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GREW Solar features RCB Women players in new brand film
GREW Solar has unveiled a new brand film featuring players from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women's team, including Lauren Bell, Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil. The film links themes of sporting performance with the company's focus on solar PV…
China Solar Giant Warns of Demand Whiplash after Rebate Rollback
China's struggling solar sector faces fresh turbulence as the planned removal of a key export-tax rebate threatens to disrupt demand patterns, according to Longi Green Energy Technology Co. The tax change — which is due to kick in from April…
Magnetic avalanches on the sun reveal the hidden engine powering solar flares
A giant solar flare on our sun was powered by an avalanche of smaller magnetic disturbances, providing the clearest insight yet into how energy from our star is released in a torrent of high-energy ultraviolet light and X-rays. The discovery was…
How will U.S. exit affect solar alliance? | Explained
On January 7, the U.S. government announced that it would withdraw from 66 international organisations. The reason given was that these bodies no longer served American interests. Among them were major climate platforms, including the International…
This Solar Pavilion Powers the Grid and Charges Phones from Its Seats
The typical park pavilion or bus-stop canopy offers shade but little else. A roof on posts that sits in the sun all day, casting shadows, is treated as background infrastructure that is purely functional and visually forgettable. Michael Jantzen's…
Your Subconscious Mind Could Be in Tune With the Solar System, Research Suggests
As the full moon peaks in the night sky, a transformation occurs—flesh turns to fur, finger nails to claws, man to beast. The sinister howls of the werewolf have permeated folklore for centuries, but how much does this cosmic force really…
Serbia installs 134.3 MW of solar in 2025
Serbia added 134.3 MW of solar last year, according to data shared by the Association Renewable Energy Sources of Serbia (RES Serbia). The figure is a record for a calendar year in Serbia, building on the 80 MW added in 2024, and takes the…
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Silfab Solar facility in York County
FORT MILL, S.C. — A York County judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of a Silfab Solar manufacturing facility. A judge issued an order granting York County's motion to dismiss the complaint filed by Fort Mill resident…
US court dismisses challenge to Silfab Solar factory in South Carolina
York County, South Carolina, has cleared a significant legal hurdle in its effort to host Silfab Solar's latest US manufacturing hub. Judge G.D. Morgan Jr. issued an order granting the county's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by local resident…
Solar-Powered Classrooms Transform Vocational Training in Women Prisons
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 26 – Women inmates at Kisii and Machakos prisons in Kenya are gaining new hope through vocational training, thanks to solar-powered, containerized classrooms donated by Sukuma Twende Trust, a Nairobi-based NGO. The…
Rethinking utility-scale solar inspections in an era of tighter margins
Utility-scale solar is scaling fast, but operating models haven't kept pace. As portfolios grow and margins tighten, operational efficiency has evolved from a maintenance task into a core revenue strategy. The primary bottleneck is no longer…
How to combine C&I solar with compressed air energy storage
Researchers from South Africa's University of Pretoria have conducted a multi-objective optimization study to combine commercial and industrial (C&I) PV systems with compressed air energy storage (CAES). The study is aimed to minimize total system…
Why silver is rallying even without Wall Street's support
Silver's trailblazing rally has caught some investors by surprise — but Wall Street isn't leading the charge. Spot silver was trading around $108 per troy ounce early on Tuesday, after pulling back from its record high above $117 per ounce.
Jackery releases 2 kW solar gazebo
Chinese solar and storage company Jackery has taken the wraps off its long-promised solar gazebo, a 2,000 W patio branded as the Jackery Solar Gazebo. The gazebo, which was on show at CES 2026 at the Jackery booth, uses integrated solar components…
Okra Solar, Infra Credit eye 25,000 rural Nigerians - The Nation Newspaper
Okra Solar and InfraCredit have sealed debt financing deal of a mesh-grid project under InfraCredit's Climate Finance Blending Facility (CFBF). The deal targets no fewer than 25,000 rural Nigerians not connected to the national grid. The world's…
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