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Joint venture to build $220m solar panel complex in Suez Canal Economic Zone

Joint venture to build $220m solar panel complex in Suez Canal Economic Zone

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday witnessed the signing of a land usufruct contract for a $220m (EGP 11bn) industrial complex to produce solar cells, panels, and energy storage systems in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). The “Atom Solar Egypt” project is a partnership between Egyptian, Emirati, Bahraini, and Chinese investors. The integrated

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Astronomers Spot Growing Protoplanet in Disk Gap around Young Solar Analog

Astronomers Spot Growing Protoplanet in Disk Gap around Young Solar Analog

Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have directly imaged a 4.9-Jupiter-mass protoplanet in a cleared gap of a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk around WISPIT 2 (TYC 5709-354-1), a 5-million-year-old solar analog located 133 parsecs (434 light-years) on the constellation of Aquila. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, is the

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Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken

Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken

The Inouye Solar Telescope captured this image of a solar flare on August 8, 2024. (Image credit: NSF/NSO/AURA, CC-BY) The world’s largest solar telescope just captured the highest-resolution images of a solar flare to date — and they’re spectacular. Researchers trained the Hawaii-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on the final stages of a powerful

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Statkraft sells 120MWp Netherlands solar portfolio to Greenchoice

Statkraft sells 120MWp Netherlands solar portfolio to Greenchoice

Latest The transaction is expected to close in autumn 2025. Image: Statkraft. Norwegian energy company Statkraft has sold its Netherlands solar portfolio of 120MWp to Dutch renewable energy supplier Greenchoice. Statkraft has signed a share purchase agreement with Greenchoice to divest its renewable energy development activities in the Netherlands. The deal includes 120MWp of operating

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Boom in solar panel imports boosts hopes for clean energy take-off in Africa

Boom in solar panel imports boosts hopes for clean energy take-off in Africa

Imports of solar panels from China to Africa rose sharply in the year to June, capable of generating 60% more electricity than imports in the previous 12 months according to a new analysis of Chinese export data by energy think-tank Ember. The solar panels imported from July 2024-June 2025 could provide 15 gigawatts (GW) of

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Noria starts construction at first US floating solar project to use trackers

Noria starts construction at first US floating solar project to use trackers

Latest Noria will deploy its ‘AquaPhi’ tracking technology at the Aurea Solar project. Image: Noria. US floating solar developer Noria Energy has started construction on a 50kW floating PV (FPV) pilot project in Colorado, which includes the first trackers on a floating solar project in the US. The Aurea Solar project is set for commissioning

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US solar market must think in ‘years and decades’ amid ‘complicated’ supply challenges – ACP

US solar market must think in ‘years and decades’ amid ‘complicated’ supply challenges – ACP

Latest MJ Shiao said US developers should optimise supply security over individual project finance. Image: Port Houston. Long-term procurement decisions from the US solar industry could support US solar manufacturing, regardless of changes to federal tax credits, PV Tech has heard. According to MJ Shiao, vice president of supply chain & manufacturing at the American

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Koolboks Raises $11M to Scale its Solar-powered, IoT-enabled Refrigeration Solutions Across Africa

Koolboks Raises $11M to Scale its Solar-powered, IoT-enabled Refrigeration Solutions Across Africa

Koolboks, the climate-tech company making clean, affordable cooling accessible across Africa, has raised $11 million to scale its solar-powered, IoT-enabled refrigeration solutions across Africa and other emerging markets. The Series A equity and debt financing, led by KawiSafi Ventures and co-led by Aruwa Capital, the Lead Investor in the Seed Round, and All On, another

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