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F&O Strategy: Buy Solar Industries call
The long-term outlook remains positive for the stock of Solar Industries India (₹20,000) while the short-term outlook is neutral. The immediate support is at ₹18,555. A conclusive close below this will change the short-term outlook…
MPs criticise Green Hill Solar Farm approval in Northamptonshire
Two Conservative MPs have criticised the approval of plans for one of the biggest solar farms in the country. Stuart Andrew, the MP for Daventry and Sarah Bool, the MP for South Northamptonshire, claimed Green Hill Solar Farm would take up farmland…
TV presenter visits community-owned solar project in Ayrshire town
TV presenter and architectural designer, Charlie Luxton, visited Ayr this week to see first hand a community-owned solar project in action. The SP Energy Networks and TV host joined forces for a roadshow to educate communities throughout the…
Austria: 43,300 applications for solar subsidies submitted in just ten minutes
Austria opened its third and final funding round of the year for photovoltaic systems and battery storage on Thursday afternoon. Demand was even higher than in the previous round, according to an announcement issued Friday by the Federal Ministry…
More than 70% of announced U.S. solar manufacturing expansion plans yet to be financed
In the final part of the special Austin-debrief series of articles this week in pv magazine, I review the outlook for U.S. solar manufacturing capital expenditure (capex) by quarter to the end of 2027. For reference, Part 1 of the series addressed…
He'll Inherit His Mother's Phoenix House and 17 Years of Someone Else's Solar Lease. The Buyer's Lender Will Want It Gone, and the Payoff Will Be $31,000
His mother's Phoenix house came to him with a roof full of solar panels she never owned. A solar company owns them, and its lease has 17 years left to run. When he lists the house, the buyer's lender will almost certainly want that contract cleared…
One table of US grid interconnection queues: solar, storage, wind and data center requests
Every new solar farm, battery, wind project, gas plant and large load (data centers, chip fabs, hydrogen) has to file an interconnection request with its grid operator before it can connect. The queues are public. For anyone selling into energy…
In-State Solar Mandates are Bananas
Are you thinking what I'm thinking, B1? I think I am, B2! It's shutoff time! Imagine the brilliant lawmakers in your state passed a law requiring that 4 percent of the groceries in your cart on every trip to the store had to be bananas. Now imagine…
Stratospheric Balloon Telescope Peeks Above The Clouds At The Sun
There's lots of things you can do with balloons. Children's birthday parties come to mind, as do retirement parties. But you can also observe the Sun in unprecedented detail with one - or at least with a suite of equipment attached to a gondola…
Can Beijing end the race to the bottom?
China's solar industry has spent two decades proving how far costs can fall. It is now confronting a harder question: how low is too low? The need for an answer has become urgent. In the first half of 2026, some of China's largest solar…
We Must Embrace, Not Pause, AI and Data Centers
China, Iran, North Korea and ISIS won't pause their AI race. The US would be crazy to do so. A recent Friends of the Earth email wailed that Urgent Action is needed to prevent massive data centers from destroying communities, the environment and…
As companies pour billions into Earth-based AI infrastructure, Google taking the data center race off-planet
The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility. Last week, Google's Project Suncatcher launched a refrigerator-sized satellite carrying four AI chips into…
Exclusive-Aiden Buzzetti: Don't Let China Wire America's Data Centers
America is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build data centers in an attempt to lead the development of new artificial intelligence technology. Both lobbyists and lawmakers argue constantly about who could or should make the chips inside…
Beyond gigawatts: Why India's clean energy future depends on storage intelligence
For decades, the success of India's renewable energy transition has largely been measured in gigawatts. That indicator remains relevant, but it is no longer sufficient. The more important question today is how effectively the electricity system can…
Scots have 'daily chance' of seeing Northern Lights as phenomenon visible today
Scotland is well known for its stunning waterfalls, striking castles and awe inspiring mountain ranges. While these can be visited at any time of the year, Scots and visitors may want to look further up over the weekend as a much rarer solar event…
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