It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn’t in our solar system—it was orbiting another star. We call this an extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet” for short. Since then, astronomers have cataloged more than […]
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Sangha Renewables has energized a 20-megawatt bitcoin mining facility in West Texas, marking the company’s latest effort to pair renewable generation with flexible data-center load. This article is from Theminermag, a trade publication for the cryptocurrency mining industry, focusing on the latest news and research on institutional bitcoin mining companies… https://news.bitcoin.com/sangha-energizes-20-mw-texas-solar-bitcoin-mine-amid-record-low-hashprice-pressure/
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A fire outbreak on Saturday afternoon razed four of five blocks of three-bedroom flats in the highbrow Asokoro district of Abuja, destroying valuables worth millions of naira. The affected property is reportedly owned by a former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Yerima. The fire was first noticed on solar panels mounted on the roof
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“The scheme channels government support towards measurable industrial output, helping build durable, long-term manufacturing capacity,” said Vibhuti Garg, director at IEEFA South Asia. However, upstream manufacturing capacity lags significantly behind module and cell, the report said. India has 3.3GW of operational polysilicon production capacity and 5.3GW of wafer capacity, all of which was driven by the
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Reporting Highlights Operation Gigawatt: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared last year that the state would double energy production in the next decade using an “any of the above” approach to power sources. Growing Energy Source: Solar projects have been coming online faster than any other source in Utah and account for two-thirds of the new
Türkiye has published a regulatory framework covering the legal basis for developing floating solar plants on reservoirs and dams. The rules establish where floating solar can and cannot be built and how projects can be approved… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/turkiye-publishes-rules-for-floating-solar/
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A new JMK Research and Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) study says India’s solar production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is spurring upstream manufacturing but remains constrained by policy gaps, capital intensity and volatile global supply chains… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/indias-solar-pli-scheme-draws-strong-interest-but-faces-implementation/
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Low-cost renewables provide an opportunity for tropical islands to drive a sustainable, secure and self-sufficient economy. Solar PV emerges as the bulk energy provider, driven by excellent resource conditions and fast-improving economic attractiveness. The anticipated momentum of solar PV in tropical islands can best be characterised as a Solar-to-X Economy… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/small-islands-big-impact-the-role-of-solar-pv-for-the-tropics/
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A collection of social service, faith and environmental groups have welcomed the launch of the Queensland Government’s Supercharged Solar for Renters scheme. The Power Together coalition, including the Queensland Conservation Council, Parents for Climate and Energetic Communities, have long called on the Queensland Government to help all Queenslanders, particularly renters and social housing tenants, access
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Plus: ICE is tracking pregnant immigrants through smartwatches This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Solar geoengineering startups are getting serious Solar geoengineering aims to manipulate the climate by bouncing sunlight back into space. In theory, it could ease
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