CR's experts pick the best portable solar panels and battery chargers to power devices like phones and laptops, plus back-up batteries and power stations.

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as more than 2.6 million homes and businesses across five states were without power, officials warned residents with generators to only use them ...

More than four million homes in the United States have rooftop solar panels, according to data compiled by Solar Insure. Being that the average solar-powered home typically sports between 25 and 30 ...

With the growth of portable power stations as solar generators in the last decade, interest and competition has led to huge improvements in solar panel performance. When I began playing around with ...

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has installed an off-grid solar tracker EV charging station for its employees. “This solar electric vehicle charger is a part of the college’s efforts to ...