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Solar eclipse glasses recycling: What to do with them now
Millions of us were treated to a stunning spectacle on Wednesday during mainland Europe's first total solar eclipse for more than 25 years. And for some in the UK, it was a race against time to find a pair of eye-protecting eclipse glasses as…
Solar Power Hits Big Milestone, Trumping Wind
How much energy does solar produce? For the first time ever, solar beat wind and nearly topped nuclear as a global electricity source in 2025, according to the latest Statistical Review of World Energy. Among solar energy companies, First Solar…
Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission's new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
MATIAS BASUALDO/EPA/Shutterstock Geeta Pandey BBC Correspondent, Delhi One of the most enduring mysteries that has been puzzling scientists forever is how the Sun's outer atmosphere - the corona - is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. And…
New, Solar-Powered Safari EVs Are Getting Us Closer Than Ever to Wildlife
Published August 14, 2026 11:59AM As dusk settled over the Mara Triangle, a section of Kenya's famed Maasai Mara National Reserve, Oloimina, an elderly male lion with an epic mane and a limp sustained from a tussle with buffaloes, started roaring.
NASA's COFFIES Uses AI to Predict Storm-Causing Active Regions
As humanity looks to the Moon and stars for future exploration, predicting space weather — conditions in space primarily driven by the Sun — is more important than ever. Now, a team of astrophysicists and data scientists with NASA's…
New B.C. Hydro rules cloud the future of residential solar
When Victoria resident Bill Yearwood looks around at the other rooftops in his neighbourhood, he sees a lot of potential for solar electricity. At the four-storey house he shares with his wife and 96-year-old mother, their energy needs…
Artificial solar eclipse reveals the Sun's mysterious corona
Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency shows a part of the Sun that usually hides in plain sight. The violet-colored image captures the Sun's inner corona, its intensely hot outer atmosphere. The color is artificial, but the…
India on track to hit record solar power installations in 2026
India is on course to add a record 50 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity in the 2026 calendar year, largely aided by the ALMM mandate for solar PV cells and the phased removal of waivers for inter-state transmission charges. The country is set…
Solar Is Now Half of All New Power on the Grid and This ETF Still Trades Like Nobody Noticed
The Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) closed Wednesday at $52.47, up roughly 7% year to date while the S&P 500 has returned about 14%. That is a strange result for a fund whose underlying industry is now building out roughly half of every new…
Solar Panel Waste Could Become a $1 Trillion Recycling Opportunity
The global boom in solar power is helping countries move toward cleaner energy, but it is also creating a growing waste problem. New research suggests that hundreds of millions of tonnes of old solar panels could be discarded worldwide over the…
SMA Solar Technology Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
SMA Solar Technology ETR: S92 reported first-half 2026 sales broadly in line with the prior year while profitability, cash generation and order backlog improved, supported by restructuring measures, stronger demand in its Home & Business Solutions…
New Recycling Method Recovers Nearly 100% of Silver from Old Solar Panels
Old solar panels could become a valuable source of silver instead of ending up in landfill. Australian researchers have successfully tested a recycling process that recovered nearly 100% of the silver from discarded solar panels at a much larger…
U.S. Natural Gas Futures Gain Ground
0948 ET – U.S. natural gas futures advance in early trading with recovering LNG demand and hot weather keeping some support under the market after yesterday's slightly bearish storage report. “To the extent the solar power boom was a…
Paradise & Infrastructure: Lessons On Building Remote Resorts
Thomas Despin, Founder & CEO of Reconnect, builds and operates remote island hospitality projects across Indonesia. When people imagine building a resort on a remote island, they often picture villas, beaches and sunset views. After years…
The Rose Water Manicure Is the Elegant Nail Trend Victoria Beckham Has Been Loving This Summer
Summer 2026 has been the summer of the sheer nail. Apart from the sporadic coastal blue for summer vacay, or an espresso moment, this season the celebs are really sticking to glossy, light pink and milky white shades. And the latest A-lister to…
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