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Solar farm plans in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire face critics - BBC News
The solar energy industry says it expects to see continued growth during 2026 and an increasing rate of solar farm construction in many places. Gareth Simpkins, from the industry body Solar Energy UK, said expansion was continuing at pace: 'By the…
Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Mark Poynting,Climate researcher, Becky Dale,Senior data journalist, BBC Verifyand Renewable energy - considered crucial to limiting climate change - produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025, BBC analysis shows. Wind was the…
Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Renewable energy - considered crucial to limiting climate change - produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025, BBC analysis shows. Wind was the biggest single renewable source of electricity, according to the provisional…
Chilling predictions of Living Nostradamus for 2026
Ever since I was 12 years old, my intuition has been exceptionally strong. It's an inherited gift – I'm Brazilian, but my ancestry is Romany. There have always been seers in my family, people whose perceptions are sensitive to future events.
Net Zero backlash as outcry rails against slave labour in green tech
Net Zero goals should be pushed back to ensure slave labour is not used in making green technology, the public has said. With Ed Miliband poised to splurge billions of pounds on solar power, batteries and heat pumps in a scramble to meet Labour's…
Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Ministers are poised to allow homes in England to be built without carbon-cutting technology in what experts have said is a climbdown after pressure from housebuilders. The future homes standard (FHS), due to be published in January, will regulate…
Soaring silver forces Chinese PV panel makers mull price hike in Q1
Soaring silver prices have begun to impact the global solar power industry, particularly the photovoltaic sector. Chinese manufacturers of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells or panels plan to hike prices during the current quarter or cut production.
Reckless breaches of contract will not make America great
We have long been told that government should be run more like a business. Government, of course, is not literally a business: it has responsibilities to the nation as a whole rather than just some stockholders. Still, we all gain if sound…
IEA projects renewables will overtake all other sources as top global power provider by 2026
The International Energy Agency has projections whose impacts will be realized in the years to come. Soon, before 2026, there will be an era where renewable forms of energy will surpass the use of coal as the major source of electricity generation…
How young women in a Jharkhand village became experts in solar technology
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the village of Dantoo, in Jharkhand's Kasara block, faced a problem common to thousands of villages across the country. Students of the village's government high school were restricted to their homes and had to use…
Africa offers 'long-term opportunities' for clean energy investment, report says
Africa offers “long-term opportunities” for investment in clean-power technologies, according to a new report, having invested $34 billion in the sector between 2020 and 2025. Just over 50% of this sum was allocated to solar energy…
Top Solar Stocks To Research - January 1st
As Global Renewables Surpass Coal, This ETF Offers Smart Exposure First Solar, Enphase Energy, and Sunrun are the three Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Solar stocks are shares of publicly traded companies…
Meeting the Moment: Industry Leaders Chart the Course for Power in 2026
From artificial intelligence-driven efficiency to transmission bottlenecks, power industry insiders share their perspectives on the opportunities and obstacles shaping 2026 and beyond. The power generation sector enters 2026 at a critical…
AGEL incorporates step down arm AE5L
Adani Green Energy on Friday said it has incorporated a step-down subsidiary Adani Ecogen Five Ltd (AE5L) on January 1, 2026, which will produce electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind energy. According to a regulatory filing, the…
A new space race is beginning
During the Cold War's space race, the Apollo moon missions were driven by the US need to prove its superiority. Having made that political and technological point with the 1969 moon landing, the contest between Moscow and Washington petered out. A…
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