Museum of Flight begins installing 1,863 solar panels on its 140,000-square-foot Aviation Pavilion Oct. 5; the $4.02M project includes a $1,237,323 grant.

Harris County solar program will spend $88 million on panels at seven sites and aims to save 10,000 residents about $1,000 a year. Details remain limited.

Rose-tinted solar panels passed red and blue light to broccoli and produced 224.7 MWh/ha; yields matched full sun but harvests took 25 days longer.

Study: desert PV in China curb springtime dust across northern China; Beijing’s 455 GW desert target and Tengger Park size could shift project valuations.

Perovskite underwater solar panels produced power at 10 meters in a Joule study: a two-hour test reached nearly 35% efficiency and 324 milliwatt-hours.

Star Catcher is launching a prototype on a SpaceX mission to test concentrated sunlight and space lasers beaming power between satellites in orbit

Worden Marine’s solar boat TruSolar20 runs on six 425-watt panels; founder James Worden is developing larger TruSolar40 ferries and tour boats.

New Hampshire now allows plug-in solar panels that cost about $500 and can save roughly $15–$50 a month on electricity, helping renters and homeowners

Solar for Schools grants helped 85 Pennsylvania schools install solar, including 350 kW and 650 kW arrays that cut utility bills and save districts

Rooftop solar savings: GreenSketch estimates optimised rooftop solar and battery systems can save the average UK household about €1,100 a year.