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Millions of solar panels go to landfill. Why aren't they recycled?
Plans to kick-start a solar panel recycling industry are in limbo, after a single complaint stalled the government's $25 million pilot program to stop up to 4 million units being sent to landfill each year. The Albanese government announced the…
Solar panels to village home in Stockton Council planning bids
32 Droitwich Avenue, Stockton, TS19 0PH: One-storey back and side extension, including raising a roof's height to the existing ground floor rear; 6 Lullingstone Crescent, Ingleby Barwick, TS17 5GJ: One-storey side extension attaching to an existing…
Smart solar panels follow the sun, hide from hail and produce up to 56% more power
Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a new type of solar panel system that not only follows the sun to generate more electricity but also folds itself away to protect against hail, strong winds and snow. The…
Virtual power plant': Israeli startup aims to solve data centers' energy crisis
The looming energy crisis that is expected to affect Israel and the world in the coming years, with the development of artificial intelligence data centers putting pressure on the grid, might have a solution thanks to nGrid, an Israeli energy…
Switzerland's Solar Railway Breakthrough Might Be Coming To Several New Countries
A Swiss startup may have found a way to expand the country's solar power capacity without converting additional farmland into solar panel farms. Instead of clearing land for new solar panel installations, Sun-Ways has been running a pilot that uses…
5 Disadvantages Of Switching To Home Solar Power
Residential solar power has become very popular in recent years for those looking to save on household bills. By allowing homeowners to generate their own electricity, solar panels reduce their dependence on utility companies, which can…
Anker Solix S2000 Review: The Little 2kWh Battery That Could
Living fully or even partially off the grid feels a lot more achievable now than it did five years ago. Part of that is because Anker, EcoFlow, Jackery, DJI, and others have been cranking out high-capacity, high-performance, portable batteries that…
91 jobs at risk as major Leicester solar firm goes bust
A major Leicester-based renewable energy company has collapsed into administration owing millions of pounds, leaving the fate of nearly 100 workers hanging in the balance. Effective Home Ltd, which operated as one of the UK's larger installers of…
The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold
Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge potential to scientists – but they're usually also incredibly delicate, and require ultra-low temperatures to exist and function. That…
A US tech start-up wants to turn night into day. The question is why?
For billions of years, life evolved on Earth under conditions of roughly equal periods of dark and light in most places. The sun rose and set. Night followed day. Now, one of Earth's species — humans — plans to tweak this arrangement.
The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight
The annual Solar Car Challenge for high school students celebrates its 30th year anniversary with a high-stakes trek across Texas. | Image: Lehman Marks / Solar Car Challenge The annual Solar Car Challenge for high school students celebrates its…
New energy scheme adding to bills, SA government admits
The Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism came into effect on July 1, and is set to collect almost $44 million from SA energy users in 2026-27, the ABC understands. The cost is believed to be around $23 per household each year, and is passed onto them…
Inside Equi's: Behind the scenes at a Scottish ice cream factory
But spend even a few short minutes in the company of the third and fourth generation duo at its helm today, and you'll realise that a love for their craft still runs far deeper than retail deals and wholesale scoops. 'Sometimes we'll nip out for…
'I'm a farmer - Labour is wrong to say small farms will be protected from tax raid'
Stephen Thompson is afraid his 100-year-old farm will be lost after he dies A farmer whose family have tended to land in South Yorkshire for over a century fears his 240-acre legacy will be wiped out by Labour's inheritance tax raid. Stephen…
Kamala Harris and Arnold Schwarzenegger preach the gospel of climate optimism
“I'm taking you to church,” Arnold Schwarzenegger told me. “Have I sinned?” I asked. “There's a new organ. You have to hear it. The vice president might be coming too.” We were inside Vienna's Hofburg…
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