Stick solar panels on a simple shelter for your car and you've got a solar carport. Solar carports are the epitome of a functional structure, providing both shade and power.

Solar panels can be installed as siding, sculptures, window glass, awnings, and even on the ground. Here's where you can install solar panels without putting them on your roof.

And, as extreme weather becomes more common, shade and shelter from downpours would be ... It costs more because of extra materials (it takes taller, stronger structures to get solar panels that far ...

A solar tree is a structure resembling a tree that generates solar energy using photovoltaic (PV) panels. It employs principles of biomimicry, using a natural system—in this case the form of a ...

GURNEE, Ill. — The parking lot at Six Flags Great America in north suburban Gurnee could be receiving an installation of 40 solar/shade structures, pending approval by the Village Board. During ...

New projects look to shade agricultural land by using solar panels The Associated Press // July 24, 2023 // Solar panels are mounted on poles above a hops field near Au in der Hallertau, Germany ...

A 400,000 kilowatt-hour sundial. The massive structure will tell time, projecting shapes through its parabolic roof. It is also designed to cast a broad swath of shade for refuge on sunny days ...

The shade structure consists of 2,200 solar panels, which provide 700,000 kilowatt hours annually–enough to power about 50 homes for a year, according to Bronson Mack, spokesman for the Las ...

Having shade where it's useful and monitoring the effects of different arrangements of solar panels on a variety of crops will help the world prepare for a more climate-variable future, Thompson said.