The 2024 total solar eclipse above Indiana. (Image credit: Josh Dinner) The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black circle surrounded by a milky halo, a consequence of the moon passing perfectly between
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The image shows a solar eclipse. Reuters/File The Meteorological Department said that the first solar eclipse of this year is set to take place today (Saturday) as many people across the world gather to witness the celestial event. The celestial event will be visible in parts of Europe, Asia, North America, South America and the
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Written by Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator, SuperCam instrument / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument at Purdue University Recently Mars has had a few Earthly visitors. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of the Red Planet’s surface on its way out to Jupiter. On March 12, the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft
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JinkoSolar said its global PV shipments increased 19.2% year on year to 99.6 GW in 2024, but a steep drop in module prices drove down revenue 22% to CNY 92.2 billion. Net profit plunged 98% to $7.9 million, including a $39.2 million impairment charge following a fire at its Shanxi factory. The company said it
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In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry. March 28, 2025 OPIS China: The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), the OPIS benchmark assessment for TOPCon modules from China rose 1.14% to $0.089/W Free-On-Board (FOB) China, with higher
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Amid a record amount of new solar capacity added in China in 2024, the share held by small-scale, “distributed” arrays fell to 38%, from 58% in 2022. Grid constraints, policy changes, and pricing adjustments have impacted home and business solar arrays, as Vincent Shaw reports, from Shanghai. March 28, 2025 Vincent Shaw From pv magazine
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Irina Slav Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry. More Info By Irina Slav – Mar 28, 2025, 3:45 AM CDT Shell has decided to scrap wind and solar power generation projects it had planned to build in Brazil, citing the unfavorable investment
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The California Solar Canal Initiative (CSCI) aims to use research from the University of California, Merced, to find communities willing to generate power with solar-covered canals. March 26, 2025 Anne Fischer From pv magazine USA The CSCI aims to increase the number of solar installations on California’s canals. The initiative is led by the University
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Neo learns and adapts to user consumption habits, ensuring optimal use of rooftop solar energy and improving battery life. March 26, 2025 Gwénaëlle Deboutte The Imeon Energy stand at the BePositive trade show Image: pv magazine From ESS News French solar-plus-storage business Imeon Energy has showcased its Neo smart, connected hybrid inverter with integrated storage
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Portugal set a record for solar deployment in 2024, installing 1.77 GW and surpassing the previous year’s total. The country’s cumulative installed PV capacity now stands at 5.66 GW, as it works toward a revised 20.8 GW target by 2030. March 26, 2025 Patrick Jowett Portugal deployed 1.77 GW of solar in 2024, setting a
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