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Spain Weighs Financial Aid to Struggling Solar Power Industry
The Spanish government is weighing whether to offer financial support to a domestic solar industry that's grappling with oversupply and negative wholesale power prices. The government has started reviewing the state of the industry after being…
Space-based data centres: The next frontier for AI, or an expensive detour?
The global surge in artificial intelligence is creating a new kind of infrastructure race. This is not simply about faster chips or larger language models. It is about where the computing power of the future will physically reside, how it will be…
Solar Beat Coal in US Electricity Mix for the First Time in May
Coal's share has nearly halved over the last five years, while solar's has more than doubled. But tariffs and permitting delays could slow growth in the years ahead. The transition away from fossil fuels is often framed as a long-term process, but…
Aldi launches £5.99 solar spotlight that's perfect for lighting up garden paths
Aldi has launched a new solar-powered Stainless Steel Spotlight that's designed to illuminate pathways and darker corners of your outdoor space. It's available for £5.99 in-store whilst stock lasts, though buyers can use Aldi's stock checker…
OUT ON A LIMB: Remembering miners, rail workers
Sometimes, as a genealogist, you come across something that does not specifically identify an ancestor but is still good background. Here are two recent news items that many Northeastern Pennsylvania family researchers can identify with: the…
Space companies talk with insurers over orbital data-centre coverage
9397d2f6-a182-4dd4-9d90-69ba3c92686e Aiming high: SpaceX is among several companies seeking to put data centres in space Insurance will play a vital role in enabling artificial intelligence data centres to be put into orbit — and talks are…
Datacenters driving US clean energy growth while still threatening climate
Datacenters are driving unprecedented growth in the US clean energy industry, paradoxically boosting a sector that was sputtering before the artificial intelligence boom even as AI's rollout creates immense environmental challenges. However…
TN government to set up five renewable energy zones to accelerate solar, wind projects
In an effort towards increasing the State's renewable energy generation, the Tamil Nadu government has announced the setting up of five renewable energy zones. According to a Power Ministry statement, the Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Ltd…
Stockton Waterfront urban park ready to open on Tees bank
Will demolishing one side of a town's high street turn out to be the very thing that saves it? Amid emptying shop units and falling footfall, a bold choice was made to tear down major buildings and create a park with a difference to reconnect…
The S&P 500's Dividend Yield Is Down to Around 1%. Buy This 5%-Yielding Pipeline Stock to Boost Your Passive Income.
Growth stocks continue leading the market higher. If you're an income investor shopping around for a new dividend-paying company, however, you might be a bit discouraged. That's because the market's relentless bullishness, which has driven the S&P…
33 Examples Of Future Technology That Might Leave You Stunned
Elon Musk wants humanity to harness the Sun's entire energy through a concept called a Dyson Sphere, a massive megastructure first proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960. Musk believes advanced AI, Mars colonization, and human survival all…
India's cheapest power is here, the grid must catch up
India is leaving tens of gigawatts (GW) of cheap solar and wind power stranded — not because the projects are not ready, but because the grid is not. Upgrading the existing grid with advanced technologies and adding storage at key nodes can…
Brexit's poster town Boston was promised the Earth - now they have the bill
Chris Wray stands on land his family has farmed for five generations and says something that would have been unthinkable when Britain voted for Brexit. 'I can't afford to employ my own kids,” he says. For most people, it would be a statement…
We Can Make an Antigravity Machine-And Unlock a 'Mind-Blowing' Future, Oxford Physicist Says
Gravity is the force with which we're most familiar. It's what's keeping you on the planet, even as you're reading this. Despite gravity feeling deeply intertwined with our daily lives, scientists are still unable to quantize it—or test…
SpaceX wants to build AI data centers in space. Will it work?
Among the most ambitious and challenging ideas riding this wave of enthusiasm is something that sounds almost like science fiction: orbital data centers. SpaceX may be one of the most well-known companies seeking to build them, but it is not the…
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