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As China-US space race heats up, Shanghai unveils space-computing hub
As China ramps up its efforts to build an orbital data ecosystem and counter the US in the commercial space race, Shanghai – home to several major domestic players – has kicked off an inaugural space-computing forum alongside a new…
Tata Power Renewable Energy commissions 100 MW solar project in Kayathar, Tamil Nadu
Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), the renewable energy subsidiary of The Tata Power Company, has successfully commissioned its 100 Mega Watt(MW) Group Captive Solar Project (TNGC-2) at Vellalankottai and Nalandhula villages in Kayathar…
Headline Newds: Meet the OnlyFans stars taking on climate change
In a bid to bring public attention to the global climate crisis, a group of filmmakers have taken an unusual approach; recruiting OnlyFans stars. This year alone has seen countries around the world gripped by devastating wildfires amid extreme…
Fresh flood warning issued in Nepal as death tolls rises above 900
Authorities in Nepal on Sunday warned of possible fresh flooding, urging people in areas devastated by last week's flash floods to remain on high alert as mountain rescue specialists more usually deployed to assist climbers on Himalayan peaks…
Great power rivalry threatens to overshadow a summit of some of the world's smallest island nations
Far from New York or Davos, leaders of some of the world's least populous states are meeting in a placid tropical archipelago with no traffic lights. The population of the summit host, Palau, was due to swell from 18,000 people to 20,000 as…
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC Invests $27.59 Million in First Solar, Inc. $FSLR
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC acquired a new stake in First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 116,932…
Nyabarongo II reaches 75% completion, set to become Rwanda's largest hydropower plant
Rwanda is moving closer to completing the 43.5-megawatt Nyabarongo II Hydropower Project, a major infrastructure investment expected to strengthen electricity generation and improve the reliability of power supply as the country's energy demand…
Tesla Just Killed Its Solar Roof After Years of Struggling to Scale. What It Means for TSLA Stock.
Tesla (TSLA) has apparently ended sales of its Solar Roof tiles, nearly a decade after CEO Elon Musk unveiled the product as a sleek alternative to conventional solar panels. Tesla now only offers customers its standard solar panels, with reports…
New study captures Sun's early warning signs before solar flares
In a new study, scientists have found small, short-lived brightenings in the Sun's atmosphere that appear in the hours before a major solar flare erupts and cluster around the very spot where the flare later occurs. The study was carried out by…
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Makes New $2.48 Million Investment in First Solar, Inc. $FSLR
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new position in First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor…
SpaceX starts in-house turbine blade manufacturing to boost gas-powered generator output for Elon's AI data centers - new manufacturing strategy cuts generator delays by 18 months
Electricity supply in the U.S. is a limiting factor preventing AI data centers from coming online as quickly as possible. Because of this, many projects are turning to portable natural gas turbine generators to get the electricity they need and…
Rajasthan to set up 172 units of 1 MW/ 4MWhr BESS
Rajasthan is the State with the highest capacity for solar plants under construction — 52 GW of pure solar and 6 GW of solar-wind hybrid plants (apart from 3.56 GW of pure wind). It already has 44 GW of solar — the most among all…
Nepal flash floods: A wake-up call against infrastructure building spree across Himalayas, warns geo-scientist C.P. Rajendran
The flash flood disaster in Nepal could serve as a reality check for governments that are driving a boom in dams, tunnels, highways, railways, and bridges across the Himalayas, warns C. P. Rajendran, geo-scientist and adjunct professor at the…
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Buys Shares of 152,300 Sunrun Inc. $RUN
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new stake in Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ:RUN - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 152,300 shares of the energy company's stock…
Looming El Niño rains trigger call for conservation agriculture
Farmers across the country are set to adopt conservation agriculture on 100,000 hectares during the 2027A agricultural season as authorities prepare for heavy rains associated with El Niño. The September-to-December rainfall season is…
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