Solar trees don't produce as much electricity as rooftop solar arrays, but they do decorate urban spaces and increase public awareness about the beauty of solar energy. Solar trees are constructed ...

A group of scientists from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences designed a prototype of a solar photovoltaic tree that purportedly offers an optimal balance between energy ...

WORCESTER — Judy Mitchell has owned her home on Englewood Avenue for over 40 years. Eight years ago, she added solar panels to the front of her roof. Now she has a problem. A tree planted by the city ...

To solar or not to solar? That is the question for this latest episode of our monthly series Nature Quest. For listener ...

Scientists in land-scarce Korea are proposing to use solar trees to build PV installations in forest areas. Although more expensive than conventional ground-mounted facilities, solar plants made of ...

My dining room table and my fireplace mantel are both made of red oak — one specific red oak tree, to be precise. It was one individual in a small forest cleared by a relative of a relative. Why did ...

Plug-in solar panels could offer a cheaper way to generate electricity at home, but the savings depend on how much of that ...