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Jersey solar panels: Rise in number of homes generating power
There has been a rise in the number of homes generating electricity, typically through solar panels, according to a government report. The Jersey Energy Trends Report, which tracks trends in the island's energy supply, showed 99 more homes and…
Skins star Megan Prescott slams show for 'glamourising' dark storylines
Megan Prescott was 16 years old when she played Katie Fitch in gritty drama Skins - making her two years too young to watch the very show she was in. Thanks to its graphic depictions of sex, nudity, drug use and violence, the show was rated as an…
Ireland will be united, says Gordon Brown
The former prime minister Gordon Brown has said it is inevitable that Ireland will become united at some point in the future, in a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian. While he added that any union would necessarily be “a long…
Octopus Energy sending households item that saves £150 on bills after law change
Octopus Energy has confirmed customers can start plugging in their own solar after a law change from the Labour Party government. A law change from Andy Burnham means customers can get new plug-in system which lets them generate their own…
Caterpillar's Power Generation Business Is Nearly as Big as Its Construction Segment. Here's What That Shift Means for the Stock's Multiple
Investors mostly know Caterpillar (CAT -2.05%) as a maker of bulldozers and backhoes, and construction equipment is still a huge part of its business, to be sure. What was only an ancillary part of its business mix, however, is quickly becoming an…
How Israel's kibbutzim changed and why the communities still endure after Oct. 7
For much of Israel's history, the kibbutz and moshav were not simply places to live. They were institutions through which some of the most basic tasks of the Zionist project were carried out: settling land, absorbing immigrants, farming, holding…
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A $100 Billion Buildout In Louisiana Is Planned for Starship. What This Means for SPCX Stock.
Shares of Elon Musk's space company SpaceX (SPCX) have been on a roll since its IPO. It just so happens that the roll has mostly been downwards, which was expected after a bumper initial burst. Among the few noticeable concerns raised by the…
Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next 'great observatory,' poised for Sunday launch
Using a donated Hubble-class mirror originally built for a spy satellite, NASA 's Roman Space Telescope is poised for launch Sunday on a $4.3 billion mission to open a new window on the universe, taking wide-angle, ultra-sharp images that would…
Would you be happy riding an eco scooter that looks like this?
Lightfoot is a solar-powered electric cargo scooter designed to make short urban journeys without needing to be plugged in as often. Its built-in solar panels can add up to 18 miles of range a day, while the unusual bodywork also provides 45 litres…
How Dare You - Doom Pixie and Your Political Pals!
Who gave you the right to deprive us of our living standards, aspirations and loved ones? Swedish activist Greta Thunberg earned her moniker Doom Pixie because of her diminutive height and shrill accusations of human and planetary doom allegedly…
Ditching Net Zero
What a difference a few years make. Not long ago, politicians said climate change was going to kill us, so we must move to 'net zero' emissions. This is theoretically possible. Since vegetation removes carbon, we could get to net zero by burning…
AES Bellefield phase two targets 1 GW of battery storage in California by November as US grid hits 52 GW
A California battery project is on track to double in size by November, with the additional capacity expected to become operational in November 2026 and, if completed as planned, making it the largest power storage facility in the United States…
Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point
For years, the economic case for solar came with an awkward qualification. Yes, it had no fuel bill. Yes, its operating costs were low. And yes, over the life of a project it could already produce cheaper electricity than a new coal or gas plant.
Ireland will be united, says Gordon Brown
He was Tony Blair's chancellor when the Good Friday peace agreement was signed in 1998. In 2010, he was prime minister when justice and policing powers were devolved to Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, another major step for…
California's battery fleet hit a single-evening record of nearly 13 gigawatts on July 9, and at peak that discharge covered 36 percent of the entire region's electricity demand
The sun dipped below the horizon on the evening of July 9 and the lights stayed on. Millions of homes and offices drew power not from a spinning turbine but from rows of steel cabinets sitting on flat ground across the state. A wall of heat had…
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