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Want free solar panels? This startup can help
Building a large solar farm typically takes years, thanks to permitting and grid connection delays. But a startup called Resilience Energy is rolling out a faster way to add clean energy: It pays to install solar and batteries across a network of…
How to get more from your solar panels on sunny days
When the sun is shining, your solar panels could be generating much more electricity than your home needs at that moment. The question is what happens to the excess. If you have a battery, it can be stored for later. If you have an export tariff…
'Offensively cheap': Solar power is looking up
In the badlands of Chakwal, in north-central Pakistan, Bestway Cement is transforming plots of dry earth and olive and peach groves into a forest of solar panels. Its efforts will add 6.34 megawatts of generation capacity by the end of the year…
The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator's latest Demo Day, according to VCs
Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders, the startups presenting this week skewed far more toward deep tech than in past years. As we do…
'Moving at light speed': Plug-in solar and batteries are coming to Australia
Apartment residents could soon be able to buy plug-in batteries to store cheap or free power produced during the day to use in the evening even without solar panels. The plug-in home batteries for energy storage are part of reforms that would also…
Volkswagen Unveils Mission Efficiency With 400-Plus Mile Range
Volkswagen is revisiting extreme aerodynamic design with the debut of the Mission Efficiency, a teardrop-shaped 2+2 concept coupe that reimagines the spirit of the 2013 XL1 hyper-mile car for the modern electric era. Built on the MEB+ platform that…
Volkswagen's slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records
Mission Efficiency has a drag coefficient of just 0.158, making it the most aerodynamic road-approved vehicle in the world. Mission Efficiency has a drag coefficient of just 0.158, making it the most aerodynamic road-approved vehicle in the world.
What a Fed rate hike could mean for gold and silver prices
Gold and silver investors have had to contend with some sharp price moves so far in 2026. Gold, for example, surpassed $5,500 per ounce early this year, but has since retreated significantly from that record high, with the price of gold sitting…
There won't be any cities on the Moon any time soon, scientists say
Science fiction has long given us depictions of humans living on the Moon. In recent years, as technological advances have continued at pace, space entrepreneurs have started making plans for how they could actually do it. However, a new study…
No cities on the moon - there isn't enough water, scientists say (op-ed)
The discovery of water at the poles of the moon has inspired speculation about whether we can build there – cities, industrial neighborhoods, places where people work and live. But is there enough water, and can we use it efficiently enough?
A spoonful of sugar: how South Africa's weigh-and-pay shops are tackling 'poverty tax' head on
Every morning, on her way to the laundry shop she runs in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, Tsholofelo Mphela stops at a bright yellow shipping container to buy a few spoonfuls of sugar. Inside, shelves are lined with large jars of beans, rice and…
The EPA's Dark Embrace of the AI Industry
The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. Since his nomination, Lee Zeldin, the head of Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency, has…
Lincoln Inn DeKalb Seeks $25K City Grant for Solar Roof
The owner of The Lincoln Inn at Faranda's in downtown DeKalb is asking the city for $25,000 to help cover a sweeping approximately $375,000 roof and solar panel overhaul at the restaurant's Grove Street building. Bill McMahon applied for the…
A Problem in the 'Pits of Eternal Darkness'? Scientists Pour Cold Water on Future Moon Colony Plans
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics scientists studying water ice believed to be stored in the Moon's ‘pits of eternal darkness' have concluded that there likely isn't enough of this critical resource to support long-term future…
I Pretended to Be on Vacation to Test This Rental-Ready Smart Lock
Affordable for its tech and design quality Many access options including fingerprint, included cards, keys, keypad and more Extra-large battery case rated for up to three years Easy to manage access and logs through the app Unique sleep mode if the…
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