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Knox County, Indiana Revises Solar Energy Setback Ordinance
Knox County commissioners voted Wednesday to overhaul the county's solar energy ordinance, expanding setback distances near homes and adding new soil and water monitoring requirements after months of pressure from residents worried about the…
UV down-shifting layers could boost TOPCon solar module energy yield by over 4%
Researchers at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia have investigated whether luminescent ultraviolet down-shifting (UVDS) layers could replace conventional UV absorbers to reduce UV-induced degradation in solar cells based on tunnel oxide…
Binance shuts down Bitcoin mining, pivots to renewable energy and offers sustainable passive income
Features include Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, and a Transaction Accelerator, alongside hashrate alerts, email notifications, and the mining pool API. According to the announcement, Binance Pool will disconnect miners and deactivate…
Complaints surge as Australia's A$7.2 billion home battery program attracts scrutiny
Australia's booming household battery market is attracting increasing regulatory scrutiny as complaints rise about installers taking deposits, delaying projects and failing to deliver systems promised under the Federal Government's Cheaper Home…
SpaceX launches 35th NASA cargo mission with medical research to ISS (SPCX:NASDAQ)
SpaceX (SPCX) on Tuesday launched another cargo mission to the International Space Station, carrying more than 6,000 pounds (2,721.55 kilogram) of scientific equipment, supplies and solar-power hardware as the company continues its role as a major…
Fuel prices are cutting emissions in France. Will it last?
France is getting an unexpected boost in its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but it comes with a catch consumers are feeling at the fuel pump. Soaring fuel prices caused by the war in Iran have prompted people to buy less diesel and cut…
Telecel Ghana Grabs Two Awards At CCIFG Gala And Awards 2026 - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Telecel Ghana has won two major awards at the 2026 Chamber of Commerce and Industry France-Ghana (CCIFG) Gala and Awards, earning recognition for its excellence in digital transformation, innovation and sustainability. The company secured the…
What happens to an EV battery after it's removed from your car?
Your old EV battery may end up trading its daily commute for a stationary role. An EV battery's life is far from over once it leaves a car. When the owner is done with the vehicle, for whatever reason, there are varying degrees of battery health…
India's Energy Future: A Balancing Act
Sustaining rapid economic growth while chasing ambitious decarbonisation goals is one of the defining challenges of modern India. This e-book from The Hindu Group delivers a vital reality check on the nation's power landscape and the complex…
Stationary, moving, flexible: Batteries are the low-cost backbone of the future energy system
Battery technology is often associated with the material bottleneck issue: A stringent transition to highly renewable energy systems in combination with high electrification would require large capacities for battery storage, both stationary and…
Kholo Capital backs DCC with R275m debt deal
Carlos Ferreira, CEO, DCC Technologies. (Image: DCC Technologies) Investment manager Kholo Capital has provided R275 million in mezzanine debt funding to South African ICT distributor DCC Holdings to refinance existing debt and support its…
Maine town has 100 cemeteries but nowhere to bury its dead
Residents of the town of Penobscot who haven't already bought a cemetery plot currently can't be buried in the Hancock County town when they die. That's because its only two active cemeteries — the town-owned Bay Cemetery behind its post…
US power prices fall with utility-scale solar, rise with rooftop
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found that renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and utility-scale renewables are not associated with higher residential electricity prices in the United States, while rooftop solar…
What AI Gets Right In Medicine Is Giving Patients Time To Talk
In a new Lancet paper, 98 real urgent care patients corresponded with a Google DeepMind (Gemini et al.) medical LLM before their appointment with a physician. Though as a society we stopped doing Symptom Based Medicine over 60 years ago, 90 percent…
Energy Awards 2026
Recognising excellence in innovation, sustainability, customer experience, community care and more. 11 stories or Subscribe to save article The Financial Review Energy Awards recognise companies that are innovating, prioritising sustainability and…
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