Metal trees with a seven-meter canopy of solar panels that generate electricity may soon be coming to car parks and shopping malls in the UK. The structures, which will capture the sun’s energy ...

SolarBotanic Trees feature nano photovoltaic ‘leaves’ to harvest solar energy, as well as a battery in the trunk (SolarBotanic Trees) A UK startup is close to full-scale commercial production of solar ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - An Eau Claire based company installs the city’s first ever “E-Cacia” solar tree Thursday morning in Boyd Park. “Brian, thank you so much. Can I order one of these in a ...

With the right technology, solar energy has the potential to meet all of the world's electricity needs, but we are still a long way off from that point. Still, governments around the world are setting ...

Trees are vital for so many reasons, with their most important quality being the fact that they provide our oxygen. But what if we can use them for producing energy, too, to charge our EVs or power ...

A group of scientists from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences designed a prototype of a solar photovoltaic tree that purportedly offers an optimal balance between energy ...

London-based SolarBotanic Trees officially launched its “solar tree” prototype today, and the company wants to use it to power EV charging stations first. The SolarBotanic energy tree, which features ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Call it an eco-parable: one Prius-driving couple takes pride in their eight redwoods, the first of them planted over a decade ago. Their electric-car-driving neighbors take pride in ...

The next trees expected to take root in Howard Park will arc toward the sky and provide shade but won’t be made of wood. West Palm Beach on Nov. 20 is expected to approve an installation of “Solar ...

Gulf Power is throwing some shade on downtown Pensacola. The power utility will be placing solar "trees" at the corner of Main and Reus streets, as well as a solar canopy at the parking lot of the ...