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gloucestershirelive.co.uk - Carmelo Garcia - Farmer defends controversial plan to fill fields with solar panels
Farmer defends controversial plan to fill fields with solar panels
gloucestershirelive

There are fears a village near Gloucester could be overwhelmed by solar farms as planners approve photovoltaic panels covering 64 acres of farmland. Plans to install ground mounted solar panels and a battery energy storage system at Lassington in…

bbc.co.uk - Joe Gerrard - Large solar array for Network Rail building in York approved
Large solar array for Network Rail building in York approved
BBC

Hundreds of solar panels will be installed on the roof of a building in York after planning consent was obtained. The Network Rail building at Clifton Moor Retail Park is home to the organisation's records archive and contains historical documents…

grist.org - Emily Jones - How this Georgia factory is surviving America's solar policy whiplash
How this Georgia factory is surviving America's solar policy whiplash
Grist

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and , Atlanta's NPR station. ​ Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon…

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk - Jack Stott - Plans submitted for 30-panel solar farm in Forest of Bowland
Plans submitted for 30-panel solar farm in Forest of Bowland
Lancashire Telegraph

Avalon Town Planning submitted the proposal on behalf of the applicant, Claire Loach, to introduce 30 ground-mounted solar panels on land in Newchurch-in- Pendle. The site is located within open countryside, but is not within a conservation area…

fastcompany.com - Adele Peters - Australia just figured out how to offer electricity cheaper. Why can't the U.S.?
Australia just figured out how to offer electricity cheaper. Why can't the U.S.?
Fast Company

Electricity prices keep rising in the U.S. Last year, home electric bills surged at more than twice the rate of inflation. By 2030, by one estimate, residential electricity prices in some areas could be as much as 40% higher than they were in 2025.

theguardian.com - Uwa Ede-Osifo - Trump hits pause on Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL oil pipeline project
Trump hits pause on Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL oil pipeline project
The Guardian

Canada has temporarily avoided a bruising 50% US tariff, reaching a Tuesday-evening agreement with Trump administration officials hours before a hike that would have affected $20bn worth of goods was set to take effect. Donald Trump posted late on…

scientificamerican.com - Stephanie Pappas - How solar became the cheapest form of energy in the world
How solar became the cheapest form of energy in the world
Scientific American

Forty-seven years ago U.S. President Jimmy Carter stood grinning in front of a set of 32 bulky solar panels. It was 1979, and the oil crisis had sent fuel costs skyrocketing. Carter, in response, was making the White House an example of…

independent.co.uk - Jeff Meyer - What size solar battery do you need for your home?
What size solar battery do you need for your home?
The Independent

Adding a battery to your solar panel system means you can store electricity generated during the day and use it later, rather than immediately exporting it to the grid. But deciding how much storage you need isn't as simple as matching a battery to…

dev.to - oji - building AI in public - '40% Annual Market Growth!' ...So Why Is the Entire Industry Losing Money? Data-Driven Dive Into the 'Quantity Grows, Profit Die
'40% Annual Market Growth!' ...So Why Is the Entire Industry Losing Money? Data-Driven Dive Into the 'Quantity Grows, Profit Die
DEV Community

Hey, it's your friendly neighborhood ojii. I'm 38 and I spend my weekday evenings and weekends tinkering with AI trading bots. Building bots as a side hustle often puts me in a position to look at macro market data. 'This industry is booming,' or…

fastcompany.com - María José Gutiérrez Chávez - This battery is powered by algae
This battery is powered by algae
Fast Company

When bio-designer Lucia Giron was on family vacation at an island off the coast of North Carolina, a tropical storm flooded the shore, leaving behind small pools of water in the sand. “I remember going to the sea at night and when we stepped…

fool.com - Sara Appino - Which Silver Mining ETF Is the Better Buy: Global X's SIL or iShares' SLVP?
Which Silver Mining ETF Is the Better Buy: Global X's SIL or iShares' SLVP?
The Motley Fool

Global X-Silver Miners ETF (SIL -3.03%) and iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF (SLVP -3.07%) both target silver mining stocks, but the iShares fund offers lower costs and higher historical total returns. Investing in silver miners…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogs
How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogs
The Standard

China's Unitree Robotics – among the world's biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots – based designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations funded by the U.S. military, according to a former U.S. defense…

southwalesargus.co.uk - Jo Barnes - Restored 16th-century farmhouse on market for £700,000
Restored 16th-century farmhouse on market for £700,000
South Wales Argus

The four/five-bedroom property, in the Usk Valley, is listed under Beacons Real Estate, Powered by eXp Uk, Abergavenny. The Glanbaiden home has been tastefully refurbished, preserving original features while merging them with modern conveniences.

nypost.com - Nishka Dhawan - Don't wait for the next blackout to shop this whisper-quiet power station, now 27% off
Don't wait for the next blackout to shop this whisper-quiet power station, now 27% off
New York Post

With multiple heat advisories and “heat domes” affecting pretty much all of the country, it's more important than ever to be prepared in case of an outage. A power station, especially a portable one, can help in situations like this.

mongabay.com - Abu Siddique - Despite energy crisis, Bangladesh's factories are slow to adopt solar power: Study
Despite energy crisis, Bangladesh's factories are slow to adopt solar power: Study
Conservation news

Less than one-third or 31% of the garment factories in Bangladesh have adopted renewable energy technologies, including rooftop solar, despite the sector having significant potential. A study shows that financing is still a barrier owing to the…

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