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Major Northern Lights Alert For 22 States Monday After Solar Flare
The aurora borealis glow over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, England, on Nov. 12, 2025. NOAA is forecasting a G3 geomagnetic storm overnight on Monday, Jan. 19 through Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in the wake of an X1.9-class solar flare. (Photo…
Warwickshire village welcomes solar-powered electric vehicle hub - BBC News
A Warwickshire village will soon have its own public electric vehicle (EV) charging facility, after a long-fought campaign by a local community energy group. The unit, to be built in Harbury village car park, is within a 10 minute walk of most…
New software identifies optimal rooftops for C&I solar
Planno, a software company based in United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched subscription-based prospecting software for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developers and planners to use to identify and qualify promising rooftops in a growing…
Equinor brings hybrid solar and wind power facility online in Brazil's Bahia region
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has achieved a groundbreaking milestone in renewable energy development with the launch of its innovative power generation facility. The company's Brazilian operations have successfully integrated cutting-edge solar…
Why Maharashtra's solar pump scheme is grabbing attention globally
As governments search for ways to make irrigation cleaner, cheaper and less risky, one question remains unanswered: Can a model designed in one State travel to others? The pressures are similar everywhere — agriculture dependent on erratic…
ACME Solar adds 12 MW wind capacity in Gujarat, takes project to 68 MW
ACME Solar Holdings has commissioned an additional 12 megawatts of wind power capacity at its Surendaranagar project in Gujarat, bringing the facility's total operational capacity to 68 MW out of a planned 100 MW, the company announced Monday. The…
UAE's Masdar Raising Green Finance On An 'Industrial Scale', Says CFO
Illustration courtesy Getty Creatives. The United Arab Emirates' renewable energy company Masdar is deploying green finance on an 'industrial scale' and setting global standards in the sphere, according to its finance chief. Speaking on Friday at…
Chinese scientists build 31.13%-efficient perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell via 2D seeding agent
A research team from Northwestern Polytechnical University, jointly with Xi'an Shiyou University and Xidian University, has developed a novel perovskite film crystallization regulation strategy for tandem wide-bandgap organic-inorganic hybrid…
Home solar in rural America: how much battery do you need to run a well pump?
There's no shortage of advice on how to size a home solar system, but most of it assumes a suburban house with city water and a long list of optional loads. Rural homes play by different rules, and when your water comes from a well, keeping the…
Opinion | Clean energy works at scale. Now it must be coordinated
For much of the past decade, the energy transition debate has largely revolved around one question: can clean technologies work at scale? That is increasingly being answered. Solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) have…
Three hours of free power scheme could favour well-off: energy giants
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Major energy retailers have asked for more time to comply with rules forcing them to offer three hours of free daytime power, and…
Is Louisiana bucking a national trend on greenhouse gas emissions? Here's what the numbers say.
Louisiana has been among the nation's biggest greenhouse gas emitters due to its heavy industry, but new data shows the state may be at least temporarily bucking a trend. While climate-warming emissions increased nationwide last year, Louisiana's…
Massive High-Velocity Coronal Mass Ejection Blasts From Sun, Earth Impact Possible In Days
The Space Weather Prediction Center issued an alert Sunday afternoon after a powerful X1.9 solar flare erupted on the Sun, with the space weather event expected to produce an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME). Stefan Burns, a geophysicist…
Adani Solar secures spot in Wood-Mackenzie's rankings: Why it matters
What's the story Adani Solar, the solar photovoltaic manufacturing division of Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), has made a major mark on the global clean energy stage. The company is the only Indian firm to make it to Wood Mackenzie's Global…
Eruption from Sun's surface could spark aurora for northern states
Forecasters at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center monitored a solar flare lasting for hours on Sunday. The Coronal Mass Ejection that came with it could produce aurora for northern states and Canada Monday night. A sunspot erupted earlier today…
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