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Contracts signal growing interest in space-based solar power
WASHINGTON — Two companies with plans for space-based solar power systems have secured agreements to further their development as the industry reaches out to the energy sector to stimulate interest. You'll also receive our weekly Editor's…
Cloudy Germany Has Generated Almost Three Times as Much Solar Power as Sunny Australia This Year
Germany, known more for gray skies than sunshine, generated 90.2 terawatt-hours (TWh) of solar electricity by September 27, 2026, already topping its total of 90 TWh for all of 2025. The German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) announced the…
Australia news live: eSafety warns online gaming can cause 'serious harms' to children; Atlassian to power solar farm
Minns government vows to regulate labour hire in NSW The Minns government has pledged to regulate labour hire in New South Wales if reelected, a move meant to protect workers and businesses from dodgy labour hire providers. An independent report…
HK MetaGreenX develops remote soil-monitoring technology, sets sights on Malaysian market
Local nature-tech start-up MetaGreenX, set up by three graduates from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has developed 'CubeX,' a solar-powered soil sensing device to improve the survival rate of seedlings planted in remote rural…
New satellites test orbital data centers and 'energy beaming'
Several futuristic space experiments involving orbital data centers and high-tech energy transfers launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon. Driving the news: Among the 130 payloads aboard the Transporter-18…
Nouryon brings U.S. solar project online at Morris, Illinois, facility
Global specialty chemicals leader Nouryon today announced it has started generating solar power at its manufacturing plant in Morris, Ill., the company's first solar project in the U.S. Developed in partnership with local energy provider Convergent…
For new energy, remove old bottlenecks
3 min readOct 2, 2026 06:00 AM IST First published on: Oct 2, 2026 at 06:00 AM IST With more than 300 GW of installed capacity, India ranks third globally in renewable-energy (RE) deployment. But this impressive growth has not always translated…
Google Just Went Nuclear in Georgia. These 2 Industrial Stocks Get Paid to Build It.
Alphabet 's (GOOG -1.70%) (GOOGL -1.70%) Google recently struck a deal with The Southern Company 's (SO +0.70%) Georgia Power to boost its capacity at two nuclear plants. Google will finance 'uprates' (upgrades for a reactor's power output) at…
Star Catcher Is About to Beam Power Between Two Satellites for the First Time
Orbital data centers and factories will need a lot of energy. A Florida startup hopes to deliver it with lasers. Concept sketch of an orbital power grid / Star Catcher Ambitious plans for orbital data centers and factories face a major…
SpaceX set to launch Google AI chips into orbit in push toward space-based data centers
SpaceX plans to launch Google tensor processing units into orbit on Planet Labs satellites. The Transporter-18 mission will mark the first in-orbit test for Alphabet's Project Suncatcher, a 'moonshot' initiative to develop reliable AI…
California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
As free and abundant as sunlight may be, harnessing its power remains stubbornly difficult for homeowners. While the cost of solar energy has plummeted more than 90 percent in the last decade, panels remain a significant investment. And it's not so…
Major solar farm set to power Oxford University college's data centre
Photovolt has said that any electricity supplied from Botley West to Frieze Farm remains subject to a commercial agreement and would otherwise be drawn from the grid. A spokesperson for the developer said: 'Any electricity that may be supplied…
Australia's Home Battery Fleet Could Reach 59 Gigawatt-Hours by 2029-30, Industry Report Projects
Australian households are now adding home batteries faster than new rooftop solar systems, and if the current pace holds, the country could have about 59.2 gigawatt-hours of household energy storage by the 2029-30 financial year. That would be…
How Data Center-Driven Load Growth Is Reshaping the Renewable Energy Market
U.S. grid planners are preparing for annual electricity demand growth of about 0.9% to 1.6% through 2050, with data centers emerging as a major driver, and EPRI—the Electric Power Research Institute—suggesting they could account for…
Google's Project Suncatcher has officially launched to space
Project Suncatcher is aimed at testing Google's AI chips in the harsh environment of space Join Our Community of Science Lovers! I agree my information will be processed in accordance with the Scientific American Inc. Privacy Policy. We leverage…
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