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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 165: Sailing the Solar System
Andres Almeida (Host): Wouldn't it be nice if your spacecraft could simply unfurl a sail like a sailboat and let nature do the rest? No expensive fuel, no risk of engine problems. Well, NASA is demonstrating a technology that could work on this…
First Solar Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day
Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR slipped 1.73% to $254.03 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.16% to 6,721.43 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…
Doncaster council turn down Marr Solar Farm plans - BBC News
Image source, Enviromena/Matt Ebbage A proposal to build a solar farm on a 77-hectare site in Doncaster has been refused by local councillors. Members of the public applauded when the Marr Solar Farm was unanimously rejected by the City of…
2025 is UK's sunniest year on record, boosting solar power
The UK has already had its sunniest year on record, the Met Office has confirmed, after the country battled droughts and sweltered in heatwaves. Though the country is currently swathed in December gloom, the rest of the year brought vast amounts of…
New Views of Solar System Moons Complicate Ocean Worlds Theory
Among the solar system's hundreds of known moons, few are as enticing as the handful that scientists believe have a global ocean lurking below their crusty surface. But two of these hidden oceans may not be as promising as scientists have hoped…
UK Startup Awendio Plans $725 Million Solar-Cell Plant in Quebec
British startup Awendio Solaris is drafting plans to invest as much as C$1 billion ($725 million) into a solar technologies factory in Canada, though it still needs to secure power supply and financing. The company wants to build a manufacturing…
Texas is a growing clean tech hub. It's getting a new giant solar plant
Solar manufacturer T1 Energy has started building a $400 million to $425 million solar cell fabrication plant around 50 miles from Austin, Texas. Why it matters: The move bolsters one trend — Texas as a growing clean tech hub — while…
Coimbatore region targets 40,000 households for rooftop solar energy installations
The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) has set a target of covering 40,000 houses under the PM Surya Ghar scheme that incentivises installations of rooftop solar systems. A senior official of the TNPDCL in Coimbatore told…
Tunisia switches on largest solar project to date
Dubai-headquartered developer Amea Power has commissioned a 120 MW solar project in Tunisia, the country's largest to date. Located in the Kairouan governorate of northeastern Tunisia, the project is expected to generate approximately 222 GWh of…
Small CT town argues solar array would 'irrevocably alter' its natural beauty
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Saying their property values are threatened, a group of homeowners in northern Plymouth is asking the state to block Verogy from building a nearly 1-megawatt solar farm on an unused apple orchard.
Promising Solar Stocks To Follow Now - December 17th
As Global Renewables Surpass Coal, This ETF Offers Smart Exposure First Solar, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Enphase Energy, Canadian Solar, and Nextpower are the five Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool.
US residential solar faces structural shifts heading into 2026
The US solar industry has long been defined by its volatility. Changes to federal and state policy, tariffs, incentives and net metering rules often lead to major shifts in project economics, upending the solar marketplace and leading many in the…
South Africa adds 890 MW of solar to seventh renewables bid window
The South African government has approved four additional solar projects under the seventh bid window of the country's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). Cape Town-based independent power producer (IPP) Red…
Solar, onshore wind and gas backup is (still) the cheapest way to power Australia: new report
What's the cheapest way to power Australia? Every year, CSIRO researchers and modellers seek to answer this very large question in their GenCost report. On one level, the answer in the draft 2025–26 report is unsurprising: solar and wind are…
Guayepo I&II, the largest centralized solar park in Colombia
Entering commercial operation at the end of 2024 in the municipalities of Ponedera and Sabanalarga, in the Atlántico Department of Colombia, Guayepo I&II is the country's largest centralized solar plant. With its 780,000 solar panels, the…
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