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The little-known government scheme that can pay you for having solar panels
The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is the scheme that pays households for any excess electricity they send back to the grid from small-scale renewable systems such as solar panels. For many homeowners, that means earning money from power they do not…
Canadian startup unveils AI tool for solar panel cleaning optimization
Canadian startup Swish Solar is developing solar panel cleaning and AI-based optimization technology for utility-scale solar plants, aimed at reducing soiling losses and lowering costs linked to poorly timed cleaning. Dubbed SwishOS, the software…
'Yes to fields of wheat, no to fields of iron': how the world's greenest country soured on solar
In one telling of the story, the golden fields of a proud farming nation are under attack. Besieged by an industrial sprawl of solar panels, they are being smothered at the behest of an urban elite. That narrative has failed to thrive in…
Pakistan's solar boom is helping it save billions during the ongoing energy crisis
Pakistan gets almost all its oil and gas from the Middle East, where U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iran have caused crude prices to blow past $ 150 a barrel and tankers can't get through the Strait of Hormuz. But it has one edge in the crisis: a…
Appleby pool to shut for six weeks for boiler replacement
Federica BedendoNorth East and Cumbria Westmorland and Furness Council A council owned swimming pool will be shut for six weeks while its old gas boiler is replaced. Work to install an air source heat pump at Appleby Leisure Centre in Cumbria is…
Chinese stocks shake laggard image amid oil shock as green transition pays off
Chinese stocks have emerged as outperformers in the latest oil shock, reversing their reputation as laggards, as crude takes a back seat to renewable fuels in the world's second-largest economy. The CSI 300 Index of stocks trading on the mainland's…
The best portable power stations for 2026 to help you prep for storms, blackouts and emergencies
It doesn't take long without electricity to realize how difficult it is to live without electricity. At minimum: no TV, no internet, no way to recharge your phone. At worst: a fridge full of spoiled food, a bedroom so cold (or hot) you can't sleep…
Solar-Eclipsing Probe Back From the Dead After a Month of Silence
A pair of spacecraft has been flying in formation, creating an artificial solar eclipse to help scientists probe the elusive outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere. For the past month, however, one of the spacecraft has been silent after suffering…
Trade group data reveals which trendy HVAC technology is gaining popularity in America's cold-weather states: 'The year is an inflection point
One type of next-gen HVAC system has become the next hot thing in cold-weather states such as Colorado. Given their ability to slash energy bills, heat pumps appear to have formally arrived in 2025. 'Call it the year of the heat pump,' The Colorado…
Luxury Wellness Just Cut the Cord with Solar-Powered Solaris by Thermasol
Solaris by Thermasol is the first fully off-grid solar-powered sauna available in the United States. Solaris was recently named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025. The sauna operates fully off-grid using integrated solar panels and…
Running on sunshine: Pakistan's solar boom to tide over Middle East energy crisis
Energy expert Vaqar Zakaria believes solar power makes “excellent economic sense” — and he lives by it. For over five years, his rooftop panels have slashed his bills, sometimes to zero, even allowing him to sell surplus…
Talk About a 'Hot' Take! Climate-Mad Reuters Cheers Iran War as Fossil Fuel Killer
Apparently the most important positive outcome from the war with Iran is that it has the potential to reduce the world's reliance on fossil fuels according to Gaia's acolytes at Reuters, not knocking out the world's foremost state sponsor of…
The Oil Trap: Does India's Growth Story Have a Hidden Expiry Date?
Every percentage point of GDP growth tightens the noose. That's not pessimism but sheer arithmetical fact. India is building a $5 trillion economy on a foundation it doesn't control, can't price, and cannot quickly replace. That foundation is oil.
Elon Musk's Tesla May Soon Buy Solar Equipment Worth $2.9 Billion from China
Tesla is looking to buy equipment worth $2.9 billion for manufacturing solar panels and cells from Chinese suppliers, including Suzhou Maxwell Technologies, two people familiar with the matter said, as CEO Elon Musk aims to add 100 gigawatts of…
Elon Musk has a history of doing the impossible. A Tesla Terafab may be his most difficult challenge yet.
Self-driving cars, cyborgs, and catching rockets in midair: Elon Musk can't resist the lure of the impossible. The world's richest man has made a habit of taking on the world's most difficult engineering challenges at Tesla and SpaceX — and…
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