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Watch Why Solar Power Belongs on Earth
Why Solar Power Belongs on Earth Orbiting solar farms may sound like the future of clean energy. Bloomberg Opinion's Mark Gongloff explains why keeping renewables on Earth is the simpler and smarter option.
Philippines bets big on solar power, but remote communities risk being left behind
MANILA: The Philippines is accelerating its shift to solar energy as it grapples with some of the highest electricity prices in Southeast Asia and seeks to reduce its dependence on imported fuel. However, many of the archipelago's remote…
Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found
Scientists may have finally seen the sun telegraph an eruption hours before it happened — and the one caught was one of our star's most powerful explosions. Drawing on a rare dataset collected in the hours leading up to a massive solar…
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0647 GMT – China's battery sector is likely to benefit from strong energy-transition-linked…
America's Largest Wind Farm To Begin Operations This Month
The SunZia Wind Project, the largest wind farm in the United States, is scheduled to kick off operations this month, roughly three years after construction activities began on the project, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a June…
Will plug-in solar panels help cut bills for many?
Plug-in solar panels will soon be available to buy in supermarkets across the south. Anyone living in flats or homes without suitable roofs for traditional solar panels will be able to use the plug-ins. They can be installed on balconies, gardens…
Will plug-in solar panels help cut bills for many?
Tiffany Rowlands South of England Plug-in solar panels will soon be available to buy in supermarkets across the south. Anyone living in flats or homes without suitable roofs for traditional solar panels will be able to use the plug-ins. They can be…
Forget Elon's Data Centers In Space. This Startup Wants To Float Them At Sea
Panthalassa began testing Ocean-2, a prototype data center node off the coast of Washington state, in 2025. Among big future businesses Elon Musk is selling investors in newly public SpaceX is his plan to put data centers in space: solar-powered…
Statkraft to pump more water into Blåsjø reservoir
(Oslo, 14 June 2026) – Statkraft has decided to build the Blåfjell Pump, which will channel more water directly into Blåsjø, Norway's largest hydropower reservoir. This will increase production in the Ulla-Førre…
Antarctica Just Experienced a Winter Heatwave Unlike Anything Scientists Have Seen Before
Not to be alarmist or anything, but things are heating up in Antarctica, and I don't mean things are getting exciting. They're getting literally quite hot. Way too hot for a place that's supposed to be among the coldest on Earth. As reported by The…
SpaceX IPO Lifts Off As Data Center Race Moves From Ashburn To Abilene To Space
SpaceX surged 19% on Friday in its Nasdaq debut following the world's largest IPO, closing near $161 after opening at $150 and valuing the company north of $2 trillion. J.P. Morgan + SpaceX= Largest IPO Congratulations to the @spaceX team on this…
Jersey pupils design products to change the world
More than 1,000 school pupils have taken part in a product design competition that aims to inspire the engineers of the future. Primary and secondary pupils from schools across Jersey have had their ideas judged by local engineers and contest…
5 Mistakes Homeowners Make With Solar Panels
Installing solar panels seems like an easy decision when the energy bill keeps rising each month, but many homeowners often make mistakes before they even sign the contract. That happens because buying these solar panels for a house does not follow…
Dirty Solar Panels Are Less Effective. CMU Researchers Want To Fix That Problem
As more solar power is added to the energy grid in Western Pennsylvania and across the world, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are thinking about what comes next: how to maintain those solar panels. The technical term for when dust, pollen…
What's the Best Way to Monetize Space Energy?
AI is making energy valuable enough that we're reconsidering where infrastructure should live. Space is increasingly where that conversation leads. Orbital data centers are the most visible expression of that shift right now. They've attracted real…
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