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California students compete in solar-powered boat race in Sacramento County
California students compete in solar-powered boat race in Sacramento County THE MURAL IS SET TO BE UNVEILED LATER ON THIS SPRING. ALSO HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, A HEATED COMPETITION IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. STUDENTS ARE USING THE POWER OF THE SUN TO RACE…
LETTER: NV Energy, solar and hydropower
The headline in Monday's Review-Journal warns of significantly reduced hydropower capacity this fall. The article contains the prediction of a general manager of a rural Nevada utility company that higher utility costs will be passed on to their…
Indoor solar panels to power your gadgets? A team just proved it can be done safely
University of Queensland researchers have developed indoor solar panels that could one day power your wearables, sensors, and small electronics using nothing but the light already in your home or office. The panels are based on perovskite, a…
UK firm aims to build 'data centre' using 50,000 lampposts in Nigeria
There have been many attempts to put data centres in unusual places over the years - Microsoft put a data centre under the sea, Elon Musk has suggested putting them in space. Now a UK firm is betting on data centres using thousands of connected…
India to tap augmented solar capacity, coal to weather El Nino, summer-related power demand
Amidst expectations of further increase in energy demand with peak summers approaching and an El Nino in sight, India could be looking at meeting its increased power requirements from the traditional coal-powered thermal plants and augmented solar…
Policy Problems Aside, Solar Continues to Shine
Industry analysts say faster construction timelines, along with lower energy costs, are fueling consistent growth in a sector increasingly constrained by regulators. Solar energy continues to drive new electricity generation capacity. The U.S.
What is the Kardashev scale, and why does Elon Musk talk about it so much?
As a long-time lover of science fiction, I'm very familiar with the old trope of a galaxy-spanning human civilization, thousands or even millions of planets strong. Watching Star Trek, Star Wars and Stargate made such a dizzying future seem almost…
Outside In | China's manufacturing rise is here to stay. The West must recalibrate
If the “China shock” of the early 2000s was about China catching up, then “China shock 2.0” is about the country redefining the boundaries of what is economically possible across manufacturing sectors, according to…
3 Multi-Energy Stocks to Consider for Powering the Future
Powering the intense energy needs of artificial intelligence (AI) is not as simple as relying on just one power source. Instead, many companies are building energy portfolios with multiple resources to meet varying needs. That includes everything…
Gavin Newsom roasted over $20M spend on solar-covered canal
Gov. Gavin Newsom took a beating online after announcing a multimillion-dollar solar-power plan — as he continues to catch flak for state projects that have ballooned into the billions of dollars. Newsom's office announced that the new green…
Solar Stocks To Research - May 1st
Megatrends Still Matter: 3 Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years First Solar, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Enphase Energy, Nextpower, Sunrun, SolarEdge Technologies, and Canadian Solar are the seven Solar stocks to watch today, according to…
Octopus Energy boss: some people would accept occasional blackouts if bills cut
The boss of the UK's biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills. A year on from Europe's largest power outage – which left tens of…
Women Driving Climate Action Take Centre Stage at Sustainability LIVE @ London Climate Action Week
London, 1 May 2026 – Sustainability LIVE @ London Climate Action Week will host a Women in Sustainability panel on 25 June 2026, bringing together leading female executives to address the critical role of women in driving climate action and…
Australia's home battery bonanza is fuelling a solar revival
Australian households installed more rooftop solar power in March than in any other month on record, as a massive boom in supersized home batteries and surging electric vehicle sales pushed many homeowners to upgrade the size of their rooftop…
SpaceX spending on Starship tops $15 billion in rush for airline-like rocketry
SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company's IPO registration reviewed by Reuters, a sum that dwarfs the cost of its workhorse Falcon rocket as Elon Musk's space company nears a…
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