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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…
Warm Springs weighs large-scale solar projects on reservation lands
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are reviewing proposals for large-scale solar energy developments that could span thousands of acres on the Warm Springs Reservation, including land once considered for a racetrack. Austin Smith Jr., general…
Solar array to power Poland Spring plant in Holllis
Primo Brands, an owner of several bottled water brands nationwide, has launched a solar project at its Poland Spring bottling plant in the York County town of Hollis. The 13-megawatt, direct-current on-site solar installation was developed in…
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…
Observations by Aditya-L1 help decode unusual dawn-time geomagnetic disturbances during strong solar storms
Observations and measurements made by India's maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, have helped to decode the unusual dawn-time geomagnetic disturbances during strong solar storms. Geomagnetic storms are large disturbances in Earth's magnetic field…
India adds 7.8 GW of open-access solar in 2025
India added 7.8 GW of open-access solar capacity in 2025, a 0.5% increase from 7.7 GW in 2024, according to the “Q4 & Annual 2025 India Solar Open Access Market Report” from Mercom India. Cumulative open-access capacity exceeded 30 GW…
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…
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 Zealand selects 32 farms for solar and battery trial
The New Zealand EECA has officially announced the first 32 demonstration farms participating in its Solar on Farms program; to test how solar and batteries perform across key sectors. In partnership with the farms, the EECA works to install solar…
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