In this week’s science news, we covered the world’s oldest rock art, a gigantic reservoir found beneath the East Coast seafloor, a record solar radiation storm, and how the JWST’s black hole discoveries are upending cosmology as we know it. (Image credit: Maxime Aubert | Chi Shiyong/VCG via Getty Images) This week’s science news was […]
Americana Motor hotel on Route 66 – Image Credit Hotels.com Visit Hotels.com data reveals a significant rise in hotel searches for 2026, driven by major global events such as a total solar eclipse, international sports tournaments, and high-profile concerts, indicating that travelers are planning far in advance for event-driven trips and facing rising accommodation costs.
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In all ages, humankind decided to spend considerable amounts of the available productivity on special monumental projects. Managing climate change and rebalancing within the planetary boundaries is such an activity. The enormous energetic productivity of solar PV may evolve as the central pillar to create a sustainable civilization… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/23/solar-pv-will-have-a-major-role-in-marshalling-our-productivity-to-create-a-sustainable-civilization/
Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has advocated for local manufacture of solar panels and batteries to address job creation, lower costs, and strengthen Nigeria’s renewable energy supply chain. The governor gave this position Thursday in Abuja at the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) state- by- state roundtable engagement with Niger state, where he advised against
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South Africas transition to low-carbon transport reached a critical milestone this month when the first electric truck in the country was successfully charged using a fully off-grid, solar-powered charging station. The demonstration, led by Zero Carbon Charge (CHARGE) at its Wolmaransstad site, North West province, proves that heavy-duty electric vehicles can be powered entirely by
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Researchers at the Saudi university, along with TU Delft, and LMU Munich, have improved the performance of heterojunction solar cell The post Saudi’s KAUST involved in breakthrough perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell appeared first on Arabian Business: Latest News on the Middle East, Real Estate, Finance, and More… https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/energy/saudis-kaust-involved-in-breakthrough-perovskite-silicon-tandem-solar-cell
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NAIROBI In a move to revolutionize East Africas agricultural and health supply chains, Mirova has announced a landmark $19 million investment in Cold Solutions Kiambu (SEZ) Limited. The financing, executed through the Mirova Gigaton Fund , aims to scale energy-efficient refrigeration and bolster food security across the region. As an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers
The Section 5.3.4 milestone indicates that the project’s technical modeling and proposed plant design satisfy requirements relating to system strength, fault ride-through capability, voltage and frequency response and reactive power performance. For utility-scale solar projects in the National Electricity Market (NEM), achieving this stage is essential before finalising a connection agreement and progressing toward construction.
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by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 An international team of astronomers has developed a new way to extract solar polar magnetic information from more than a century of historical observations, improving prospects for predicting future solar cycle activity. The work combines data from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory in India with modern
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Despite a decrease in funding volume in 2025, the number of deals increased year-over-year from 157 in 2024 to 175 in 2025. Another positive outcome in 2025 is that the number of large-scale solar PV acquisitions increased by 13%, with 246 compared to the 217 registered in 2024. However, the increased number of acquisitions did
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