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Solar Power Hits Big Milestone, Trumping Wind
How much energy does solar produce? For the first time ever, solar beat wind and nearly topped nuclear as a global electricity source in 2025, according to the latest Statistical Review of World Energy. Among solar energy companies, First Solar…
New, Solar-Powered Safari EVs Are Getting Us Closer Than Ever to Wildlife
Published August 14, 2026 11:59AM As dusk settled over the Mara Triangle, a section of Kenya's famed Maasai Mara National Reserve, Oloimina, an elderly male lion with an epic mane and a limp sustained from a tussle with buffaloes, started roaring.
India on track to hit record solar power installations in 2026
India is on course to add a record 50 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity in the 2026 calendar year, largely aided by the ALMM mandate for solar PV cells and the phased removal of waivers for inter-state transmission charges. The country is set…
U.S. Natural Gas Futures Gain Ground
0948 ET – U.S. natural gas futures advance in early trading with recovering LNG demand and hot weather keeping some support under the market after yesterday's slightly bearish storage report. “To the extent the solar power boom was a…
Through War and Heat, Energy Is the Story
The United States' negotiations to end its war with Iran are at yet another standstill. Nearly six months after President Donald Trump announced military operations would last only a few weeks, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Iran has…
Solar Is Now Half of All New Power on the Grid and This ETF Still Trades Like Nobody Noticed
The Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) closed Wednesday at $52.47, up roughly 7% year to date while the S&P 500 has returned about 14%. That is a strange result for a fund whose underlying industry is now building out roughly half of every new…
Data centers in space could be a new frontier for insurers - if they can price the risk
Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are betting on orbital computing, bringing data centers to space. Insurers that aren't looking at space as the next frontier for insurance underwriting risk missing out on a big growth story, according…
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Disney World has new trash cans - and some longtime park goers aren't thrilled
Disney World is giving its trash cans a high-tech makeover, but some longtime fans aren't exactly singing “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” about it. The resort recently rolled out solar-powered trash cans across its parks that automatically…
New B.C. Hydro rules cloud the future of residential solar
When Victoria resident Bill Yearwood looks around at the other rooftops in his neighbourhood, he sees a lot of potential for solar electricity. At the four-storey house he shares with his wife and 96-year-old mother, their energy needs…
Renewable Energy Stocks To Watch Now - August 14th
Data Center Delays Create Opportunity in These 3 Stocks Quanta Services, WEC Energy Group, NOV, AirJoule Technologies, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, ReNew Energy Global, and Clearway Energy are the seven Renewable Energy stocks to watch…
Keighley logistics firm invests £250,000 in green technology
Keighley-based Joda Freight has introduced solar panels and electric forklift trucks as part of its wider strategy to cut emissions and improve environmental performance. The panels have been installed across half of the firm's warehouse roof, with…
Guest Column: Data centers will be a huge net plus for Louisiana
It's time to address the most hotly debated energy topic of the day: data centers. As the AI industrial revolution continues to gain momentum, so seemingly does a wave of anti-data center sentiment across the country. And yet, data centers are the…
AI+ • Beyond Boundaries: AWE2027 Officially Launches
SHANGHAI, Aug. 14, 2026 /CNW/ -- On August 12, the 2027 Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE2027) officially launched. Under the theme 'AI+ • Beyond Boundaries,' it will take place March 17–20, 2027, at Shanghai New International…
Octopus Energy confirms £244 per home payments for households
Octopus Energy has confirmed households have earned nearly £100m from selling their spare solar power through the energy giant over the past year. More than 400,000 households are now on Octopus's export tariffs. The tariffs have seen 825 GWh…
An obscure clean-energy rule change could have big consequences for investors
You need to understand what this proposed clean-energy directive might mean for your portfolio – even if you don't care about sustainability A proposed revision to clean-energy accounting guidelines you likely didn't know existed –…
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