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Canadian Solar elevates Hong Kong role amid industry slump, geopolitical strain
Canadian Solar, one of the industry's most exposed players to US-China tensions, is expanding the role of its Hong Kong operations as it reshapes its global business to weather a deepening downturn and rising geopolitical pressure, positioning the…
Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
The growing debris field in Earth orbit may someday endanger our access to the stars. Today, that field consists of nearly 130 million pieces of space junk — dead satellites, old rocket bodies and tiny fragments generated by on-orbit…
This tiny outer Solar System world has an atmosphere. It shouldn't
Date: May 5, 2026 Source: Summary: Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a tiny icy world that shouldn't be able to hold one at all. The object, called 2002…
Score 24-Hour Security While Saving 40% Off This Eufy Solar Security Camera
We love a good security camera deal. Right now, Amazon has the Eufy SoloCam S220 Solar Security Camera on sale for $59.99, down from its $99.99 list price. That saves you $40, which is a 40% price cut, on a wire-free 2K camera that has integrated…
Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable industrial chemicals and clean fuel, potentially…
COLUMNIST: Myths and reality about solar panels | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
We live in an age of both scientific miracles and superstition about science, increasing more or less in tandem. One year we're creating novel vaccines that arrest a global pandemic, and four years later we've got measles outbreaks because people…
Space-Based Solar Energy for AI: Vision, Limits, and Open Questions
In December, AI entrepreneur Lado Okhotnikov, founder of Holiverse, made a statement that reframed an old idea in a new context: the long-term energy demands of artificial intelligence may eventually push infrastructure beyond Earth, toward…
Overview Energy wins Air Force contract to study space-based solar power for military bases
WASHINGTON — Overview Energy has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to study beaming space solar power to military installations, reviving a concept studied two decades ago. The startup, based in Ashburn, Virginia, announced May 6 it…
Two Decades of Solar Expertise Powering Montana's Future
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Solar farm switched on
A 'community scale solar farm' has been lit up in North Canterbury. Auckland-based firm, Lightyears Ltd, has commissioned the 8ha solar farm on Tram Rd in Swannanoa, near Rangiora. It will produce around 5MW - enough to power 1000 homes. The…
Angola switches on Africa's largest off-grid solar-plus-storage park
Portuguese group MCA has inaugurated a 31.85 MW off-grid solar park tied to 75.26 MWh of battery energy storage in Angola. The Luau photovoltaic park is now the largest off-grid solar park in Africa, surpassing the record previously set by MCA's…
There are now more than 2 million UK solar installations
Millions of solar installations now power UK homes and the grid, according to the latest government deployment data, with installation volumes hitting a rate not seen for more than a decade. Total solar capacity reached 22.1 GW at the end of March…
Firm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENA
Firm levelized costs of electricity for solar-plus-storage range from $54/MWh to $82/MWh in high-irradiance regions, IRENA said in its new report, “ 24/7 Renewables: The Economics of Firm Solar and Wind.” That compares with $70/MWh to…
Trina launches rooftop solar module with lower-voltage design
Trina Solar has unveiled a new variant of its Vertex S+ module series, designed to deliver higher output within standard rooftop constraints and tailored for Australia's residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) market. The company said the…
Top Solar Stocks To Watch Today - May 5th
Megatrends Still Matter: 3 Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years First Solar, Enphase Energy, and SolarEdge Technologies are the three Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. 'Solar stocks' are shares of companies…
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