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Iberdrola Said to Explore Sale of German Solar Assets
Iberdrola SA is exploring the sale of its solar assets in Germany as part of a pivot to more strategic markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Spanish energy giant is working to divest a portfolio with total installed…
UK Rejects Huge Solar Farm on Historic Blenheim Estate
The UK has rejected plans for a huge 870-megawatt solar farm that would have been built on land owned by the historic Blenheim Estate, the first refusal of a project of this size. The Botley West project would cause “substantial harm”…
Jacobs to Develop 25-Year Plan to Guide Development of Solar-Powered Airport in India
Jacobs plans to develop a 25-year plan to guide the long-term development of Cochin International Airport in India, which it said is the world's first fully solar-powered airport. Jacobs said Wednesday the plan will aim to improve capacity…
NASA's Parker Solar Probe discovers a hidden pattern in the Sun's chaotic magnetic fields
Unlike the air and water on Earth, much of the matter in space consists of electrically charged particles in a state (known as the plasma state). These particles interact strongly with magnetic and electric fields, creating turbulence that is…
Uganda turns to solar power to cut farmers' losses
A dairy farmer can spend months feeding cattle, paying workers and transporting milk to a collection centre, only to lose part of the day's earnings because the milk cannot be kept cold. In rural Uganda, where electricity is either unreliable or…
Plug-in solar and batteries may cause house fires, electricians warn
Solar panels and batteries that can be plugged into regular power outlets could cause house fires due to rushed implementation and lack of safety oversight, according to electrical trade groups. Advocates want the devices to be legalised in…
Iberdrola is said to weigh sale of German solar assets for up to $223M (IBDSF:OTCMKTS)
Iberdrola (IBDSF)(IBDRY) is considering selling its solar power assets in Germany for as much as €200 million ($223 million) as the Spanish utility shifts investment toward higher-priority markets, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing…
Mesa Grande Reservation adds solar and battery systems, plans to expand housing
Well beyond the sprawl of San Diego County suburbia, rocky canyons carve through rolling green hills with oaks trees. There, tucked around pockets of private land and national forest is the Mesa Grande Reservation, home to the Mesa Grande Band of…
Major solar-storage project provides round-the-clock power in DRC Congo
Africa's largest copper mine is now running on solar baseload power thanks to a large-scale solar-plus-storage power plant. The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, located in the Central African Copperbelt near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
John Arnold: I'm all for solar panels, but on roofs, not on good farm land
I had fairly mixed emotions last Saturday - sadness and anger. The winter is here with longer nights, shorter days, and more time spent indoors. We've no central heating in the house - never had it, and I suppose we'll hardly invest at this hour of…
Wilson throws shadow of doubt on solar expansion
Ashburton's deputy mayor has cast a shadow over the council's potential solar energy expansion. Council is working on its long-term budgets, and factoring into that is the increased cost of electricity, It faced increased line charges this year and…
Mexico's distributed solar capacity tops 5.65 GW
Mexico's cumulative distributed generation capacity reached 5,675.47 MW at the end of June 2026, according to figures published by the National Energy Commission (CNE) on Nov. 4. The country added 485.76 MW in the first half of the year, up 9.4%…
Ex-Minister Mikhail Abyzov Jailed 14 Years Over U.S. Solar Investments
A judge in Moscow has sentenced former Russian Open Government Minister Mikhail Abyzov to a total of 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of fraud, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday. Abyzov, 54, was already serving a 12-year…
Cabinet approves 3 power plants, 2 solar farms
The cabinet today approved three gas-fired power plants and two large-scale solar energy projects in peripheral regions of Israel. These major infrastructure projects will now move to the fast-track planning process overseen by the National…
Australia cancels solar panel recycling pilot, considers 'next steps'
The Australian government is considering ‘next steps' for procuring a National Solar Panel Recycling Pilot' administrator, after cancelling its search the day an ongoing six month suspension was also lifted. Undisclosed “changes to…
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