As the co-owner of a California property that has never been tied to the electric grid, I can attest to the warm feeling of self-sufficiency that comes with a functioning solar power system. We’ve ...

Looking for the best way to feed the world’s hunger for energy, James May visited a solar furnace to see how powerful they really are. Usually, solar furnaces are used to boil water into steam to ...

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If Lorraine Eidahl's late husband, Robert Eidahl, were here today, he might see a bit of irony in the two giant solar furnaces that cover part of the outside of their home on Otsego Street. It was ...