The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

The controversial Soda Mountain Solar Project is proposed for an area where one of three wildlife crossings is planned to be ...

Saudi Arabia’s plan for all this cheap electricity is to power enormous data centres for artificial intelligence (AI).

American West Metals will kick off its first gallium and indium-focused drilling program at the company’s flagship West Desert project in the US state of Utah next year. The move comes after recent re ...

Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.

For decades, solar energy has been hailed as one of the most promising answers to the climate crisis. But while its ability to produce clean power is well known, new research from China reveals that ...

Through concrete case studies and data analysis, the series explores the broader macroeconomic trends reflected in ...

In the coastal desert of Peru, a line of crumbling stone towers rises from the sand, framing the horizon with an almost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. On a recent flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix, I glanced out the ...

Researchers studying PV panels in Chile’s hyper-arid Atacama Desert found that cemented soiling can cause annual energy losses of up to 9.8%. Their combined field and laboratory work shows that dry ...

California regulators rejected a plan to close the controversial Ivanpah solar plant on Thursday, despite federal government and private sector concerns. “The CPUC must consider other factors related ...

Chinese solar manufacturer JA Solar has published a TÜV Nord-certified white paper demonstrating its DesertBlue module series. The white paper highlights the power generation capability, weather ...