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NC school rooftops could generate enough solar power for 150,000 homes, report finds
North Carolina's public schools could generate enough solar energy from their rooftops to match the annual electricity use of nearly 150,000 homes, according to a new analysis that found much of the state's school rooftop solar potential remains…
Interstellar Travel IV: Solar, Magnetic, & Directed-Energy Sails
Welcome back to our series on Interstellar Travel! In our first installment, we examined attempts to realize nuclear propulsion and how the technology could be used to reach the nearest star. In our second, we examined how fusion power has also…
PM Surya Ghar Powers India's Solar Revolution Through Digital-First Governance
India's rooftop solar push is increasingly being powered not just by subsidies and policy support, but by digital-first governance. The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has enabled more than 50 lakh households to adopt rooftop solar in just over…
Nuclear power could help future moon missions 'survive the night
Updated: 7:36 PM EDT Aug 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nuclear power could help future moon missions 'survive the night' Updated: 7:36 PM EDT Aug 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ ORLANDO, Fla. — Firefly Aerospace is partnering…
Rhetan TMT starts power generation from solar project
Rhetan TMT, a leading manufacturer of TMT steel bars, has started power generation from its 1 MW captive ground-mounted solar power project at its manufacturing facility in Gujarat. With the solar power project now operational, the company expects…
Is solar battery storage worth it? What homeowners need to know
Solar panels generate electricity whenever the sun is shining, but that doesn't necessarily coincide with when your household uses the most power. A solar battery can bridge that gap by storing surplus electricity produced during the day so you can…
Huddersfield spa nominated for major awards - here's how you can support them
There's still time to show your support for a much-loved Huddersfield luxury spa. As we've previously reported, Titanic Spa, in Linthwaite, is in the running for three prestigious awards. The team from Titanic Spa, is celebrating after receiving…
Waymo's Ojai Is Now Open To Public. My Experience Spoke To The Future
A Waymo Ojai arrives for pickup Waymo has now made rides in their new Ojai robotaxi available to the public in the San Francisco Bay Area, L.A. and Phoenix. In Part 1 of this story, I described the implications of the robotaxi base vehicle being…
South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard answers your questions
Lucy Ashton, South Yorkshire political reporter and Xanthe Palmer, Radio Sheffield The mayor of South Yorkshire says the city's Supertram network is being renewed so it can withstand temperatures of up to 50°C amid concerns over escalating…
Coming soon to rural Georgia: Thousands more acres of new solar projects
But solar expansion in South Georgia has rankled residents in some areas. Their frustrations have ranged from anger over the tax incentives offered to certain projects to NIMBY-esque aesthetic concerns about acres upon acres of solar panels. In…
Burnham announces plans to clean up illegal waste dumps - UK politics live
Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. The days of criminal gangs making easy money from dumping waste are “over”, the prime minister will say on a visit to a waste site in Yorkshire later today. Illegal dumps in West…
Daily on Energy: Could we see an offshore nuclear power plant?
In a world where we have oil rigs and wind turbines located offshore, could this initiative result in floating nuclear power plants? Callie spoke with NANO Nuclear Energy, an advanced nuclear energy company exploring offshore opportunities, to find…
Turnbull-backed battery proposal sets off sparks in Doreen
A renewable energy company chaired by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull plans to build a large-scale battery on bushfire-prone land in Melbourne's green wedges, alarming nearby residents who lived through the devastating Black Saturday fires…
Nvidia Chip-Filled Data Centers Need More Power Than Any Utility Can Promise. Here's Who Actually Wins.
Modern data centers require massive amounts of power, and those demands are only growing. High-density AI clusters packed with Nvidia (NVDA -0.99%) graphics processing units (GPUs) can require 100 kilowatts (kW) to over 300 kW per rack, or up to 20…
TerraPower's nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
Nuclear power startups have been pitching themselves as the antidote to what ails AI data centers: power that's always available. Bill Gates-founded TerraPower is one of the latest to throw its hat that into that ring, with Bloomberg reporting that…
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