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Competition watchdog carries out dawn raids on solar panel operators
The competition watchdog has carried out a series of dawn raids on solar panel operators as part of an investigation into anticompetitive behaviour and bid rigging within the sector. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said…
Solar panel businesses searched by gardaí and watchdog in bid-rigging investigation
SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN the solar panel industry had their premises searched by gardaí and officers from the consumer watchdog as part of an investigation into potential bid-rigging. Bid-rigging is an illegal practice where competing…
Dunblane solar panel project picks up top prize after delivering £9,000 savings
A pioneering solar rooftop project in Dunblane has picked up top honours at an industry event recently. The installation of the special panels on the roof of the Dunblane Centre was unveiled this summer and was secured thanks to the work of local…
Solar panel waste silver turned into catalyst for carbon monoxide production
Researchers in South Korea have developed a new method to upcycle high-purity silver nanoparticles recovered from end-of-life silicon solar panels into electrocatalysts for high-rate carbon monoxide (CO) production. CO is an important industrial…
China fuels rush to turn AI video into an industry
When Zhu Zhili was looking for a base to set up an artificial intelligence film studio in China two years ago, there was just one clear choice: the southern city of Shenzhen with its vast tech ecosystem. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT This year…
NASA Tests Dual Mode Propulsion CubeSat Ahead of Launch
Spacecraft propulsion traditionally relies on volatile fuels and separate, bulky systems for different types of maneuvering in space. NASA is working to change that paradigm. Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama…
China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to stop funding overseas coal power plants in an effort to help curb climate change. Five years later, as the assembly meets this week, the world's climate…
Google's Next AI Data Center Might Be in Outer Space. The First Test Launches Next Week.
AI data centers aren't exactly popular down here on Earth. Ask Kevin O'Leary, who had to shrink his Utah project after fierce local pushback. A UMass Amherst poll this month found only 1 in 9 Americans support one going up in their community. So…
Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate
Longtime climate warrior Al Gore sees victory within Earth 's grasp. But he worries that it could still slip through humanity's fingers. “While we're in grave danger, but I think there is a possibility that 2026 will be looked back upon in…
World News in Brief: West Bank demolitions accelerate, urgent support for Sudan, Haiti diplacement, AI hub to boost gender equality
In a call for an immediate halt to the demolitions, the UN Office, OHCHR, said that Israeli bulldozers demolished homes, farm buildings, water tanks and solar panels in the village of Jinba on Wednesday. “The forcible transfer of a civilian…
Grazeley solar farm approved for development on farmland
An authority has approved the development of its own solar farm on some of its agricultural land. West Berkshire Council's £18.6m Grazeley Solar Farm could produce enough electricity to power at least 6,000 homes, council leader Jeff Brooks…
Tim Pawlenty is the solar industry's new Republican evangelist
Tim Pawlenty was a two-term Republican governor of Minnesota and made a run in the 2012 presidential primary, which ultimately went to Mitt Romney. Now, Pawlenty has reemerged on the national political scene as the leading evangelist for solar…
China's Uyghur crackdown has not ended - it has gone underground
On Aug. 3, Kaisar Abduqeyum Hoja, a Uyghur translator, died suddenly in his home in Urumqi. His sister, Gulchehra Hoja, a journalist with Radio Free Asia living in the U.S., did not learn of his death until a week later — and then only…
China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand
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Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate
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