As more households install rooftop solar panels, a growing question is how to best use the extra power they generate. One ...

As rooftop solar and home batteries show up in more and more places, however, we're building something bigger than a backup: a VPP.

Installing solar panels can be a game changer -- you can even ditch the electric grid and entirely power your home with a properly-sized solar panel system. The downside is that solar panels aren ...

More than 94 percen t of new energy capacity waiting to connect to the grid is carbon-free, primarily solar, wind, and batteries.

As it turns out, though, setting up a portable solar power source as backup power for your home isn’t the same as setting up a portable gas-powered generator.

You can connect a power station to your house using a transfer switch, which is one of the safest ways to connect backup power to your home electrical system. People love the idea of using solar ...

Around the country, developers are building microgrids — energy-resilient communities that act as their own energy source.