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Grew Solar appoints Rajat Gupta as head of marketing & communications
Rajat Gupta has joined Grew Solar as head of marketing & communications, bringing nearly two decades of experience across renewable energy, automotive, healthcare, consumer brands and corporate communications. In his new role, Gupta will oversee…
China says solar power capacity surpasses coal for first time
China's installed solar energy capacity has surpassed that of coal-fired power for the first time, the national energy body said Tuesday, hailing the milestone. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases…
Canadian Solar's (CSIQ) Backlog Balloons While The Bottom Line Bleeds
Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) delivered a second quarter that reads like two different companies at once. On the one hand, the manufacturer just flipped the switch on the first commercially operational heterojunction solar cell plant in the US. On…
PUD to celebrate opening of south Everett solar project
EVERETT — What was once a field of overgrown grass near a south Everett park is now home to a small solar array, with proceeds from the facility's generated power helping people with lower incomes pay their energy bills. The Snohomish County…
China better suited to build, not own, Indonesia's solar dream
Indonesia wants China's help building enough solar power to electrify 100 mid-sized cities without actually owning the capacity. On July 17 in Shanghai, Indonesia's economy minister, Airlangga Hartarto, asked China's trade minister, Wang Wentao, to…
Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 at 8 a.m. ET Head of Investor Relations - Wina Huang CEO - Colin Parkin CEO of Canadian Solar subsidiary, Recurrent Energy - Dylan Marx Senior VP and CFO - Xinbo Zhu Executive Chairman and CTO - Dr. Shawn Qu Revenue -- $1.2…
Leandro Leviste sells another P3 billion in SPNEC shares as solar controversies mount
MANILA, Philippines – Batangas Representative Leandro Leviste has sold another P3 billion worth of shares in SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC), further cutting his stake in the solar company he founded to just 11.51% as he faces mounting…
US Battery Installs to Hit Record in 2026, Industry Report Says
The US added a record amount of energy storage in the second quarter and is on pace to reach an all-time high this year, according to an industry trade report. The country installed 20.2 gigawatt-hours of capacity during the three months ended in…
Odyssey Energy Raises $74 Million to Supercharge Small-Scale Solar
As old and increasingly strained as the U.S. electric grid is, Americans can still mostly count on it to keep the lights on. The average U.S. resident experiences just a few hours of power outages each year thanks to the country's sprawling…
Youngone details solar, healthcare push in ESG report
Youngone, a South Korean manufacturer of outdoor and athletic apparel and footwear, has released the English edition of its 2025 Sustainability Report, expanding global access to information on its environmental, social and governance performance…
Mamamoo's Solar reveals she was recently attacked in Los Angeles, hit by a chair
In a livestream on Monday (Aug 31), Solar of K-pop group Mamamoo revealed that she was recently attacked in Los Angeles, USA. Solar of K-pop girl group Mamamoo revealed in a livestream on Monday (Aug 31) that she and her entourage were recently…
Just how many solar panels does it take to stop landslides in Nepal - Especially terrible ones 800 years ago?!
The devastating landslides in Nepal were quickly blamed on climate change. But in this article, Jo Nova shows what that narrative leaves out. Landslides have always been common in the steep, rain-soaked and earthquake-prone Himalayas. Around 1190…
City of Cape Town signs solar power deals for electricity up to 21 percent cheaper than Eskom
Cape Town has signed two 20-year power purchase agreements to buy 70MW of solar power from independent producers in Atlantis and Philippi. The city says the agreements will provide power at rates below current Eskom prices The City of Cape Town has…
What are homes getting back from their solar panels?
This is an extract from the latest edition of Temperature Check, The Journal's monthly climate newsletter, which was sent to subscribers last week. Sign up at the end of this article to receive Temperature Check to your email inbox. With how grey…
Google to pay Entergy Arkansas $526 million for solar facility to feed West Memphis data center | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Google will pay Entergy Arkansas $526 million to build Cypress Solar, about one-third of the $1.6 billion price tag of the solar and battery facility. That plant -- a 600-megawatt solar field and 350-megawatt battery solar facility -- will feed the…
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