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Why I’m going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week’s ‘sunrise’ solar eclipse

Why I’m going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week’s ‘sunrise’ solar eclipse

New Brunswick, Canada, will see a horizontal partially eclipsed sunrise. (Image credit: Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Would you travel across the world to see a ‘smiley face’ crescent sun appear on the horizon for a few minutes, the tips of its crescent slicing through the haze like ‘devil’s horns?’ On March 29, 2025, […]

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Trump rescinds Biden’s Defense Production Act support for solar manufacturing

Trump rescinds Biden’s Defense Production Act support for solar manufacturing

Latest In 2022, Joe Biden authorised the DOE to use the DPA to support domestic PV manufacturing. Image: Flickr US president Donald Trump has rescinded a Biden-era executive order allowing the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) funds for domestic solar PV manufacturing. In a flurry of rescindments of “harmful executive orders and actions”, Trump

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Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.

Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist , BPR , a public radio station serving western North Carolina, WABE , Atlanta’s NPR station, WBEZ , a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region, and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. The Trump administration’s freeze on funding from the Inflation Reduction Act,

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Edify Energy submits 100MW solar-plus-storage site to Australia’s EPBC Act

Edify Energy submits 100MW solar-plus-storage site to Australia’s EPBC Act

Latest Edify Energy has several utility-scale solar PV plants, such as the 333MWp Darlington Point project in New South Wales (above). Image: Edify Energy. Australian renewable energy developer Edify Energy has submitted plans for a 100MW solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales to the Australian government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. The Burroway

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Never Change a Battery Again: Arlo’s Universal Solar Panel Lands in Australia

Never Change a Battery Again: Arlo’s Universal Solar Panel Lands in Australia

Arlo has just announced the Australian launch of their new Universal Solar Panel, a significant step towards truly wire-free security. This accessory promises to keep your Arlo cameras and floodlights powered indefinitely, removing the hassle of battery changes. For those invested in the Arlo ecosystem, this is a welcome addition. While Arlo has offered a

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Oxfordshire council to object to controversial solar farm plans

Oxfordshire council to object to controversial solar farm plans

Plans for the controversial Botley West Solar Farm has left an objecting council feeling “deeply concerned” about its impact on locals and the countryside. The solar farm would be the largest solar farm in Europe, covering 15 parishes within 3,450 acres of land near Botley, Woodstock and Kidlington, which is mostly owned by Blenheim Estates. The reasons

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OCI Holdings to build 2GW solar cell plant in Texas

OCI Holdings to build 2GW solar cell plant in Texas

Latest Commercial production is targeted to begin in the first half of 2026 with an initial 1GW annual nameplate. Image: Mission Solar Energy. Korean chemical industries company OCI Holdings will build a 2GW solar cell production facility in Texas. Through its US subsidiary, Mission Solar Energy, the Korean company will invest US$265 million in the

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Bluetti’s Handsfree 1 is a solar generator for truly remote work

Bluetti’s Handsfree 1 is a solar generator for truly remote work

Can you love and hate something equally? That’s the relationship I have with Bluetti’s Handsfree 1 Backpack. For $349 you get a large 42L backpack and a skinny 268.8Wh solar generator built around long-lasting LFP battery cells that can be recharged by up to 200W of connected solar panels. It features two USB-A and two

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Morocco could hit almost 3 GW of solar by 2028, says SolarPower Europe

Morocco could hit almost 3 GW of solar by 2028, says SolarPower Europe

Morocco could reach 2.97 GW of solar capacity by 2028 under a medium-case scenario, with potential to hit 4.35 GW in a high-growth outlook, according to a new report by SolarPower Europe. March 19, 2025 Patrick Jowett Morocco could reach 2.97 GW of installed solar capacity by 2028, according to a new report from SolarPower

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