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vtdigger.org - K. Fiegenbaum - Orleans County town fights industrial solar project
Orleans County town fights industrial solar project
VTDigger

An industrial solar project proposed for a longtime hayfield in Lowell has become the subject of controversy in the small town. Located directly across the street from Lowell Graded School, the 44-acre plot has been in agricultural use for over a…

bbc.co.uk - Anttoni James Numminen - Scarborough Hospital plans for 1,000 solar panels approved
Scarborough Hospital plans for 1,000 solar panels approved
BBC

Anttoni James Numminen Local Democracy Reporting Service A hospital has been given approval to install more than 1,000 solar panels on its buildings. The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to fit 1,085 panels on the…

scientificamerican.com - Kendra Pierre-Louis - Babies with rhythm-plus Artemis delays, solar flares and PFAS concerns
Babies with rhythm-plus Artemis delays, solar flares and PFAS concerns
Scientific American

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American's Science Quickly, I'm Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You're listening to our weekly science news roundup. Last week NASA's Artemis II moon mission was delayed by at least a month. After the…

thestar.com.my - Hibiscus Petroleum begins construction on 12MWp solar PV farm in Brunei
Hibiscus Petroleum begins construction on 12MWp solar PV farm in Brunei
The Star Online

KUALA LUMPUR: Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd has commenced the construction of its 12MWp, ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on a 26-acre site in Sungai Liang industrial Park (Spark) in Brunei. The solar farm is expected to deliver its first power…

motherjones.com - Fred Pearce - Native Families Were Promised Free Solar. Trump Took It Away.
Native Families Were Promised Free Solar. Trump Took It Away.
Mother Jones

Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story is published in partnership with The Daily Yonder. It was sunny and warm for the end of November on the Rocky Boy's…

pv-magazine.com - US solar market positioned for continued growth in 2026
US solar market positioned for continued growth in 2026
pv magazine International

The global solar industry is poised to grow 20x by 2050, according to recent research from the International Solar Alliance. This growth will also create roughly 27 million new jobs. As the fog of last year's policy changes in the United States…

channelnewsasia.com - TotalEnergies to provide solar power to Google's Texas data centres
TotalEnergies to provide solar power to Google's Texas data centres
CNA

Feb 9: French power group TotalEnergies on Monday signed two long-term agreements to deliver 1 gigawatt of solar capacity to supply Google's data centres in Texas. The power will be generated from sites owned by the French major in Wichita, and…

southwalesargus.co.uk - Megan Jenkins - Heritage railway going green with new solar panels
Heritage railway going green with new solar panels
South Wales Argus

Blaenavon Heritage Railway in Torfaen has secured grant funding to install 58 solar panels and battery storage, which volunteers estimate will replace around 73 per cent of the railway's electricity usage with renewable energy. Mark Langman…

pv-magazine.com - Emiliano Bellini - United Solar begins production at Omani polysilicon factory
United Solar begins production at Omani polysilicon factory
pv magazine International

Omani solar manufacturing company United Solar Holding has begun production at its polysilicon manufacturing facility in Oman, with a planned annual capacity of 100,000 metric tons. The announcement was made by China-based Shuangliang Hydrogen in a…

marketbeat.com - Top Solar Stocks To Consider - February 8th
Top Solar Stocks To Consider - February 8th
MarketBeat

If Solar's Rally Has Legs, These 2 Stocks Could Benefit Most First Solar, Enphase Energy, and Nextpower are the three Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Solar stocks are shares of publicly traded companies…

pv-magazine.com - Patrick Jowett - TotalEnergies signs 1 GW of solar PPAs for Google's Texas data centers
TotalEnergies signs 1 GW of solar PPAs for Google's Texas data centers
pv magazine International

TotalEnergies has inked two power purchase agreements (PPAs) totaling 1 GW of new solar capacity to power data centers belonging to Google in Texas. The 15-year PPAs cover two TotalEnergies-owned sites currently under development, namely the 805 MW…

axios.com - Derek Lacey - Huntsville Utilities maps out the future of local power
Huntsville Utilities maps out the future of local power
Axios

Huntsville Utilities wants to change its governance structure, upgrade its infrastructure and increase local power generation with natural gas. Why it matters: Huntsville wants to add natural gas generation to its profile as it aims to keep up with…

bbc.co.uk - Shariqua Ahmed  - Giant Sun installation to light up Peterborough Cathedral
Giant Sun installation to light up Peterborough Cathedral
BBC

A giant illuminated Sun installation by artist Luke Jerram is to go on display at Peterborough Cathedral on Tuesday. Named after the Greek god of the Sun, 'Helios' will be suspended from the cathedral ceiling and measures seven metres in diameter.

bloomberg.com - David Fickling - China's Electrostate Falls Behind Its Solarpunk Dream
China's Electrostate Falls Behind Its Solarpunk Dream
Bloomberg

From the way some talk about it, China sounds like a vision of a zero-carbon future: A clean utopia churning out millions of electric vehicles and billions of solar panels, connected by bullet trains, high-voltage power lines and sparkling metro…

climatedepot.com - Prices Show Renewables Aren't 'Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels'
Prices Show Renewables Aren't 'Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels'
Climate Depot

Everyday States published an article claiming wind and solar power, but especially solar power, provide cheaper electric power than fossil fuels in various states. Media outlets have repeatedly made similar claims over the past decade, but as with…

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