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First Solar sues JA Solar, Corning unit over TOPCon patent
First Solar has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Chinese manufacturer JA Solar and American Panel Solutions, a subsidiary of Corning, escalating its years-long legal campaign to defend a core solar cell manufacturing patent. The…
Council unveils solar farm masterplan at former coal-tipping site in Prestwick
South Ayrshire Council has lodged plans to build a solar farm on a patch of land at Glenburn Bing, in Prestwick. Ayrshire Live previously told in February how concerns were raised over the felling of trees and the possible destruction of habitat at…
French solar tender prices drop sharply in latest rounds
The results of France's latest solar tenders were announced on Oct. 7 by Maud Bregeon, the country's minister delegate for energy, during the France Renouvelables national conference. However, the official results have yet to be published by either…
An Ohio factory melts 150 tons of glass a day for solar panels, and it is the first plant in the country that makes this hidden layer at all
Every solar panel bolted to a rooftop or staked into a field starts as something closer to a window pane than a piece of electronics. That pane has to be almost perfectly clear, barely a millimeter off true, and tough enough to survive hail for a…
Prices drive Pakistan's metered solar, outages drive hidden uptake
Researchers from Pakistan and the United Kingdom have found that Pakistan's solar boom is running through two separate channels. Registered net metering is concentrated among higher-income customers in the best-served utility areas. Unregistered…
Jackery steps into RVs with built-in 2 kW solar and 45 kWh storage
utdoor and home backup storage maker Jackery has announced it is entering the smart electric trailer market, partnering with California-based Pebble, which makes travel trailers. Jackery will deliver new custom solar panels and connections that add…
He'll Inherit His Mother's Phoenix House and 17 Years of Someone Else's Solar Lease. The Buyer's Lender Will Want It Gone, and the Payoff Will Be $31,000
His mother's Phoenix house came to him with a roof full of solar panels she never owned. A solar company owns them, and its lease has 17 years left to run. When he lists the house, the buyer's lender will almost certainly want that contract cleared…
Gemini Links 09/10/2026: Optimism, Stargazing, and Solar MiniServer
I am creating this word ('meaninglesso'), which has the meaning/value of '*is* meaningless'. So it applies as, for example, 'It meaninglesso' which means 'It is meaningless'. Or, as another example, 'Nabitleko meaninglesso' which means 'Nabitleko…
Thousands of wind and solar park systems sit exposed on the internet across Europe
Modat and NCSC-NL, the Dutch government's cybersecurity center, found 8,547 internet-facing systems at wind farms and solar parks in 35 countries in and around the EU that should not be reachable from the internet. The systems range from login…
One table of US grid interconnection queues: solar, storage, wind and data center requests
Every new solar farm, battery, wind project, gas plant and large load (data centers, chip fabs, hydrogen) has to file an interconnection request with its grid operator before it can connect. The queues are public. For anyone selling into energy…
Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers
Battery storage is now cheaper than a type of natural gas power plant favored by many data center developers, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. On every continent and in each of the 43 markets that Wood Mackenzie surveyed, four-hour…
Long-serving Tory Sir John Hayes open to Reform UK co-operation
Sharon Edwards Political reporter, Lincolnshire Long-serving Conservative MP Sir John Hayes has suggested his party could work with Reform UK in the future, putting him at odds with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. He said Reform UK were 'not capable of…
Long-serving Tory Sir John Hayes open to Reform UK co-operation
Long-serving Conservative MP Sir John Hayes has suggested his party could work with Reform UK in the future, putting him at odds with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. He said Reform UK were 'not capable of governing on their own' but were 'on the same…
Bluetti Na(Sodium) 900Wh power station at exclusive $665 low in Encore Sale, Anker solar multi-cam kits $310 off, Navee EVs, more
We're closing out this week's Green Deals led by the Bluetti Encore Sale that is completely switching up its power station deals, including bringing back the winter-ready 900Wh Pioneer Na(Sodium) Portable Power Station at an exclusive $665 low.
Anker's Latest Portable Home Backup Battery Won't Suck Itself Dry So Fast
Home backup batteries are clutch when the power goes out, but unless you're keeping them fully turned off until you need them, they're always drawing a bit of power to run themselves. Anker has announced a new battery, the $3,600 Solix S5000, that…
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