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Batteries keeping pace with Swiss home solar trend
Compared to July 2025, clean solar energy production jumped 43% last month, according to data from Energy-Charts. This increase is explained by exceptional sunshine, but also by the continued growth in the number of photovoltaic installations…
New AI Method Improves Solar Power Forecasts by Up to 13%, Study Finds
As solar energy becomes a larger part of the electricity supply, accurately predicting how much power solar panels will generate has become increasingly important. Researchers at North Carolina State University have now developed a new forecasting…
High bills, cheap panels drive a Philippine solar surge
Edwin Salas watched as the first of 20 solar panels was installed on the roof of his home, joining a Philippine solar energy boom sent into overdrive by the Middle East war. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The country's eye-watering electric bills…
US weighs polysilicon price floor, tariffs to counter China in solar and chips
The Trump administration is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon and related products, according to four people familiar with the plan, putting a material critical to solar panels and semiconductors at the center of US…
Why Energy Costs Are Reshaping Cannabis Industry Economics
INGENDORF, GERMANY - APRIL 15: Wind turbines stand next to a yellow blossoming rape field as water vapour rises from the cooling towers of the Neurath coal-fired power plant on April 15, 2024 in Ingendorf near Rommerskirchen, Germany. The German…
DOE cuts solar from loan meant to stop blackouts in Puerto Rico
The funds are expected to finance the construction of 220 megawatts of battery energy storage systems in Arecibo and Santa Isabel, providing enough backup electricity for more than 100,000 customers during power shortages. The administration has…
New model could accelerate development of next-generation solar cells and LEDs
The race to develop more efficient solar cells, brighter displays, and lower-energy optoelectronic devices has increasingly focused on a class of materials known as two-dimensional (2D) perovskites. Scientists have long been attracted to these…
Heat Is an Orbital Data Center's Greatest Foe. These Tiles Dump It at the Source.
Sophia Space and Caltech want to fold the bulky parts of a space-based data center—solar cells and radiators—into all-in-one tiles with chips. Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, computer chips in a massive data center whirl into…
South Korea EV makers warn of double tax burden
Aug. 4 (Asia Today) -- South Korean automakers are warning that electric vehicles face a double setback under the government's latest tax reform plan as Chinese brands intensify their push into the domestic market. Electric vehicles were excluded…
New Images Reveal The Sun Like Never Before Ahead Total Solar Eclipse
Caption: The highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with…
On this day in space! Aug. 5, 2011: NASA's Juno spacecraft launches to Jupiter
On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from what is now Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and spent…
Exclusive | NASA chief Jared Isaacman tells 'Pod Force One' about his NIMBY solution to data center backlash
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has floated a futuristic solution to the furious public debate in America over data center construction: Just put it in outer space. Isaacman, who has helmed the space agency since December 2025, said on…
Daily on Energy: Trump considers another Jones Act waiver extension
The waiver: President Donald Trump first issued a waiver to the Jones Act in March, allowing refineries to use foreign-flagged ships to transport fuel between U.S. ports. The purpose of the waiver is to lower gas prices by increasing the available…
'Brutal' harvest could be worst on record because of extreme summer - analysis
Farmers are warning the extreme summer has been “completely brutal” as analysis suggests 2026 could be the worst harvest on record. Analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) suggests the exceptionally hot, dry spring…
SpaceX shows strong growth in its first earnings report since going public
SpaceX on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $541 million on revenue of $7.8 billion in its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, offering a window into its performance after executing the biggest ever initial public offering…
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