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First Solar Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR rallied 3.68% to $241.88 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.69% to 6,909.51 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising…
Cubans tackle blackouts with solar as Trump tightens oil blockade
Cubans are increasingly turning to solar power, scrambling to install panels on homes, businesses, and even vehicles, as the island grapples with severe, extended blackouts. This energy crisis is largely attributed to Washington's ongoing efforts…
The ARRL Solar Update
Solar activity returned to low levels this past week. The strongest event of the period was a C1.8 flare on February 17 from region 4374. This region was also responsible for a C1.4 flare on February 18. The only other flare of note was a C1.1…
Warm Springs weighs large-scale solar projects on reservation lands
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are reviewing proposals for large-scale solar energy developments that could span thousands of acres on the Warm Springs Reservation, including land once considered for a racetrack. Austin Smith Jr., general…
Solar array to power Poland Spring plant in Holllis
Primo Brands, an owner of several bottled water brands nationwide, has launched a solar project at its Poland Spring bottling plant in the York County town of Hollis. The 13-megawatt, direct-current on-site solar installation was developed in…
A Solar Fight in Wild, Wild Country
1. Wasco County, Oregon – They used to fight the Rajneeshees, and now they're fighting a solar farm. BrightNight Solar is trying to build a giant solar farm in the rural farming town of Deschutes, Oregon. Except there's just one problem:…
Cubans fight blackouts with solar as US extends oil chokehold
HAVANA, Feb 20 - Cubans are scrambling to install solar panels on their homes, shops and vehicles to combat extended blackouts as Washington prevents oil shipments from reaching the Caribbean's largest island, contributing to electricity generation…
Garmin's tough Instinct 2X Solar Tactical Edition just became cheaper than ever
The Garmin Instinct 2X Solar Tactical Edition screams durability. | Image by Garmin If you're looking for a truly tough wearable with solid battery life, the Instinct 2X Solar might just be the one for you. Believe it or not, this Garmin watch…
Observations by Aditya-L1 help decode unusual dawn-time geomagnetic disturbances during strong solar storms
Observations and measurements made by India's maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, have helped to decode the unusual dawn-time geomagnetic disturbances during strong solar storms. Geomagnetic storms are large disturbances in Earth's magnetic field…
India adds 7.8 GW of open-access solar in 2025
India added 7.8 GW of open-access solar capacity in 2025, a 0.5% increase from 7.7 GW in 2024, according to the “Q4 & Annual 2025 India Solar Open Access Market Report” from Mercom India. Cumulative open-access capacity exceeded 30 GW…
South Africa adds 1.6 GW of solar in 2025
South Africa deployed 1.6 GW of solar in 2025, according to the Global Solar Council's Africa market outlook. The figure is an improvement on the 1.1 GW added in 2024 but down on a record 2.6 GW from 2023. According to analysis from the South…
Solar farm one step closer to expanding in East Windsor
The developers of a solar farm in East Windsor are looking to expand, and they could be one step closer to doing so. But neighbors there have been against the expansion from the start. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. About…
Rethinking solar and storage ROI: Beyond old efficiency assumptions
For most of solar's modern history, system performance modeling followed a simple rule: when the sun is shining, solar produces. Inverters operated near their optimal power range, exported excess energy to the grid, and financial projections…
Agribusiness | UI program 'scratching surface' of merging solar, agricultural farms
CHAMPAIGN — The recent rise in conversion of farmland from growing crops to harvesting sunlight has brought with it plenty of social and economic issues — and University of Illinois researchers are in the beginning stages of bridging…
New Zealand selects 32 farms for solar and battery trial
The New Zealand EECA has officially announced the first 32 demonstration farms participating in its Solar on Farms program; to test how solar and batteries perform across key sectors. In partnership with the farms, the EECA works to install solar…
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