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nasa.gov - Nicholas Oakes - Helio & You: The Sun, Solar Wind, and Earth as a Connected System - NASA Science
Helio & You: The Sun, Solar Wind, and Earth as a Connected System - NASA Science
NASA

The PUNCH mission is designed to gain new insights into how the Sun's atmosphere, or corona, becomes the solar wind, how the solar wind develops as it traverses the inner heliosphere, and what impacts this evolving space weather has on the rest of…

forbes.com - Vivian Toh - Satellites For Everyone: Cando Solar's Big Bet On Lightweight Energy
Satellites For Everyone: Cando Solar's Big Bet On Lightweight Energy
Forbes

Skylab Space Station cluster seen from Command Module 3, 1973. The Skylab space station first launched in May 1973, and was occupied in succession by three teams of three crewmembers. These crews orbited the Earth and performed nearly 300…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - First Solar Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
First Solar Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
MarketWatch

Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR advanced 1.10% to $199.42 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.72% to 6,575.32 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising…

grist.org - Naveena Sadasivam - Solar was poised to help Puerto Ricans survive blackouts - until Trump axed nearly $1B in funding
Solar was poised to help Puerto Ricans survive blackouts - until Trump axed nearly $1B in funding
Grist

María Pérez lost power for about three months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. Her home in Salinas, on the island's southern coast, sits near a river. As the hurricane knocked out the island's grid and sent…

pv-magazine.com - Ryan Kennedy - US adds 26.6 GW of solar in 2025 as renewables dominate
US adds 26.6 GW of solar in 2025 as renewables dominate
pv magazine International

The US solar industry installed 26,556 MW of new utility-scale capacity over the course of 2025, representing the vast majority of the 36,551 MW in total new builds for the year, said data from the FERC. While the annual total dipped slightly…

thehindubusinessline.com - India to increase penalties on wind and solar generators for deviating from supply pledges
India to increase penalties on wind and solar generators for deviating from supply pledges
BusinessLine

India's wind and solar generators will face ​higher penalties from April 2027, a ‌year later than planned, when they ​provide either more ⁠or less electricity than they are scheduled to supply to the grid, an order…

pv-magazine.com - Vincent Shaw - Longi launches integrated solar-plus-storage platform strategy
Longi launches integrated solar-plus-storage platform strategy
pv magazine International

China's Longi has unveiled “Longi One,” an integrated solar-plus-storage strategy that it said will replace conventional multi-vendor project architectures with a unified system design. The strategy, announced in Beijing on April 1…

newswire.ca - LONGi Unveils LONGi ONE, Ushering in a New Era of Integrated Solar-Plus-Storage Systems
LONGi Unveils LONGi ONE, Ushering in a New Era of Integrated Solar-Plus-Storage Systems
CNW

BEIJING, April 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- LONGi has officially unveiled its LONGi ONE integrated solar-plus-storage strategy, marking a transition from traditional multi-vendor architectures to a unified system design. A Shift from Fragmentation to…

livescience.com - Patrick Pester - Astronauts can face 'nearly lethal doses' of solar radiation - so why launch Artemis II during the sun's peak of activity? Space scientist Patricia Reiff explains.
Astronauts can face 'nearly lethal doses' of solar radiation - so why launch Artemis II during the sun's peak of activity? Space scientist Patricia Reiff explains.
Live Science

Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world's most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox. Unlock instant access to exclusive member features. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive…

forbes.com - Ken Silverstein - Why The War In Iran Should Accelerate The Clean Energy Transition
Why The War In Iran Should Accelerate The Clean Energy Transition
Forbes

This handout photo taken on March 11, 2026 and released by the Royal Thai Navy shows smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack. 'AFP PHOTO / ROYAL THAI NAVY ROYAL THAI NAVY/AFP via Getty…

dailypost.co.uk - Andrew Forgrave - North Wales space site aims to bring solar system closer to home
North Wales space site aims to bring solar system closer to home
North Wales Live

Ambitious plans have been unveiled for a “unique” space observatory, classroom and boardwalk on Anglesey. The facility, likened to a mini Jodrell Bank, will be the first of its kind in North Wales. Anglesey Astronomy Society (AAS)…

dailymail.co.uk - Olivia Christie - All the latest product releases...on April Fool's Day
All the latest product releases...on April Fool's Day
Mail Online

It is the one day of the year where you can't trust anything people say or what you read online. And if you haven't already cottoned on to what date it is, then you probably have already been caught out by one of the many pranks being played by…

nasa.gov - Artemis II Flight Update: Proximity Operations Complete, Perigee Raise Burn Up Next
Artemis II Flight Update: Proximity Operations Complete, Perigee Raise Burn Up Next
NASA

The Artemis II crew successfully completed the proximity operations demonstration, concluding one of the mission's early objectives and providing valuable data on how the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, performs during manual close‑range…

newstatesman.com - Michael Jacobs - After the Iran war, the electrostate will rise
After the Iran war, the electrostate will rise
The Newstatesman

Amid the noise from the war in Iran, as oil and gas prices soar then fluctuate, and physical scarcity looms round the corner, you may have missed some other global energy news. In India this week, the government announced that in response to the…

theguardian.com - Nick Robins-Early - SpaceX confidentially files to go public on stock market, reports say
SpaceX confidentially files to go public on stock market, reports say
The Guardian

SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering on the US stock market, according to reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. The IPO is set to be one of the most closely watched and highly valued listings in market…

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