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As nation-state hacking becomes ‘more in your face,’ are supply chains secure?

As nation-state hacking becomes ‘more in your face,’ are supply chains secure?

Interview Former US Air Force cyber officer Sarah Cleveland worries about the threat of a major supply-chain attack from China or another adversarial nation. So she installed solar panels on her house: “Because what if the electric grid goes down?”  The home solar system was Cleveland’s personal answer to the question of where to begin […]

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Global solar module manufacturing capacity to reach 1.8TW in 2025 – report

Global solar module manufacturing capacity to reach 1.8TW in 2025 – report

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Solar supply chain in China increased by 29% in 2024. Image: Avaada Group. Australian thinktank Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has forecast global solar module manufacturing capacity to reach 1.8TW by the end of the year. This would be triple the installations registered globally in 2024, with China

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Actis acquires Stride Climate Investments and 371MW solar portfolio

Actis acquires Stride Climate Investments and 371MW solar portfolio

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Actis operates more than 5.5GW of renewable energy capacity across Asia. Image: Actis. Renewable energy infrastructure investor Actis has acquired Stride Climate Investments, from the Macquarie Group, and with it a 371MW portfolio of operating solar assets in India. The portfolio consists of 21 projects across seven

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CHINA ROUND-UP: CEEC signs Azerbaijan solar EPC contract, secures Indonesia FPV project; Solarspace plans Hong Kong IPO

CHINA ROUND-UP: CEEC signs Azerbaijan solar EPC contract, secures Indonesia FPV project; Solarspace plans Hong Kong IPO

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Xu Lu, general manager of China Power Engineering Consulting Group, as well as chairman of NWEPDI, signed the EPC contract for the Bilasur and Banka PV projects in Azerbaijan, with Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar. China Energy Engineering signs EPC contract for 760MW Azerbaijan PV

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Japan’s 23rd solar auction concludes with lowest bid of $0.030/kWh

Japan’s 23rd solar auction concludes with lowest bid of $0.030/kWh

Japan has allocated 93 MW of PV capacity in its latest procurement exercise. The lowest bid came in at JPY 4.47 ($0.030)/kWh, while the average final price was JPY 5.06/kWh. March 24, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Japan’s Green Investment Promotion Organization has released the final results of its latest auction for utility-scale solar energy projects. The

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Bangladesh launches 2.65 GW solar tender

Bangladesh launches 2.65 GW solar tender

The Bangladesh Power Development Board has issued a tender for 2.65 GW of solar capacity. The government aims to develop 14 solar plants, each between 105 MW and 250 MW, near substations in Mymensingh, Chattogram, Gopalganj, Netrokona, Jashore, Dinajpur, Noakhali, Narayanganj, Kushtia, Pabna, Tangail, and Moulvibazar. BPDB will award selected developers 20-year power purchase agreements

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Met Office says Northern Lights could be seen in UK as ‘enhancement in solar activity’ expected

Met Office says Northern Lights could be seen in UK as ‘enhancement in solar activity’ expected

Parts of Scotland and northern England could see the rare phenomenon 15:20, 23 Mar 2025 Updated 15:23, 23 Mar 2025 There is a chance of seeing the Northern Lights in the UK tonight (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) The Met Office was predicted that there could be another chance to see the aurora tonight in

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Last 10 months, wind power generation clocks zero growth; solar generation sees 22% rise

Last 10 months, wind power generation clocks zero growth; solar generation sees 22% rise

Home Economy Updated – March 23, 2025 at 09:28 PM. | Ahmedabad Large wind power generating States like Gujarat (1.71 percent increase), Tamil Nadu (1.4 percent) and Karnataka (23 percent) generated more wind power than the previous year Between April-January of the current financial year, 73,621 million units of wind power was generated across India 

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What will the partial solar eclipse of March 2025 look like from space?

What will the partial solar eclipse of March 2025 look like from space?

Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured images of the 2024 total solar eclipse. (Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024), processed by ESA) A partial solar eclipse will come to Earth on Saturday, March 29, 2025 , as the moon passes in front of the sun. From Earth, photographers will capture images of a bite being taken

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Transparent tandem solar cell hits record 12.3% efficiency

Transparent tandem solar cell hits record 12.3% efficiency

A global research team has developed a tandem solar cell with 30% transparency by combining perovskite and organic layers, achieving a record 12.3% efficiency for transparent solar cells. March 21, 2025 Patrick Jowett Professor Morten Madsen Image: University of Southern Denmark An international research team has achieved a record efficiency for transparent solar cells. Researchers

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