Cover enough of the Sahara Desert with solar panels and wind turbines, and you might change the weather. That is the central finding of a growing body of climate modeling research, and as of spring ...

Gigawatt-scale solar farms spreading across China’s northern deserts are doing more than generating electricity. Field research at photovoltaic installations in Gansu province shows that panel arrays ...

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 ...