Author name: David Ryabchikov

New York and Idaho May See Aurora This Week After Powerful Solar Flares

New York and Idaho May See Aurora This Week After Powerful Solar Flares

Two huge explosions on the surface of the sun could result in northern lights being seen across some northern U.S. states. Two M-class solar flares were spotted bursting out of two sunspots named AR3774 and AR3777, at least one of which may have sent out massive clouds of solar plasma in its wake. These coronal […]

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Jordan Brown signs two-year contract extension at Leyton Orient – and celebrates by switching on the solar panels at Brisbane Road | Football News | Sky Sports

Jordan Brown signs two-year contract extension at Leyton Orient – and celebrates by switching on the solar panels at Brisbane Road | Football News | Sky Sports

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Enlight bags US$400 million for 364MW/1.2GWh New Mexico solar-plus-storage

Enlight bags US$400 million for 364MW/1.2GWh New Mexico solar-plus-storage

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The Apex Solar project has a capacity of 105MW. Image: Enlight Energy. Independent power producer (IPP) Enlight Renewable Energy has closed financing for the battery energy storage system (BESS) portion of its 364MW/1.2GWh Atrisco solar-plus-storage project in New Mexico, US. The project, located near Albuquerque, will cost US$827

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Solar industry facing ‘uncertain policy environment’ ahead of US election, says First Solar

Solar industry facing ‘uncertain policy environment’ ahead of US election, says First Solar

Widmar added that the uncertainty has also impacted developers, who are evaluating project risks and returns, while some oil and gas power companies and utilities are contemplating pivoting from renewables to prioritise fossil projects. However, the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and its benefits for the solar manufacturing industry “significantly” contributed to the economies

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Floating PV a ‘valuable complement’ to ground-mounted solar in Europe – report

Floating PV a ‘valuable complement’ to ground-mounted solar in Europe – report

‘Carbon Footprint Analysis of Floating PV systems’, published this week, compares the power output and operation of two floating PV projects on inland water bodies in Germany and the Netherlands, which have been in operation since 2021, to the characteristics of two theoretical solar plants in Cologne, modelled with yield prediction tool BIGEYE. The floating

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Takeuchi installs solar panels at U.S. facilities

Takeuchi installs solar panels at U.S. facilities

Takeuchi is starting to develop and implement sustainable technologies whenever possible. Transforming Takeuchi facilities to carbon neutral was part of that plan, first in Japan and then in the U.S. Recently, Takeuchi-US put that plan into action by installing energy-efficient solar panels at its locations in Pendergrass, Georgia, and Moore, South Carolina. The new solar

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Heliene, Premier Energies in JV to build 1GW n-type US solar cell factory

Heliene, Premier Energies in JV to build 1GW n-type US solar cell factory

Latest Heliene, Inc is among the companies expanding solar PV manufacturing in the US with a recently-expanded 420MW facility in the Iron Range region of Minnesota. Credit: Heliene, Inc. Canadian solar manufacturer Heliene and Indian solar cell producer Premier Energies have formed a joint venture (JV) to build a 1GW solar cell production facility in

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PolyU team shares solar panels, skills on Rwanda visit

PolyU team shares solar panels, skills on Rwanda visit

A group of students and teachers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are on a two-week trip to Rwanda to serve the local community. PolyU’s Council Chairman Lam Tai-fai, President Jin-guang Teng and Vice President Ben Young also joined the trip. Students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Department of

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Endesa sells 49.99% stake in Spanish solar PV assets to Masdar

Endesa sells 49.99% stake in Spanish solar PV assets to Masdar

Both companies have agreed to sell the 49.99% participating stake in EGPE Solar for a sum of €817 million (US$887 million). According to this, the “enterprise value” of the entire company is valued at €1.7 billion. The transaction includes the power purchase agreements signed for the solar PV portfolio owned by EGPE Solar with a

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