may not realize it when thinking about politics in environmentally conscious and “green” California but an 18 month long NBC Bay Area and Maplight investigation found the oil and gas industry paid $182 million to California politicians, PACs and political causes between 2001 and June 30, 2018. For the past year and a half, The Investigative Unit worked with...

Tesla builds fast, energy efficient cars and the company is becoming a force in making homes greener by producing and storing solar energy.
But an LA man accuses Tesla of damaging his home, saying the company agreed to pump the brakes on installation of a solar energy system when the price suddenly increased by thousands of dollars.

Ten months after Hurricane Maria, Adjuntas still loses power any time a heavy rain or wind pounds the rickety power lines feeding this town high in the central mountains of Puerto Rico. That leaves its 20,000 people once again in the dark, without light, fresh water or air conditioning — except for a handful of homes and businesses glowing in...

Palo Alto High School alumni are fighting a plan to put large solar panels in front of the school, claiming they will block the view of a historic tower and change the look of the school.

When the moon passes in front of the sun during Monday’s eclipse California will lose enough solar energy to power more than 1.5 million homes, a figure that underscores the state’s growing reliance on energy from the sun.

Shoddy installation of solar panels and leasing lemons vehicles are leading high on the list of complaints to state and local consumer protection agencies last year across the country, according to the annual consumer agency survey conducted by Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the North American Consumer Protection Investigators (NACPI)....
The report included complaints from 39 state and local consumer...

Tesla’s new solar roof tiles, a sleek alternative to solar panels for those seeking to power their homes through solar energy, have hit the market, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday. The glass tiles were announced several months ago, as the company sought to create “the most beautiful and efficient roof ever.” They come in four different styles —...

In honor of Earth Week, NBC looked at 5 of the most valuable companies to see what kind of green initiatives they are engaged in.

Several residents of a San Jose neighborhood gathered Monday night to voice their objections to a planned solar project at a nearby elementary school that they say will ruin the view from their homes.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation to require that solar panels be installed on new residential and commercial buildings constructed in the city.

Thousands of environmental and labor activists took to the streets of Jerry Brown’s hometown Saturday carrying signs and chanting slogans with a simple message for the governor: end fracking.

Thousands of environmentalists are expected to take to the streets Saturday in the San Francisco Bay Area to demand California’s governor ban fracking.