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China says solar power capacity surpasses coal for first time
China's installed solar energy capacity has surpassed that of coal-fired power for the first time, the national energy body said Tuesday, hailing the milestone. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases…
City of Cape Town signs solar power deals for electricity up to 21 percent cheaper than Eskom
Cape Town has signed two 20-year power purchase agreements to buy 70MW of solar power from independent producers in Atlantis and Philippi. The city says the agreements will provide power at rates below current Eskom prices The City of Cape Town has…
US Battery Installs to Hit Record in 2026, Industry Report Says
The US added a record amount of energy storage in the second quarter and is on pace to reach an all-time high this year, according to an industry trade report. The country installed 20.2 gigawatt-hours of capacity during the three months ended in…
New plug-in solar panels could cut energy bills by £150 a year
Households can now buy plug-in solar panels that connect to a normal electrical socket following a major change to the rules governing solar power in Great Britain. The new systems could help households cut electricity bills without the expense or…
As China-US space race heats up, Shanghai unveils space-computing hub
As China ramps up its efforts to build an orbital data ecosystem and counter the US in the commercial space race, Shanghai – home to several major domestic players – has kicked off an inaugural space-computing forum alongside a new…
NASA Small Business Subcontracting Program - BAE Systems
BAE Systems provides our customers with a vital advantage through world-class defense capabilities across the air, land, maritime, space, and cyber domains. We accelerate the pace of innovation by leveraging qualified small businesses that can meet…
Tata Power Renewable Energy commissions 100 MW solar project in Kayathar, Tamil Nadu
Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), the renewable energy subsidiary of The Tata Power Company, has successfully commissioned its 100 Mega Watt(MW) Group Captive Solar Project (TNGC-2) at Vellalankottai and Nalandhula villages in Kayathar…
Headline Newds: Meet the OnlyFans stars taking on climate change
In a bid to bring public attention to the global climate crisis, a group of filmmakers have taken an unusual approach; recruiting OnlyFans stars. This year alone has seen countries around the world gripped by devastating wildfires amid extreme…
DWTS' Gleb Savchenko Lists California Home Amid Bitter Custody Fight With Ex
Gleb Savchenko is looking to unload his Southern California home... putting the desert property on the market amid his ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife... TMZ has learned. Sources familiar with the sale tell TMZ... Gleb listed the Morongo…
How a South African town cleaned up its polluted river using stones, wood and sand
All it took to turn the murky, heavily polluted waters of South Africa's Stiebeuel River into a resource clean enough for irrigating a community's vegetable plots was a collection of stones, heat-treated wood and sand. Without chemicals and using…
What are homes getting back from their solar panels?
This is an extract from the latest edition of Temperature Check, The Journal's monthly climate newsletter, which was sent to subscribers last week. Sign up at the end of this article to receive Temperature Check to your email inbox. With how grey…
The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in just 3 months
The US battery storage market just posted its biggest quarter ever, adding 20.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in Q2 2026. The record quarter brought total battery storage installations for the first half of 2026 to 30.8 GWh – up 23%…
Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming Himalayas
Workers shoveled thick mud from a flood-ravaged power station in central Nepal, trying to revive a key node that supplies electricity to more than 20,000 people. But as they cleared debris from equipment buried by last week's catastrophic floods…
China better suited to build, not own, Indonesia's solar dream
Indonesia wants China's help building enough solar power to electrify 100 mid-sized cities without actually owning the capacity. On July 17 in Shanghai, Indonesia's economy minister, Airlangga Hartarto, asked China's trade minister, Wang Wentao, to…
Nearly 1,000 people are missing in Nepal's floods, and hundreds more are trapped in hydropower tunnels as flood knocks 10% of power capacity offline
Workers shoveled thick mud from a flood-ravaged power station in central Nepal, trying to revive a key node that supplies electricity to more than 20,000 people. But as they cleared debris from equipment buried by last week's catastrophic floods…
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