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This NASA-funded 'Slingshot' spacecraft idea could map minerals on planets and moons across our solar system
Nearby Earth, an iconic series of orbiting U.S. government satellites called Landsat have collectively been charting minerals and climate change for more than 50 years. What if we can do the same thing in space? A new NASA early-stage project…
The 5 best plug-in solar gadgets we saw at IFA 2026, from Anker to EcoFlow
Plug-in (or balcony) solar tech has been booming in Europe for a while now, but it seems as though the rest of the world is slowly catching on: these kits are now legal in the UK, while an increasing number of US states are approving them too. The…
Alberta introduces $14 solar panel recycling fee, landfill ban
Albertans purchasing new solar panels next month will face a new 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.
Section 232 price floors on solar wafers set a $100-per-kilogram threshold the US barely produces
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 6, 2026, imposing new tariffs on imports of polysilicon and certain downstream polysilicon derivatives under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The measures take effect for goods…
Multimillion-pound Longman solar farm plan approved
A 9.9MWp solar farm capable of powering potentially thousands of homes will be installed on part of the former Longman landfill site after Highland Council approved the plans. The large solar array, which will contain 18,008 individual panels…
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…
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…
New solar farm almost as big as Heathrow proposed for Oxfordshire
Spread across 2,800 acres, Cearn Solar Farm has been proposed for land south of Garford, east of Charney Bassett, north of West Hanney, south of Goosey and north east of Baulking. It would cover a greater amount of Oxfordshire's land than Botley…
Nykredit A S Invests $14.78 Million in First Solar, Inc. $FSLR
Nykredit A S bought a new stake in First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 62,616 shares of the solar cell…
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…
News and Announcements - NASA Science
Check here for all the latest PESTO events... PLANETARY EXPLORATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface…
PICASSO24 Awards - NASA Science
NASA has made four new awards through the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) program. The PICASSO portfolio focuses on early-stage ideas -- defined as concepts at a Technology Readiness Level…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) Receives Consensus Rating of 'Moderate Buy' from Analysts
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of 'Moderate Buy' from the thirty-six brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve…
NASA PICASSO Awards - NASA Science
NASA has made 10 new awards through the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) program. The PISCASSO23 projects will expand NASA's portfolio of technology available for the development of missions…
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.
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