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Overview Energy wins Air Force contract to study space-based solar power for military bases
WASHINGTON — Overview Energy has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to study beaming space solar power to military installations, reviving a concept studied two decades ago. The startup, based in Ashburn, Virginia, announced May 6 it…
EDP Weighs Sale of US Unit Focused on Small-Scale Solar Power
EDP Renovaveis SA, one of Europe's largest renewable energy companies, is exploring the sale of its US distributed-generation business, according to people familiar with the matter. The platform includes about 500 megawatts of operational or…
Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable industrial chemicals and clean fuel, potentially…
Report for the three-month period ended 31 March 2026
Strong realised electricity price combined with revenues from project sales and other income, contributed to quarterly proportionate revenues of MEUR 16.8. Proportionate power generation amounted to 225 GWh for the first quarter, with additional 6…
COLUMNIST: Myths and reality about solar panels | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
We live in an age of both scientific miracles and superstition about science, increasing more or less in tandem. One year we're creating novel vaccines that arrest a global pandemic, and four years later we've got measles outbreaks because people…
GNSS-IR aids in water-level research
No audio available for this content. Cost-effective sensors from the University of Bonn are measuring water levels along rivers and coastlines in Africa and the Pacific region. Using a low-cost sensor and GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry…
High speed trains spin wind turbines to generate power in first UK trial
For centuries, the gusts of air produced as Britain's trains rush around the country have been wasted – until now. In a UK first, rail company LNER have installed three experimental wind turbines alongside the track, to harness the turbulent…
Is the Strait Crisis Driving an Energy Transition?
Living as we must, in history, it is always important to distinguish between the mostly contingent events of the moment and the deeper trends that will affect the future. Call it, perhaps, the difference between the libretto and the score. I was…
Andhra Pradesh SIPB clears investment proposals worth ₹2 lakh crore
The Andhra Pradesh government has approved investments worth over ₹2.01 lakh crore at the 17meeting of the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, paving the way for 25 major projects and…
Can Scotland's politicians really cut your energy bills?
, Scotland political correspondent, Kevin Keane, Scotland environment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, Aimee Stanton and Andrew Picken The cost of living has dominated a Holyrood election campaign run against the backdrop of the global…
Can Scotland's politicians really cut your energy bills?
Phil Sim,Scotland political correspondent, Kevin Keane,Scotland environment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, The cost of living has dominated a Holyrood election campaign run against the backdrop of the global fallout from the ongoing Iran…
Solex Energy plans 5 GW solar cell factory in India
Indian PV manufacturer Solex Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Gujarat to build a 5 GW solar cell manufacturing facility and a 10 GW battery energy storage system (BESS) factory in the state, with a planned…
Top Solar Stocks To Watch Today - May 5th
Megatrends Still Matter: 3 Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years First Solar, Enphase Energy, and SolarEdge Technologies are the three Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. 'Solar stocks' are shares of companies…
10 Charming Garden Statues That Feel Like Summer at Grandma's House
We've been independently researching and testing products for over 120 years. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more about our review process. There's something undeniably magical about stepping into a garden—like…
Obama-backed $2.2B green energy 'boondoggle' leaves taxpayers on the hook
Roughly $730M to $780M remains on a $1.6B federal loan, and one critic calls the Ivanpah facility a ‘boondoggle' SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Federal taxpayers helped build a $2.2 billion solar plant — now electricity customers are…
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