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Sunnier Days Ahead? Solar Panels Are Now So Cheap It's Upending the Business World
Solar panels are so cheap now that in many places around the world, if a business isn't running on solar energy, it's going to struggle to compete. But as the Financial Times reports, the influx of cheap panels is placing new strains on the grid…
New cafe and solar panels at this church? Plans submitted to council for improvement
Plans have been drawn up to boost carbon efficiency and attract more visitors to Chapel Allerton Methodist Church. Leeds City Council has been asked to approve a planning application for photovoltaic roof panels, two air source heat pumps and a…
Sheffield Graves Park café repairs approved after four-year campaign
Campaigners calling for the full restoration of a park café are celebrating a 'huge milestone' after planning permission was granted for renovation work. The Rose Garden Café in Sheffield's Graves Park closed suddenly in 2022 due to…
British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I'm empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham
On the day I became prime minister, I pledged to bring power to every postcode. Today, we begin to make good on that promise in the most literal sense. With nearly £30m of funding for People's Power projects, communities across every nation…
Sheffield Graves Park café repairs approved after four-year campaign
Julia Armstrong, Local Democracy Reporting Service and Wendy Middleton, Yorkshire Campaigners calling for the full restoration of a park café are celebrating a 'huge milestone' after planning permission was granted for renovation work. The…
Opinion | Development Banks Have Misplaced Priorities
In our Sept. 1 op-ed, we argued that the purpose of development banks is development: less poverty, hunger and death among the world's poor. Over the past decade, politicians, pushed by climate campaigners and aided by willing officials, have…
Iconic British Children's Character Used To Push Net Zero Propaganda
Bob the Builder, the stop-motion tradesman who once built houses, has been hauled out of retirement to install solar panels, home batteries and 'low carbon heating' for German-owned energy giant E.ON. The catchphrase is the same. The product is Net…
Columnist Johanna Neumann: The key elements of Massachusetts' energy bill
Access to electricity in our homes is a modern marvel. As recently as the 1950s, many parts of rural America lacked access to electricity. Today, with the flick of a switch we can illuminate a dinner table, cool our living spaces, pump water, turn…
Scotland gets £1.8m from £30m community energy fund dubbed 'pocket change'
But the SNP hit out, saying only £1.8 million of this cash goes to Scotland in a “shameful token gesture”. The UK Government has already said the scheme would allow both local councils and community groups to “progress…
Trump says the US doesn't need Canada. But it's the source of key minerals for the military | Vince Beiser
As trade talks with Canada shambled toward collapse in late August, Donald Trump brayed on Truth Social: “WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” But in fact, Canada, like China, has something the US needs badly: critical metals that…
Nvidia And Google Form AI Energy Management Alliance - Here's Why It Matters
AI is a glutton for electricity. Yes, data centers do more harm than just driving up utility prices, but these installations can increase the average person's power bills nonetheless — even when the data center owners pay for grid access.
Tesla Gets 50% Tax Break for $10 Billion Texas Solar Factory. Here's Why That Benefits Tesla's Robotaxi Growth
Tesla (TSLA +2.27%) investors received good news this week. The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District board voted unanimously to approve a sizable tax break for the EV maker 's upcoming solar manufacturing facility in Fort Bend County…
Big Lake agrivoltaics project shows promise of mixing farming, solar power
Winifred Sylvah picked a handful of plump cucumbers on a cold, wet September morning as raindrops trickled off rows of solar panels in the background. They've been a productive plant for Sylvah on a new plot of land at a solar farm in Big Lake.
We need space to feel over it': How Kelela became alt-music's ultimate truth teller
We're hunkered down in a dark stairwell on the side of a hotel facing a busy street in Hollywood. To passersby, we could easily be mistaken for two teenagers hiding in the shadows. In reality, I'm sitting with Kelela, the electronic R&B architect…
San Diego County Supervisors approve controversial solar and battery storage project in Boulevard
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a major use permit for a controversial solar and battery storage project in the East County on Wednesday during a land use meeting. Dozens of residents made the hour-long drive from the…
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