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Pentagon Backs Ambitious Plan To Beam Solar Power From Space
Space-based solar power just got another powerful vote of confidence. The United States Department of Defense just inked a contract with solar energy company Overview Energy to “design, build, and test a homing beacon that will enable its…
Pentagon betting on solar power from space
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is funding technology to beam solar power from space to Earth, pursuing a potential source of electricity for military installations that depend on vulnerable fuel supply lines. Its latest investment backs Overview…
New HelioVolta Report: Poor Project Quality Increases Lifetime Solar Energy Costs by More than 20%
Quality issues can raise a PV system's levelized cost of energy (LCOE) by more than 20%, driven by lost production and higher operational costs. The lowest-quality systems underperform by an estimated 6% over their lifetimes and require up to three…
Powerful solar eruption could supercharge the northern lights this week
Aurora chasers, this is one to watch. The sun unleashed a powerful M1.4-class solar flare early this morning (Oct. 6), and it appears to have launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) — a huge cloud of magnetized plasma — into space.
Healey plans to cut solar, renewable energy charges in utility bills
Gov. Maura Healey declared a 'state of energy emergency' and issued an emergency order to cut charges on electric and oil heating bills. Between the lines: It's the governor's latest move to cut energy costs amid high oil prices and her re-election…
Tata Power rooftop solar installations rise 50% in H1 FY27
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Kerala emerged as the key markets for Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd's rooftop solar business in the first half of FY27, as the company added more than 168,530 installations during the period, a 50%…
Form Energy and its iron batteries
Form Energy wants to build cheaper long-duration energy storage technology. The company has developed a new type of battery, built with a far more abundant and cheaper metal, iron, that can store energy for 100 hours. It uses a process that Form…
Rising electricity demand deepens Southeast Asia's energy security concerns, IEA reports says
Risks to Southeast Asia 's energy supplies are multiplying faster than nations are coming up with solutions to meet rapidly rising demand for electricity, according to an International Energy Agency report released Tuesday. Southeast Asia has a…
What's driving Europe's battery boom? Insights from EUPD Research's Business Climate Survey and Storage Report
Europe's battery storage market is entering a new phase as utility-scale projects become the industry's main growth engine, creating fresh opportunities for manufacturers while reshaping competition across residential and commercial markets.
The worst-case climate scenario for Switzerland is drawing nearer
Perhaps a familiar sight one day? Boats lie on the dry lake bed at Untersee in Ermatingen, TG. The Earth could warm more than previously thought. A new study predicts a temperature increase of up to 3.25 degrees by the end of the century. For…
Rising electricity demand deepens Southeast Asia's energy security concerns, IEA reports says
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They're the Most Hated Thing in America. A Strange New Industry Has Cropped Up to Change Your Mind.
One sweltering morning in early August, data center executives gathered in a Northern Virginia conference center to talk about why nobody likes them. The panel, convened by the trade publication Data Center Frontier, featured industry leaders who…
Jeffrey Archer's marriage to wife who suffered his affairs, jail and bankruptcy
Few spouses have been applauded for their enduring patience and loyalty quite like Lady Mary Archer, the wife of the late Lord Jeffrey Archer. An often controversial figure, novelist and politician Archer lived many lives before his recent death at…
Richmond Solar Deal Collapses Amid Conflict-of-Interest Probe
Richmond Mayor Danny Avula has pulled the plug on the city's long-planned solar energy deal, just as a newly opened administrative investigation threatens to unravel what was left of the project. The mayor withdrew his request to revive even a…
Google Launches AI Data Center Prototype Into Orbit on SpaceX Rocket
In partnership with SF-based Planet Labs, Google launched a satellite carrying its custom AI chips into space Thursday to test whether AI data centers could one day operate in orbit, as the tech industry faces growing opposition to data centers on…
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