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First Solar Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day
Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR slid 4.03% to $179.08 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.11% to 7,718.94 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…
The Sun's Death Could Tear Apart the Outer Solar System Much Sooner Than Thought
Our Sun is just like any other star. That is, eventually the Sun will run out of fuel and effectively collapse—taking out, presumably, most things in our neighborhood. That won't pose a problem for those of us alive right now, but for those…
In 3 weeks, over 77,000 households register for Delhi's rooftop solar scheme
3 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google More than 77,000 households have registered for Delhi's rooftop solar scheme since its launch over three weeks ago, officials said on Wednesday, crossing one-third of the government's target…
Toyo expands Texas solar factory amid tariff circumvention probe
Japanese solar manufacturer Toyo Co., Ltd. celebrated the expansion of its Humble, Texas module assembly plant on October 6, even as a federal trade investigation threatens to complicate its supply chain. The ceremony marked the facility's growth…
TOYO completes 2 GW solar module expansion in Texas
TOYO Co., Ltd. has completed the expansion of its solar module factory in Humble, Texas, lifting the facility's nameplate capacity to 2 gigawatts. The company separately plans a $357 million heterojunction (HJT) solar cell facility at the same…
Pelham residents split over solar project that would clear 34 acres near UMass research forest
PELHAM — A proposed 4.4-megawatt solar installation off Tower Road that would require clearing 34 acres of privately owned woodland next to Cadwell State Forest to accommodate 7.7 acres of panels is drawing both support and opposition. At…
Worldwide Boom In Solar Power Might Just Bring Hope To Your Coal-Black Heart
There's a tendency to treat climate change like it's a lost cause, that inevitable doom is just around the corner, and that the Earth will be a wasteland in a generation or two (or sooner). It's true that ice caps are melting, sea levels are…
Engineers develop wearable solar device to power soldiers' gear in the field
A U.S. soldier may carry up to 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of batteries to power communications equipment and other electronics on missions. New research from FIU could help lighten that load. A team of engineers has developed a dual-use, razor-thin…
Solar panel promises turn into costly problems for Texas homeowners. Who's responsible?
HOUSTON – For one Texas homeowner, solar panel were supposed to mean lower energy costs. Instead, she says the company she paid disappeared, the panels aren't working and the monthly bill never went away. She's still paying $79 a month.
A solar cell reached 31 percent efficiency without a gram of scarce indium inside it, and the replacement costs a fraction as much to produce
Inside almost every high-efficiency solar cell sits a nearly invisible layer of metal oxide, thinner than a human hair. That layer holds the entire device together electrically, and it has quietly become a chokepoint for the industry. A team of…
Trina Solar researchers propose new classification of ultraviolet-induced degradation in TOPCon solar cells
Scientists from Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar have proposed a new classification of ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) in TOPCon solar cells, distinguishing between reversible (r-UVID) and irreversible (ir-UVID) degradation. The aim is…
400% power bill rise after solar install
Waitara's Ōwae Marae is warning others to be wary when converting to solar energy after an over-engineered installation led to an electricity bill blowout. Poor advice and industry assumptions made the solar installation on Ōwae's new…
Australian industry reliant on gas for 'foreseeable future', resources minister tells press club
The resources minister, Madeleine King, says Australian industry will be reliant on gas for the “foreseeable future”, and that the national gas reservation scheme will push down power prices. But the Western Australian MP did not put…
Europe's second energy crisis largely skipped the solar hours
Europe has now lived through two energy crises in four years, and on the surface the second looks like a smaller copy of the first. In Spain, Germany and Greece, day-ahead prices rose in both, and in each case the shock followed a war that began in…
Searchlight's IPS buys solar inverter servicer Bold Renewables from Right Lane
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