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Edinburgh brewery installs 400 solar panels in push for energy independence
The panels are expected to generate around 175,400kWh of electricity each year, equivalent to the annual electricity use of around 70 homes. The installation is expected to save the brewery nearly £33,000 a year and more than £820,000…
Opinion | Neither tariffs nor export controls will stop China's industrial engine
The first “China shock” was fairly easy to understand. Beginning in the 1990s, cheap Chinese goods poured into global markets, displacing large parts of lower-end manufacturing across the world. Now, China shock 2.0 seems to be under…
Silver price today, Wednesday, September 16, 2026: Silver prices rise in anticipation of the Fed
Silver (SI=F) December futures opened at $64.18 per ounce on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, up 0.5% from Tuesday's closing price. Silver prices rose this morning, reaching $65.08 as of 6:42 a.m. ET. This morning, silver prices have lifted out of…
Bob the Builder makes a return after 15 years with a big job to fix
Much-loved cartoon character Bob the Builder is making a return in his original form after 15 years - to plug green energy. The kids TV favourite, voiced by Men Behaving Badly actor Neil Morrissey, appears in a new advert from energy giant E.on.
Should you store your solar power or sell it back to the grid?
Once your solar panels are generating more electricity than your home needs, you have a choice. If you have a home battery, you can store that spare electricity and use it later. Or you can export it to the grid and get paid for the energy you send…
As Russia attacks Ukraine's grid, solar offers a path to resilience
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Kyiv Independent. On a spring day earlier this year, 10 men stood on the rooftop of a door manufacturing facility in the central Ukrainian town of Bila Tserkva, surveying the rows of solar…
'Plug-in' solar may provide rate relief for households that can't get rooftop panels
Dave Kesner's household was the first on his hilly La Mesa street to install rooftop solar panels in 2000, when a massive electricity shortage caused blackouts and price spikes across California. “Our utility rates virtually doubled very…
Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine
Desalination can provide a critical water supply, but today's most common methods come with significant drawbacks. Reverse osmosis forces water through specialized membranes to remove salt, while thermal distillation uses heat to separate fresh…
What if AI data centers didn't need new power plants?
A new data center in southwest Texas isn't connected to the grid—but it also didn't require building any new power plants. Instead, a startup called Rune used modular technology to plug in directly at a solar farm, running on solar power…
Trump's climate rollbacks will keep U.S. emissions higher for longer
President Donald Trump's broad rollbacks of federal greenhouse gas rules since January 2025 have altered the trajectory of U.S. energy use and helped set back cuts to planet-warming pollution by about a decade. The latest turnabout came on Monday…
Scientists think humans could live on the moon. One obstacle stands in the way
Ambitious visions of sprawling cities on the moon could face a fundamental obstacle—water. A new study published in Frontiers in Space Technologies suggests that while there may be enough water ice on the moon to support a small settlement…
Pentagon says Iran tried to steal spy drone
The US military says it has attacked two boats that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly used in an attempt to seize an American drone. Iranian media previously reported that several fishermen were missing following a US attack…
CU opens industry's largest logistics center in Busan
BGF Retail, operator of convenience store chain CU, held a completion ceremony Wednesday for its 260 billion won ($191 million) logistics center in Busan, which it says is the largest facility of its kind in Korea's convenience store industry. BGF…
Tirumala Tirupati temple to insure devotees for Rs 2 lakh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has unveiled a comprehensive plan for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, introducing devotee insurance, eco-friendly transport, and ambitious infrastructure projects to enhance pilgrim experience and…
Govt. augmenting power supply infra in villages at a cost of ₹10,000 crore, says Energy Minister Ravi Kumar
Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar has said that power supply infrastructure in the rural areas is being augmented at an approximate cost of ₹10,000 crore under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), and solar…
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