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Commercial Solar Projects in Rajkot: Types and Benefits
With the influence of sustainability and electricity prices, the rise in commercial solar projects in Rajkot is making a considerable impact on India's business landscape. In particular, Gujarat has become a solar adoption hub. Several businesses…
JA Takes Integrated Solar-Plus-Storage Solutions on the Road Across Europe
PABIANICE, Poland, Sept. 4, 2026 /CNW/ -- JA has officially launched its first European roadshow, Journey Ahead: JA Roadshow 2026, with the inaugural stop in Poland. The mobile showcase will travel across the continent over the next eight weeks…
WeWork India to develop 10 MWp solar power plant in Karnataka
WeWork India Management Limited, a flexible workspace developer promoted by real estate developer Embassy Group, plans to develop a 10 MWp (DC) ground-mounted solar power plant in Karnataka with an investment of ₹35 crore. The location is…
Is Google paying for Cypress Solar-or are you?
Is Google paying in full for its massive solar farm to power its West Memphis data center or not? One would think it is a simple ‘yes' or ‘no' answer. On a damage-control press tour after a tumultuous week that included splashy…
Alberta government touts the Oct. 1 launch of $14 solar panel recycling fee, landfill ban
Albertans purchasing new solar panels next month will face a hefty fee for recycling them. Environment Minister Grant Hunter announced Thursday a ban on landfill disposal for the panels and the $14 recycling fee per panel beginning Oct. 1. Hunter…
A 3.5-gigawatt US solar factory runs no silicon wafers at all, and the key material inside every panel was headed for a copper refinery waste pile
A sheet of glass rolls into a machine and vapor condenses onto its surface in layers thinner than a human hair. No silicon crystal is grown, sliced, or handled anywhere in the building. About four and a half hours later, a fully functioning solar…
PM Surya Ghar: Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra lead residential rooftop solar installations in August
India's residential rooftop solar power capacity under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) surpassed 16,000 MW in August with Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra leading the tally. Under the PMSG: MBY, the pan-India installed residential…
How did the infant sun form? Scientists get surprising new insights from 4.6-billion-year-old space dust
New research suggests that dust from meteorites contains a 'fossil record' dating back to the formation of the sun. The research reveals that magnetism played a far greater role in the birth of the solar system than had previously been suspected.
Beyond Recycling: How An Indian Company Is Turning Industrial Waste Into Precision Metal
Most of India's manufacturing runs on raw materials that are either mined fresh or imported, and both routes have gotten less predictable in recent years, as commodity prices swing and supply chains for critical metals concentrate around a handful…
Trump's bid to shield chip supply chain could backfire in Tennessee
A Tennessee factory that Washington had hoped to protect as part of a push to safeguard the US semiconductor supply chain is at risk of closure after the Trump administration's new trade measures drove away its two remaining customers, according to…
Avionics and Software
For Artemis II, the software supported both automated and manual operations as needed. The automated system can operate through loss of communication and scenarios where the system is affected by radiation. The crew can take over manual operation…
SSERVI CAN-5: Final Text Released - NASA Science
The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate (HSMD) have released the final text of the fifth Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN-5) as NNH26ZDA016C.
As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. John Boyer grew up on his family's 131 acres of rolling fields of corn, oats, and wheat in a rural area near the…
Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
Fusion startup Realta Fusion this week announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric that will place one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants in the country in Wisconsin. The partnership comes as utilities around the world have been…
This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It'll Only Cost $15 Million
The founders of a Seattle-based nonprofit want to be the first to launch a spacecraft toward the nearest star system, although they're hoping they will be among the last to get there. This week, the Fermi Explorer Mission announced an ambitious…
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