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Lexington mayor vetoes ordinance for industrial solar plants on farmland
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton has vetoed an ordinance that would have allowed large-scale solar projects on agricultural land in Fayette County, saying she supports solar energy but wants to protect farmland. The…
South Korean solar stocks jump as curbs on Chinese sector expected to remain in place
Hanwha Solutions and OCI Holdings shares jumped more than 8% Wednesday. Hana Securities said easing U.S. restrictions on Chinese solar products was highly unlikely, citing solar's growing national-security importance. Justin Paget | Digitalvision |…
Amazfit beats Garmin at its own solar-charging game: the new T-Rex Dual Solar smartwatch is an AMOLED with solar panels
Amazfit has unveiled the T-Rex Dual Solar smartwatch It offers solar charging on an AMOLED watch — a feat not even Garmin has managed As well as charging from the front, the innovative back plate allows the wearer to invert the watch for…
How Diffractive Solar Sails Could Stop a Killer Asteroid at 100 km/s
Asteroids don't come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don't know of any currently on course to do so, we are finding thousands of new ones each year, and there's always a potential that one could. We proved a viable…
Scientists discover largest new impact crater in the solar system ever-on our moon
The crater, named after geologist and lunar surface expert Tom McGetchin, spans more than two football fields wide Join Our Community of Science Lovers! I agree my information will be processed in accordance with the Scientific American Inc.
Better Energy Sector ETF: Vanguard's VDE Targeting Traditional Oil and Gas Giants vs. Invesco's Solar-Focused TAN
The Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE -0.66%) offers broad, low-cost exposure to traditional fossil fuel companies, while the Invesco Solar ETF (TAN -0.47%) provides a high-conviction, specialized bet on the global solar power industry. Energy investing is…
Amazfit Unveils the T-Rex Dual Solar
Amazfit has officially launched the T-Rex Dual Solar, bringing a massive industry milestone to outdoor tech. It is the world's first AMOLED smartwatch featuring a dual-sided solar charging system. For the brand, this release highlights Amazfit's…
From rooftop solar to household gold: 5 lesser-known changes in India's new GDP series
A key change the new 2022-23 base year series makes from the old 2011-12 one is the classification of an enterprise in a sector. Imagine an enterprise called XYZ involved in multiple activities – it does some manufacturing and provides some…
Greece awards €8.15 million for 49.3 MWh of storage linked to C&I solar
The Greek government has published a provisional list of 209 businesses selected to receive subsidies for battery storage systems installed alongside existing or new solar PV projects. The funding is being awarded under Greece's “Go Beyond…
Navitas Solar plans ₹10,000-crore green energy blitz across Gujarat, Maharashtra
In one of the largest domestic bets on green energy, Surat-based Navitas Solar, founded by four friends, is drawing up an ambitious ₹10,000-crore investment plan to build an integrated renewable energy ecosystem across Gujarat and…
Bonanza Solar Project Near Las Vegas Faces Tortoise Protest
EDF Renewables North America is proposing the Bonanza Solar and Storage project on 5,133 acres of federal land in Clark County, Nevada. The facility is designed to combine 300 megawatts of solar generation with 195 megawatts of battery storage.
Kenya backdates solar export charges by over a year
Kenya's electricity regulator has formally codified charges for unauthorized solar power exports and confirmed net-metering credit provisions in a statement that takes retroactive legal effect more than a year before its publication date, with no…
IRA-stimulated U.S. solar manufacturing capex to reach $12.2 billion by end 2026
Cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing capital expenditure (capex) in the United States, since the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, is forecast to reach $12.2 billion by the end of 2026, accounting more than 50% of all…
Solex Energy confirms plans to build 5.2 GW solar cell factory in India
Solex Energy Ltd. has provided further details of plans to expand beyond solar module manufacturing and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services into solar cell production and battery energy storage systems (BESS). In May, the…
Abu Dhabi lifts 2035 solar target to 35 GW, sets 15 GW storage goal
Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), the sole procurer and supplier of electricity and water in Abu Dhabi, has set a new target of more than 35 GW of installed solar capacity by 2035. The emirate had targeted 18 GW of solar capacity by 2035 in…
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