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Silver prices today, Wednesday, July 15, 2026: Stuck below $60 as Iran conflict wages on
Silver September (SI=F) futures opened at $59.04 today, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, down 0.1% compared to yesterday's opening price. The price of silver is moving even lower this morning, reaching $58.45 as of 7:56 a.m. ET. Silver prices seem unable…
Reshoring Solar Manufacturing For Energy (National) Security
Texas leads the nation in solar electricity generation The Trump administration has made it a national imperative to reshore manufacturing and technology development. Nowhere is that more evident than Texas where new investments in manufacturing…
Opinion | Peter Navarro: America Can Break China's Choke Hold on Critical Minerals
China is using its control over the supply chain for rare-earth and other critical minerals to dominate global commerce and project state power—and the world is finally waking up to the danger. For decades, Beijing has pursued industrial…
How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?
In this article, we discuss the technical challenges of building an orbital data center constellation: launching all of it, dissipating heat in space, dealing with radiation, and addressing latency issues in orbit. Read part one here. SpaceX has…
FCC approves startup's space mirror to reflect sunlight to dark parts of Earth
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a startup business's request to build and launch a mirror satellite that would reflect sunlight back toward the dark parts of Earth. Reflect Orbital of Hawthorne, Calif., received the FCC's…
Support program aims to expand rooftop solar in Toronto and beyond
When Bruce Elliott first looked at installing solar on the roof of his Whitby home a few years ago, he found it costly, confusing and overwhelming. He gave up at the time — but fast forward a few years, and on an afternoon in July, dozens of…
LG Energy Solution to supply batteries for Google's largest solar-storage project
LG Energy Solution will supply battery energy storage systems (BESS) for a large-scale renewable energy infrastructure project to be developed by Google and Cypress Creek Energy (CCE), a leading U.S. independent power producer, the companies said…
Our largest solar and battery storage project ever
Today, alongside local leaders, community members, and our partners at Cypress Creek Energy, we broke ground on what will be the largest solar facility in the United States — Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County Arkansas. While…
Four months with my first home battery taught me what whole-home backup really means
Pros Brings expanded battery capacity without an electrician. Generator integration adds impressive flexibility. Solar keeps the power going during an outage. The app makes energy monitoring simple. Cons A single stack only backs up essentials.
The LAX People Mover project is facing a new lawsuit. Here's the latest
The contractor building the long-awaited LAX People Mover project has filed a lawsuit alleging the city of L.A. breached its contract in several disputes. In the suit, filed with the L.A. County Superior Court on July 9, LINXS alleges the city is…
UPSC Weekly Concepts Snapshot | 'One-click' exploits, Agriphotovoltaics, Total Solar Eclipse explained
WhatsApp recently discovered and disrupted a sophisticated hacking campaign that used a one-click exploit developed by Israel-based spyware maker NSO Group to target its users, the messaging platform's parent company Meta has revealed. In this…
Escondido Public Library moves back from mall to downtown site following major renovations
For a little more than a year, the Escondido Public Library was temporarily set up in an unconventional location — inside Mershops North County mall. It was a solution to keep operations running while the library's main site received some…
Batteries charge ahead as data centres fuel gas turbine costs: CSIRO
Australia's top science agency has found batteries are now cheaper at supplying peak demand for power than gas. The CSIRO's annual GenCost report notes insatiable demand for gas-fired power from US data centres is driving up turbine costs. At the…
The US Economy Cannot Grow Without Renewables
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA—After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President George W. Bush called on Americans to go shopping. While some people claimed at the time that Bush was encouraging irresponsible spending (a criticism that gained…
Natural Light is giving one fan a giant solar-powered beer cooler and $15,000 in beer money
Natural Light has unveiled a new backyard creation that uses solar power to keep beer cold during the hottest days of summer. Dubbed the CoolShed, the walk-in cooler is designed to function as a fully built backyard shed that uses rooftop solar…
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