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Plans unveiled for business park to run on solar power
A planning application has been lodged for a Solihull business park to be powered by solar panels. The IM Group has submitted the application to Solihull Council for photovoltaic solar panels and battery storage housing at its headquarters at The…
Resistance grows against New York's 18 planned solar farms that locals say ruin land, kill animals and won't create much energy
New York is strong-arming 18 industrial-scale solar power plants into rural communities across the state despite strong opposition from locals. Schuylerville farmer Alexandra Fasulo had just settled into the idyllic acreage she purchased in 2023…
Sony highlights 35-year journey in Dubai and backs clean energy goals with solar project
Dubai: Sony Middle East and Africa has highlighted its long-standing presence in Dubai, noting that its journey in Jebel Ali spans more than 35 years. In an interview with the Government of Dubai Media Office, the company said its regional…
JA Solar, Gold Stone Energy claim world's highest efficiency for silicon solar cells with 28.2%-efficient back contact device
Chinese PV manufacturer JA Solar and China-based PV equipment supplier Gold Stone Energy have reported a 28.2% conversion efficiency for a hybrid back-contact (HBC) solar cell developed under their HBC industrialization project. The result was…
As North Carolina's power demand grows, some see microgrids as part of the solution
As North Carolina prepares for a surge in electricity demand from data centers, manufacturing and population growth, some energy experts and policymakers are looking at microgrids as a way to improve reliability, reduce strain on the power grid and…
The BHP files: World's biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal
The world's biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to push major climate investments in its Western Australian iron ore operations into the next two decades, internal…
Important tips you need to know as Met Office predicts 34C heat today
The 11am to 3pm Rule: Medical experts and meteorologists are strongly advising the public to adhere to a strict daylight routine, urging people to follow the 11am to 3pm rule. Spending time indoors or in shaded areas during this specific four-hour…
Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire
If you think the temperature uncomfortable today, let me take you to the last day of July 2052, the rays of the climbing sun reveal a city still sweltering in the residual heat of the day before. From the air, London resembles a colossal refugee…
Investors desert Australia's renewable rollout at 'critical juncture'
Investment in renewable projects collapsed by 50 per cent over the past year, wiping out $4 billion in spending on the rollout, compromising the Albanese government's clean energy targets and spurring industry warnings that the delays could raise…
Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge and more: how YCIS guidance open doors to prestigious universities worldwide
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] At Yew Chung International School of Hong Kong (YCIS HK), a university offer is not a finish line but the first step in a life of service. The Class of 2026 demonstrates…
Telangana CM exhorts SHG women to establish super markets, logistic parks and godowns
Amidst issues in supply-chain pertaining to grains procurement and rising cost of essential items, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday (May 25, 2026) assured support to women self help groups (SHGs) in setting up logistics parks…
Early findings of offshore oil exploration in Andamans indicate hydrocarbon potential: Lt Guv
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lieutenant Governor D K Joshi on Monday said the offshore oil exploration in the archipelago has gained momentum after decades of inactivity, with early findings indicating promising hydrocarbon potential. In an…
Power prices to fall for most customers, with bigger drops for businesses
Surging levels of renewable energy and better reliability from coal-fired generators are set to give consumers a break, with benchmark power prices to fall up to 10 per cent for consumers and more for small businesses. In what will be welcome news…
Musk abandoned his own 'solar electric economy' to burn gas for an AI chatbot no one uses
Elon Musk spent years telling the world that solar power was the obvious answer to Earth's energy needs — that a small patch of desert could power the entire United States. Now, he's burning millions of tons of fossil fuels to run an AI…
Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world's biggest miner's climate push
In the middle of 2019, London was sweltering through a heatwave. Temperature records tumbled. Frail, ill and elderly people died in their hundreds. In a city not built for heat, trains were brought to a halt. Railway lines threatened to buckle and…
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