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space.com - Julian Dossett - Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
Space

The growing debris field in Earth orbit may someday endanger our access to the stars. Today, that field consists of nearly 130 million pieces of space junk — dead satellites, old rocket bodies and tiny fragments generated by on-orbit…

chron.com - JAKE ZUCKERMAN/Signal Ohio - Voters in MAGA-friendly Ohio county preserve ban on wind and solar
Voters in MAGA-friendly Ohio county preserve ban on wind and solar
Chron

Richland County voters on Tuesday backed a move by their three county commissioners and preserved a ban on wind and solar power by a thinner margin than partisan politics may suggest. In a tight contest, 12,189 voters (52.9%) voted to uphold a ban…

pcmag.com - Juhi Wadia - Score 24-Hour Security While Saving 40% Off This Eufy Solar Security Camera
Score 24-Hour Security While Saving 40% Off This Eufy Solar Security Camera
PCMag

We love a good security camera deal. Right now, Amazon has the Eufy SoloCam S220 Solar Security Camera on sale for $59.99, down from its $99.99 list price. That saves you $40, which is a 40% price cut, on a wire-free 2K camera that has integrated…

livescience.com - Victoria Atkinson - Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
Live Science

Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable industrial chemicals and clean fuel, potentially…

arkansasonline.com -  Bloomberg - COLUMNIST: Myths and reality about solar panels | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
COLUMNIST: Myths and reality about solar panels | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

We live in an age of both scientific miracles and superstition about science, increasing more or less in tandem. One year we're creating novel vaccines that arrest a global pandemic, and four years later we've got measles outbreaks because people…

radaronline.com - Radar Staff - Space-Based Solar Energy for AI: Vision, Limits, and Open Questions
Space-Based Solar Energy for AI: Vision, Limits, and Open Questions
RadarOnline

In December, AI entrepreneur Lado Okhotnikov, founder of Holiverse, made a statement that reframed an old idea in a new context: the long-term energy demands of artificial intelligence may eventually push infrastructure beyond Earth, toward…

spacenews.com - Jeff Foust - Overview Energy wins Air Force contract to study space-based solar power for military bases
Overview Energy wins Air Force contract to study space-based solar power for military bases
SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — Overview Energy has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to study beaming space solar power to military installations, reviving a concept studied two decades ago. The startup, based in Ashburn, Virginia, announced May 6 it…

missoulian.com - Advertiser Content from FREEDOM SOLUTIONS - Two Decades of Solar Expertise Powering Montana's Future
Two Decades of Solar Expertise Powering Montana's Future
The Missoulian

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marketbeat.com - Solar Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - May 6th
Solar Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - May 6th
MarketBeat

Megatrends Still Matter: 3 Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years First Solar, SolarEdge Technologies, and Enphase Energy are the three Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Solar stocks are shares of publicly…

pv-magazine.com - Patrick Jowett - Angola switches on Africa's largest off-grid solar-plus-storage park
Angola switches on Africa's largest off-grid solar-plus-storage park
pv magazine International

Portuguese group MCA has inaugurated a 31.85 MW off-grid solar park tied to 75.26 MWh of battery energy storage in Angola. The Luau photovoltaic park is now the largest off-grid solar park in Africa, surpassing the record previously set by MCA's…

rnz.co.nz - How do you adapt to life with solar panels?
How do you adapt to life with solar panels?
RNZ News

When electrician Michael Dobb converts a home to solar, he has to teach some old dogs a few new tricks. “What I pretty much tell them is they probably have to do the complete opposite to what they've done their whole life...” says…

pv-magazine.com - Matthew Lynas - There are now more than 2 million UK solar installations
There are now more than 2 million UK solar installations
pv magazine International

Millions of solar installations now power UK homes and the grid, according to the latest government deployment data, with installation volumes hitting a rate not seen for more than a decade. Total solar capacity reached 22.1 GW at the end of March…

pv-magazine.com - Brian Publicover - Firm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENA
Firm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENA
pv magazine International

Firm levelized costs of electricity for solar-plus-storage range from $54/MWh to $82/MWh in high-irradiance regions, IRENA said in its new report, “ 24/7 Renewables: The Economics of Firm Solar and Wind.” That compares with $70/MWh to…

pv-magazine.com - Ev Foley - Trina launches rooftop solar module with lower-voltage design
Trina launches rooftop solar module with lower-voltage design
pv magazine International

Trina Solar has unveiled a new variant of its Vertex S+ module series, designed to deliver higher output within standard rooftop constraints and tailored for Australia's residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) market. The company said the…

thehindubusinessline.com - Oswal Pumps bags ₹162 crore solar pump order from Maharashtra utility
Oswal Pumps bags ₹162 crore solar pump order from Maharashtra utility
BusinessLine

Oswal Pumps Limited secured a ₹162.06 crore order from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) on Wednesday for the supply and installation of 6,896 off-grid DC solar photovoltaic water pumping systems, the…

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