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Space solar startup Aetherflux raises $50M to launch first space demo in 2026

Space solar startup Aetherflux raises $50M to launch first space demo in 2026

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Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood, has raised $50 million in a Series A round as it works to launch its first low Earth orbit demonstration in 2026.  The San Carlos, California-based startup, which came out of stealth last October, aims to eventually launch a constellation of […]

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PEC Construction Management to build 674MW Cider Solar Farm in New York

PEC Construction Management to build 674MW Cider Solar Farm in New York

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Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The Cider project will be New York state’s largest upon completion. Image: Cider Solar Farm. US renewable power company Hecate Energy has selected PEC Construction Management to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services at its Cider Solar Farm in New York state. The 674MWdc (500MWac) project

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Agrivoltaics: towards the optimisation of the solar resource for energy and food

Agrivoltaics: towards the optimisation of the solar resource for energy and food

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The theoretical energy rate conversion – approximately 22% for commercial panels – necessitates relatively large tracts of land for PV systems. Expanding installed capacity as we are currently doing may eventually create conflicts with other land uses, such as farming. To address this, Goetzberger and Zastrow [1] propose a simple but powerful idea in 1982:

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Spain allocates more than €210 million to solar PV manufacturing

Spain allocates more than €210 million to solar PV manufacturing

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Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Dutch PV manufacturer MCPV has been awarded nearly €10 million in the Spanish programme. Image: MCPV. The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded more than €210 million (US$227.21 million) in funding to seven solar PV manufacturing projects. The provisional results for the RENOVAL programme were

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Trinasolar develops 808W solar module using perovskite/silicon tandem cells

Trinasolar develops 808W solar module using perovskite/silicon tandem cells

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Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The latest Trinasolar module has an output of 808W. Image: Trina Solar. Leading Chinese module manufacturer Trinasolar has developed an 808W solar module that uses perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. The module, which uses 210mmx105mm cells and covers 3.1 square metres, has been certified by German testing and

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NHPC India launches tender for 1.2GW of solar, 600MW/2,400MWh of storage

NHPC India launches tender for 1.2GW of solar, 600MW/2,400MWh of storage

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Latest NHPC India described its approach as ‘technology agnostic’ as it seeks to secure new renewable power capacity. Image: NHPC India. Indian hydropower company NHPC India has launched a tender for solar-plus-storage projects, aiming to secure 1.2GW of solar capacity alongside 600MW/2,400MWh of storage. Applicants will have until 24 April to submit bids, and successful

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Victoria fast-tracks approval for 330MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia

Victoria fast-tracks approval for 330MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia

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Latest Elgin Energy is also developing the 60MW Glanmire Solar Farm in New South Wales. Image: Elgin Energy. Developer Elgin Energy’s 330MW Barwon Solar Farm has become the latest project to be fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia. The solar-plus-storage site, which was successful in the first Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender last year,

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US PROJECT ROUND-UP: Vesper to commission Hornet Solar in April, Lightsource bp and Innergex begin commercial operations

US PROJECT ROUND-UP: Vesper to commission Hornet Solar in April, Lightsource bp and Innergex begin commercial operations

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By JP Casey and April Bonner Latest The Hornet Solar project consists of 1.36 million solar panels and has a total capacity of 600MW. Image: Vesper Energy. A number of project stories from the US this week, as Vesper Energy sets a date to commission its Hornet Solar project in Texas, Lightsource bp commissions a

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