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U.S. weighs polysilicon price floor, tariffs to counter China in solar and chips
The Trump administration is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon and related products, according to four people familiar with the plan, putting a material critical to solar panels and semiconductors at the center of U.S.
New Images Reveal The Sun Like Never Before Ahead Total Solar Eclipse
Caption: The highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with…
High bills, cheap panels drive a Philippine solar surge
Edwin Salas watched as the first of 20 solar panels was installed on the roof of his home, joining a Philippine solar energy boom sent into overdrive by the Middle East war. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The country's eye-watering electric bills…
Batteries keeping pace with Swiss home solar trend
Compared to July 2025, clean solar energy production jumped 43% last month, according to data from Energy-Charts. This increase is explained by exceptional sunshine, but also by the continued growth in the number of photovoltaic installations…
Australia to Cut Price of Rooftop Solar for Factories, AFR Says
Australia will cut the price of installing solar panels on warehouse and factory rooftops, the Australian Financial Review reported, in the latest move by the government to accelerate the rollout of green energy. Energy Minister Chris Bowen will…
DOE cuts solar from loan meant to stop blackouts in Puerto Rico
The funds are expected to finance the construction of 220 megawatts of battery energy storage systems in Arecibo and Santa Isabel, providing enough backup electricity for more than 100,000 customers during power shortages. The administration has…
NASA's PUNCH mission can now accurately predict when solar storms will hit Earth
In March 2025, NASA launched the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission in an effort to better understand solar weather. It consists of a constellation of four microsatellites, monitoring the sun 24/7. Those satellites…
New model could accelerate development of next-generation solar cells and LEDs
The race to develop more efficient solar cells, brighter displays, and lower-energy optoelectronic devices has increasingly focused on a class of materials known as two-dimensional (2D) perovskites. Scientists have long been attracted to these…
A bad omen: How solar eclipses were interpreted by our ancient ancestors
On August 12, Europe – in particular the Iberian peninsula – will look to the sky to witness a historic solar eclipse. We already know when it will begin, how long it will last, and what part of the sun will be hidden behind the moon.
These tiny swirls on the sun could trigger solar flares
High-energy whirlpools speckle the sun's surface. New telescope images show characteristic swirls of magnetized plasma across a 19-kilometer-wide patch of the sun's surface. The observations, reported August 5 in Nature, are the most detailed taken…
How many solar panels you need according to your house type
How many solar panels your home needs depends partly on its size. A one- or two-bedroom property will generally require fewer panels than a large detached house, while the typical three-bedroom UK home may need around eight to 12, depending on the…
FTC Solar: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — FTC Solar Inc. (FTCI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $27.1 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Austin, Texas-based company said it had a loss of $1.69. Losses, adjusted…
Solar panel fire breaks out at Yuen Long village house, expert warns of maintenance needs
A fire broke out on the rooftop of a three-storey village house in Sheung Chuk Yuen Tsuen, Yuen Long on Monday morning, with fire officials suspecting a solar panel system was the cause. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The blaze, which sent thick…
Major solar project considered on property north of Bend
For more than a year, Deschutes County commissioners and staff looked into the possibility of building a county-owned RV park, campground and recreation area a few miles north of Bend, off Fort Thompson Lane and U.S. Highway 97. That was in 2024…
A month after Congress killed the solar tax credit, the industry is anything but dead
America's 250th birthday on July 4th marked the last day to “safe harbor” a new solar project and still get the 30% solar tax credit – a milestone that many feared would mean the death of home solar. 28 days (ish) later…
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