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SCHOTT launches high-performance cover glass for next-generation space solar cells

SCHOTT launches high-performance cover glass for next-generation space solar cells

– SCHOTT® Solar Glass exos provides enhanced radiation resistance and optical performance for simple silicon cells up to III-V multijunction satellite solar cells. – Jointly developed with Heilbronn-based AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH, SCHOTT’s new cover glass was supported by funding from the European Space Agency (ESA). – Engineered for use in both space agency

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Equinor starts operations at its first hybrid solar-plus-wind project

Equinor starts operations at its first hybrid solar-plus-wind project

Latest The 140MW solar project is located at the same site as the 223MW Serra da Babilônia Wind project. Image: Rio Energy. Norwegian energy company Equinor has started commercial operations at its first hybrid solar-plus-wind project in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Yesterday, the company, alongside its Brazilian subsidiary Rio Energy, started work at the

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What Would Happen To Your Body On Each Planet In The Solar System

What Would Happen To Your Body On Each Planet In The Solar System

Johan63/Getty Images Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun’s harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on this planet. It’s rare, to say the least, for a planet to have these ideal circumstances that provide a habitable surface,

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Huge Announcement! PM Shahbaz Approves 100MW Solar Project to Transform Gilgit-Baltistan Forever

Huge Announcement! PM Shahbaz Approves 100MW Solar Project to Transform Gilgit-Baltistan Forever

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given the green light for a major 100MW solar power project in Gilgit-Baltistan. This initiative is part of a wider effort to improve electricity supply across the country, including significant projects in Gwadar, aimed at ensuring continuous and affordable power for residents and businesses. The solar power plan in Gilgit-Baltistan

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IEA sets distributed solar, storage policy path for Ukraine

IEA sets distributed solar, storage policy path for Ukraine

A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) recommends three strategies to accelerate the deployment of distributed solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Ukraine as the country works to increase its energy security. December 8, 2025 Patrick Jowett The IEA has proposed three potential policies to increase the deployment of distributed solar and

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Distributed PV employment globally outpaces utility-scale solar, says IEA

Distributed PV employment globally outpaces utility-scale solar, says IEA

The latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Employment report found employment in the PV sector surpassed 5 million in 2024, with distributed solar accounting for two-thirds of all solar employment globally, despite representing only 43% of installed capacity… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/08/distributed-solar-employment-vastly-outpaces-utility-scale-solar-globally-iea-reports/

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Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

This story was originally published by Capital & Main. The Southwestern Public Service Company has asked the state of New Mexico to grant exceptions to the state’s Energy Transition Act for two proposed gas-fired power plants, including one exception that would see approximately one-third of the energy produced at one plant qualify as a “zero-carbon resource” like solar panels

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Low income earners pay highest price for off-grid solar

Low income earners pay highest price for off-grid solar

Across sub-Saharan Africa, off-grid solar has long been marketed as a cheaper, decentralised, cleaner and entrepreneurial alternative to limited public electricity. However, new analysis reveals the poorest Africans are paying the highest unit price for the smallest amount of electricity. This is the poverty premium, and it is reshaping how governments, investors, and energy-access civic

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Maharashtra sets world record for fastest solar pump deployment

Maharashtra sets world record for fastest solar pump deployment

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis receives the Guinness World Records certificate on behalf of the Government of Maharashtra Maharashtra has achieved a landmark feat by installing 45,911 off-grid solar agricultural pumps in just 30 days—a scale and speed now submitted to the Guinness World Records. Led by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL),

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