At Jack’s Solar Garden in Colorado, crops grow amid the solar panels.

Experiments in agrivoltaics offer a respite to extreme heat, and provide land access for new farmers.

As a two-decade-old federal incentive for rooftop solar sunsets, a Wyoming installation company braces for market change.

Concerns about farmland loss have sparked opposition to solar, from local advocates to the White House.

Concerns about energy reliability and extreme weather in states like Texas have boosted interest in solar panels, batteries and insulation.

There’s a financial incentive from the Inflation Reduction Act, an environmental incentive, and a moral incentive, too.

And the price of the metal is only likely to increase.

The funds will help 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households benefit from solar energy, including by cutting their electric bills.

A Georgia program is seeking to alleviate the financial burden of solar installation to promote green energy.

For the early adopters of rooftop solar panels, maintaining and repairing faulty panels is a costly challenge of its own.