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First Solar Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors
Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR slipped 2.21% to $233.30 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.28% to 6,861.89 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…
Doncaster solar farm given go-ahead despite objections
Plans for a solar farm in Doncaster have been given the go-ahead despite objections from residents. The 536-hectare development near the villages of Fenwick, Moss, Topham and Sykehouse was granted development consent by the Department of Energy…
Poll: 75% of Trump Voters Support Expanding Solar Energy in the U.S.
A survey released Thursday by former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway reports strong backing among Trump voters for increasing solar energy production to bolster the nation's power supply. The polling memo, dated February 2026 and conducted by…
Solar flares may be triggering earthquakes, controversial study claims
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Solar companies lose bid to restore Maine incentives
A federal judge has dealt a blow to solar companies' attempt to block a rollback of state incentives for the industry passed by Maine lawmakers. U.S. District Judge Stacey Neumann on Tuesday denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by the…
Garmin's tough Instinct 2X Solar Tactical Edition just became cheaper than ever
The Garmin Instinct 2X Solar Tactical Edition screams durability. | Image by Garmin If you're looking for a truly tough wearable with solid battery life, the Instinct 2X Solar might just be the one for you. Believe it or not, this Garmin watch…
Perch Energy buys Solstice, deepening US community solar push
A new acquisition in the US community solar sector starkly illustrates the changing dynamics in the broader industry, and underscores growing efforts by key players to scale. Perch Energy this week said it was buying Solstice, leaving it with over…
South Africa adds 1.6 GW of solar in 2025
South Africa deployed 1.6 GW of solar in 2025, according to the Global Solar Council's Africa market outlook. The figure is an improvement on the 1.1 GW added in 2024 but down on a record 2.6 GW from 2023. According to analysis from the South…
Home Bargains £3.99 'cosy' solar light is perfect outside tables
Home Bargains is selling loads of outdoor lighting at the moment. With everything from string lights to flower-shaped lights, there is no shortage of ways to add a glow to your garden, balcony or patio while adding a unique touch too. One lamp…
Solar farm one step closer to expanding in East Windsor
The developers of a solar farm in East Windsor are looking to expand, and they could be one step closer to doing so. But neighbors there have been against the expansion from the start. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. About…
TotalEnergies signs deal to supply 1 GW of solar power for Google data centers
In addition to the effects that renewable energy has had on the world's global energy market, there has also been an increasing trend towards how companies and the people of this planet consume their energy. Companies are looking for alternatives…
Rethinking solar and storage ROI: Beyond old efficiency assumptions
For most of solar's modern history, system performance modeling followed a simple rule: when the sun is shining, solar produces. Inverters operated near their optimal power range, exported excess energy to the grid, and financial projections…
New single-diode model tackles recombination losses in solar cells
The single-diode model (SDM) is an electrical equivalent circuit used to represent the behavior of solar cells and is widely used to simulate and predict the current–voltage (I–V) characteristics of solar panels under different…
Solar Stocks To Keep An Eye On - February 19th
If Solar's Rally Has Legs, These 2 Stocks Could Benefit Most First Solar, Enphase Energy, Nextpower, SolarEdge Technologies, and Sunrun are the five Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Solar stocks are shares…
AI can now predict solar cell efficiency from wafer quality
Researchers at Korea University have created a machine-learning model that can reportedly predict cell efficiency from wafer quality. “We developed this industrial data-driven machine learning framework using more than 100,000 solar cell…
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