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Google solar powering up its Project Sunroof
A few months after its release, Google's solar power evaluation tool is already being expanded throughout the US – a global roll-out must only be a matter of time. Not content with mapping the globe, correcting your rushed search terms…
Solar Farms In France Are Having An Alarming Effect On Bees And Butterflies
Solar farms not only provide a reliable source of energy, but they also change their surrounding environments. Most of these alterations are beneficial, encouraging plant growth in solar farms in deserts and increasing the abundance and diversity…
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GoSun built a practical electric tractor that charges itself with solar panels [video]
Electric farm tractors are a great idea that hasn't quite found a way to succeed in the market, but Ohio-based GoSun thinks the time is right to try again – this time with integrated solar charging technology that could give its all-electric…
Could the Clues to Ancient Alien Civilizations Be Hiding in a Bucket of Moon Dust?
Most of our experience with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been focused on capturing radio signals that alien species have sent out, whether intentionally or unintentionally. That creates a huge…
Are fish farms the future of Gulf seafood? The stakes are high for Louisiana.
The redfish were biting out in the Gulf, but not in the way they're usually caught. Instead, about 1,000 of them in total, all around 10 inches long, were in an artificial pen enclosed by netting, a machine on the surface tossing out tiny food…
US battery storage reached 52 gigawatts at mid-year; developers have 54 GW more on order through 2028
US utility-scale battery storage capacity reached nearly 52 gigawatts (GW) by the end of June 2026, the Energy Information Administration reported last month, capping three consecutive years in which the sector expanded at an average annual rate of…
US utility-scale battery capacity reached 165 gigawatt-hours by mid-year after nearly doubling in 18 months, and grid batteries delivered more electricity in eight months than they managed across all of last year
Steel containers stretch in a line across a flat desert floor, each one stacked with thousands of cells behind locked panels. Inside, there is no moving part, no exhaust, no flame. On a hot afternoon, a software command arrives, and within…
Haunting Hubble 'bubble' image captures cosmic cycle of destruction and creation
What it is: The nebula LHA 120-N44 Where it is: 160,000 light-years away, in the constellation Dorado When it was shared: Sept. 3, 2026 It looks like a gigantic hole punched through a cloud, but this spectacular new image from the Hubble Space…
Trump's right on AI: Data centers aren't the villain, anti-growth politicians are
Data centers have been around for decades. The first commercial data centers emerged in the 1960s when companies needed centralized locations to house mainframe computers. By the 1990s, the rise of the internet transformed these facilities into…
'Spraying should be the last option': how farmers are exploring alternatives to pesticides
For two decades, Phyllis Nduva, 72, has grown mangoes and citrus in Wote, a town in Kenya's eastern Makueni County. In the beginning, she only had to worry about ordinary fruit flies. She handled them simply, buying chemical pesticides and spraying…
Govt. raisin processing unit in Vijayapura to help farmers cut down on transportation costs to Maharashtra
After almost a two-year wait, grape growing farmers in Vijayapura, Bagalkot and Belagavi districts will be able to access raisin processing and a cold storage unit at Thoravi village in Vijayapura from November. Funded by the National Bank for…
With peak summer looming, why is Keralam facing a power cut crisis?
According to the KSEB, the state's average daily demand for power in September 2026 was 5,000 megawatts (MW) as against 3,794 MW in September 2025. The state has met only 4,200 MW, resulting in a shortage. On the generation side, Keralam produces…
Retired wind turbines are turning into tiny homes and alpine skis
Europe is on track for a record wind year, with 8.8 GW of new capacity installed in the first half of 2026 – a 30 per cent jump year on year. That's enough electricity to power around seven million European households and replace fossil fuel…
India sends first consignment of Bailey bridge components to flood-hit Nepal
India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the flood-affected Betrawati area, the Indian envoy in Kathmandu said. The consignment was handed over to Nepal's Road Division…
SolarEdge Targets $2.4B by 2029, Bets on AI Data Center Power Growth
Defense, Solar, and Refining Stocks Split as the Iran Conflict Raises Energy Risk SolarEdge Technologies NASDAQ: SEDG outlined plans to expand its residential and commercial solar business while pursuing a new power-conversion opportunity in…
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