Rows of dark photovoltaic panels stretch across a remote plateau in western China, covering ground that once appeared almost completely barren. The site lies in Talatan Desert in Qinghai Province, ...

Scientists have discovered that agrivoltaics systems deployed in the Hobq Desert in China — which receives just over 12 inches of rainfall per year — can help soil flourish, even in such an arid ...

Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...

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 ...