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bbc.co.uk - Aimee Dexter - Work starts on solar park in Waterbeach to power bin lorries - BBC News
Work starts on solar park in Waterbeach to power bin lorries - BBC News
BBC

Image source, Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Construction work has started on a solar park that will power electric bin lorries. The 1MW solar scheme will help cut the amount of carbon emissions generated by waste collections in and around…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - First Solar Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
First Solar Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
MarketWatch

Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR rallied 1.48% to $241.36 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.19% to 6,963.74 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.80%…

theguardian.com - Amelia Hill - Solar grazing: 'triple-win' for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?
Solar grazing: 'triple-win' for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies?
The Guardian

On a blustery Lincolnshire morning, Hannah Thorogood paused between two ranks of solar panels. Her sheep nosedived into the grass under their shelter and began to graze. “When I first started out, 18 acres and 20 sheep was as much as I could…

bbc.co.uk - Jamie Waller - Lincolnshire solar farm to last 60 years, county council says - BBC News
Lincolnshire solar farm to last 60 years, county council says - BBC News
BBC

A solar farm planned for the Lincolnshire countryside will remain until about 2090, the county council has said. Fosse Green Energy Limited (FGEL) is seeking a 60-year development consent order to put panels on about 3,000 acres of land in North…

itweb.co.za - Sibahle Malinga - Solar-powered EVs set to transform African mobility markets
Solar-powered EVs set to transform African mobility markets
www.itweb.co.za

EV adoption in Africa could accelerate before 2040, but high financing costs remain the main barrier to uptake. Electric vehicles (EVs) could become economically competitive across large parts of Africa well before 2040, driven by falling…

scmp.com - Themis Qi - Chinese solar firms eye price hikes amid silver surge, scrapping of tax rebate
Chinese solar firms eye price hikes amid silver surge, scrapping of tax rebate
South China Morning Post

Overseas solar panel buyers are facing price increases as Chinese manufacturers look set to pass on higher costs to customers amid rising silver prices and the impending withdrawal of an export tax rebate. Trina Solar, one of the world's top four…

hollywoodreporter.com - Rick Porter - 'Solar Opposites' Alumni Land Animated Series at Prime Video
'Solar Opposites' Alumni Land Animated Series at Prime Video
The Hollywood Reporter

Prime Video is adding to its adult animation roster with a series from Solar Opposites alumni Mike McMahan and Dominic Dierkes. The Amazon-owned streamer has picked up Odd Jobs, a show set 100 years or so in the future that follows a group of gig…

deadline.com - Denise Petski - Prime Video Orders Animated Series 'Odd Jobs' From 'Solar Opposites' Team
Prime Video Orders Animated Series 'Odd Jobs' From 'Solar Opposites' Team
Deadline

Prime Video has handed a series order to Odd Jobs, a future-set adult animated comedy co-created and executive produced by Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Solar Opposites) and Dominic Dierkes (Solar Opposites). The series comes from CBS…

variety.com - Joe Otterson - Amazon Orders Animated Comedy Series 'Odd Jobs' From 'Solar Opposites' Team Mike McMahan, Dominic Dierkes
Amazon Orders Animated Comedy Series 'Odd Jobs' From 'Solar Opposites' Team Mike McMahan, Dominic Dierkes
Variety

Amazon Prime Video has picked up the animated comedy series “Odd Jobs,” Variety has learned. The series hails from co-creators Mike McMahan and Dominic Dierkes. The logline for the series states, “The year is 2127, the world is…

newswire.ca - Polar Racking - Polar Racking Enters Australian Market with 240 MW Maryvale Solar and Energy Storage Project
Polar Racking Enters Australian Market with 240 MW Maryvale Solar and Energy Storage Project
CNW

TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2026 /CNW/ - Polar Racking has supplied foundation solutions for the 240 MW Maryvale Solar and Energy Storage Project in New South Wales, marking the company's first project in Australia. The Maryvale project, which is situated in…

rappler.com - Isagani de Castro Jr. - How Leviste's canceled Solar Philippines contracts affect you
How Leviste's canceled Solar Philippines contracts affect you
RAPPLER

MANILA, Philippines – For Energy Secretary Sharon Garin, the controversy over the energy contracts of Batangas congressman Leandro Leviste 's Solar Philippines all boils down to one important issue: how it affects the cost of electricity in…

thewrap.com - Kayla Cobb - Prime Video Orders Adult Animated Comedy 'Odd Jobs' From 'Solar Opposites' Vets
Prime Video Orders Adult Animated Comedy 'Odd Jobs' From 'Solar Opposites' Vets
TheWrap

Prime Video is expanding its slate of adult animation with “Odd Jobs,” a new comedy from “Solar Opposites” and “Star Trek: Lower Decks” creator Mike McMahan and “Solar Opposites” and…

dailystar.co.uk - Dan Grennan - Discovery of ocean on Mars rewrites solar system history as Red Planet was blue
Discovery of ocean on Mars rewrites solar system history as Red Planet was blue
Daily Star

The Red Planet was half blue at one stage, according to space boffins. A research team using images from cameras orbiting Mars have said it was a 'blue planet' around three billion years ago – with an ocean at least as large as the Arctic…

pv-magazine.com - Patrick Jowett - Romania installs 2.2 GW of solar in 2025
Romania installs 2.2 GW of solar in 2025
pv magazine International

Romania added 2.2 GW of solar in 2025, according to figures from the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA). The result marks a third consecutive year of growth in Romania's solar sector, improving on last year's 1.7 GW, and takes total…

newswire.ca - Neoen - Neoen signs a 25-year PPA with SaskPower for its 157 MWp / 100 MWac Mino Giizis Solar Energy Facility
Neoen signs a 25-year PPA with SaskPower for its 157 MWp / 100 MWac Mino Giizis Solar Energy Facility
CNW

Neoen has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Saskatchewan Power Corporation for its 157 MWp / 100 MWac Mino Giizis Solar Energy Facility The SaskPower procurement process was co-led by the First Nations Power Authority Neoen's…

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