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Overview Energy demonstrates technologies for space solar power
WASHINGTON — A space solar power startup has emerged from stealth after demonstrating a key technology for its plans to transmit power from space to the Earth. Overview Space announced Dec. 10 that it successfully tested a system that…
West Central Initiative's Municipal Solar Cohort Empowers Rural Communities to Harness Solar Energy for Public Buildings
Communities across our region are taking bold steps toward a more sustainable and resilient future through the Municipal Solar Cohort. West Central Initiative created the cohort to help communities develop project proposals for small-scale…
MNRE asks REIAs to move from vanilla-solar energy tenders
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has asked the Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies (REIAs) to move away from floating vanilla-solar power tenders and focus on solar plus battery storage bids going forward. Responding to a starred…
New Jersey airport solar panels mark 'milestone' year for energy - BBC News
Image source, Jersey Electricity An array of solar panels at Jersey Airport have been brought online. Jersey Electricity said the solar panels at the airport cargo terminal would generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 60…
Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms
Overview Energy emerged from stealth today with a plan to use the world's solar panels as nighttime collectors of power beamed down from space. The startup plans to use large solar arrays in geosynchronous orbit — about 22,000 miles above…
SpaceX Hypes 2026 IPO With Predictable Ingredient: AI in Orbit
SpaceX is reportedly preparing a 2026 initial public offering that would raise over $30 billion, targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion. Part of the funding is said to toward an ambitious venture that CEO Elon Musk and other tech billionaires…
Gloomy weather in Sacramento raises energy bills for solar panel users
Gloomy weather in Sacramento raises energy bills for solar panel users NOW BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, DIRK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE GLOOMY WEATHER, OF COURSE, MEANS LESS SUNLIGHT FOR PEOPLE AND SOLAR PANELS. AND THAT'S LEADING TO HIGHER ENERGY…
Bezos' Blue Origin working on orbital data center technology, WSJ reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for artificial intelligence data centers in space, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with…
Inside Dr. Richard Lu's Crusade for Clean Energy
Disseminated on behalf of PowerBank Corporation Dr. Richard Lu, MD, MSc., MHSc., MBA, is the President, CEO, and founder of PowerBank Corp. He brings over 25 years of international energy expertise, directing growth strategies and managing major…
25 Years of Space Station Technology Driving Exploration
NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. After 25 years of habitation, the International Space Station continues to be a proving ground for technology that powers NASA's Artemis…
Billionaires Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk racing to build AI data centers in space: report
Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for artificial intelligence data centers in space, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Meanwhile…
Smart Energy in Action: JA Solar's first BESS for C&I in Sicily, Italy
PALERMO, Italy, Dec. 11, 2025 /CNW/ -- JA Solar, a global leader in photovoltaic products and integrated energy solutions, announced the successful commissioning of a solar-plus-storage microgrid at a modern C&I facility in Sicily. This project…
This Chinese-made electronic is a growing security threat to the US
Experts are warning that certain Chinese-made electronics used widely by U.S. power companies could be vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report. New research has revealed that many U.S. power companies rely on Chinese-made inverters…
'Greetings, earthlings': Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up
Washington-based Starcloud launched a satellite with a Nvidia H100 graphics processing unit in early November, sending a chip into outer space that's 100 times more powerful than any GPU compute that has been in space before. Now, the company's…
With Google's Project Suncatcher, a look at efforts to put data centres in space
He added that it would become normal to build extraterrestrial data centres in a decade. According to a policy note released last week, Project Suncatcher will equip solar-powered satellite constellations with Tensor Processing Units (Google's…
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