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First Solar Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR rallied 2.44% to $211.03 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.70% to 7,489.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising…
Solar Will Soon Pass Coal as China's Top Power Capacity Source
Solar power will soon surpass coal as China's largest source of generation capacity, marking a major milestone in the country's rapid renewable energy build-out. The baton will be passed at some point in the third quarter of this year, the China…
New green infrastructure push brings solar panels, public EV charging station to South Side of Chicago
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference. A place to sit and charge your phone or computer in the middle…
Africa's off-grid solar sector courts mainstream investors with landmark financing deals
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Landmark fundraising deals by two of Africa's largest off-grid solar companies are raising hopes that private capital markets could become a major source of funding to help bring electricity to millions of homes lacking access to…
Study advances solar desalination with multifunctional membrane
As the world's population grows and industry expands, many countries in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia are facing a freshwater scarcity crisis. Finding sustainable ways to produce clean water has become an urgent priority, and solar…
Can 'floating' solar boost India's renewable energy uptake? | Explained
The story so far: The Union Cabinet has cleared the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY), a central-sector scheme to build 5,000 MW of floating solar photovoltaic (FSPV) capacity on India's reservoirs and waterbodies. It carries a total…
Cabinet approves scheme to promote 'floating' solar plants
The Union Cabinet on Friday (July 31, 2026) approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY), a ₹5,070-crore scheme aimed at accelerating floating solar power by providing central financial assistance (CFA) of up to ₹1 crore…
U.S. solar cell capacity reaches 3 GW even as module factories exceed 65 GW of national production capacity
America's solar module factories have expanded to more than 65 gigawatts of nameplate capacity, well above the country's 2025 annual installation total, but the industry's latest data reveal a critical gap one step upstream: the United States…
Rajasthan: Emerge Renewables commissions new solar glass plant
Emerge Renewables has started production of solar glass at its new facility at Kotputli-Behror in Rajasthan. The commissioning of North India's first dedicated solar glass manufacturing plant is expected strengthen the domestic solar panel supply…
Best places to watch solar eclipse in Scotland to see 'biggest bite' from sun
Skywatchers across Scotland are in for a spectacular evening this August as one of the biggest partial solar eclipses in more than a decade is set to be visible across the country. On Wednesday, August 12, the moon will pass in front of the sun…
Top Solar Stocks To Keep An Eye On - July 31st
Megatrends Still Matter: 3 Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years First Solar, Nextpower, Enphase Energy, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, T1 Energy, Sunrun, and SolarEdge Technologies are the seven Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's…
Funding fears for Jodrell Bank and when solar and lunar eclipses will happen
Also, later this month, a partial lunar eclipse to look forward to. All of these events will be visible across the region, and with no need for a pair of binoculars or a telescope to observe them. Firstly, though, space news. Recently, plans were…
Oxfordshire solar farm plan refused amid fears for Turner inspiration landscape
South Oxfordshire District Council planning committee debated the proposal for a solar farm on land northwest of Nuneham Courtenay on Thursday, July 30. The committee heard how the facility could provide 49.9 megawatts of energy during daylight…
Cabinet approves scheme for floating solar photovoltaic projects with energy storage
The Cabinet on Friday approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY)', a scheme for the development of floating solar photovoltaic (FSPV) projects with energy storage systems (ESS) with a total outlay of ₹5,070 crore. The…
America's solar factories grew by more than 750 percent in just a few years to reach nearly 70 gigawatts of capacity, and the invisible upstream steps those gleaming assembly halls still cannot fully do at home keep the whole industry wired to overseas suppliers
Walk into one of America's newest solar panel factories and the scale is genuinely jaw-dropping. Conveyor lines stretch the length of a football field. Robotic arms move in silence. Finished panels roll off by the thousands every shift. The United…
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