Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads News , Features , Interviews Avantus has signed offtake agreements with the Central Cost Community Energy and Silicon Valley Clean Energy community choice aggregators. Image: Avantus. US independent power producer (IPP) Avantus has started commercial operations at its Aratina 1 project in Kern County, California, which combines 200MW […]
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MNRE stressed there would be “no change” to the government’s policy on implementing ALMM List-II for solar PV cells, reaffirming that the extension is limited to net-metering and open access renewable energy projects rather than all solar installations. Projects in these two categories commissioned on or before 31 December 2026 may continue using existing solar
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The solar PV plant will feature 49,000 high-efficiency 640W modules from Chinese manufacturer Trina Solar. The electricity will connect directly into the Centralines distribution network, increasing locally produced generation for a region that has historically relied on power sourced from distant parts of the national grid. The project is expected to be operational by autumn
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The peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12-13 will be preceded by a partial solar eclipse in North America. (Image credit: Don Grall via Getty Images) Aug. 12, 2026, offers a rare double-header for skywatchers across northeastern North America: a partial solar eclipse during the afternoon followed, hours later, by the peak of
Cataclysmic solar storms may be rare, but they do happen. And unlike the legendary 1859 Carrington Event—which knocked out telegraphs across Europe and North America and dragged the Northern Lights down to Florida—some have happened recently enough to give us a sense of how modern electronics might fare. Solar radiation from 2003’s “Halloween Storms,” for
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Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The portfolio comprises solar projects across Knox, Tazewell and Peoria counties and are scheduled for completion in 2027. Image: Sol Systems. US solar developer Sol Systems has reached financial close on its 123MWac Peoria Solar Portfolio in Illinois. The portfolio comprises solar projects across Knox, Tazewell and Peoria
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The contracts were awarded to five consortiums comprising Sunshare Construction and the China Railway Construction Engineering Group, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Golden Baobab Investments and Huawei Technologies Zambia, Chetam Metals Fabrication and the ZamChin Construction Company, and the China Jiangxi International Corporation and Qingdao Haier Photovoltaic New Energy Company. According to the Ministry
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This shift is already visible. Since the US-Israel conflict in the Middle East began, one German renewable energy firm saw inquiries for solar panels rise by 30%, while the UK saw solar panels fitted on rooftops roughly every three minutes. Although this is good news, the challenge is that renewable energy generation is now accelerating
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Abia State has secured a $145 million solar manufacturing plant through a Public-Private Partnership with MD Nwakanma Nigeria Limited and Chinese technical partners. Governor Alex Otti says the investment reflects growing confidence in Abia’s business environment and will drive industrialisation, job creation, higher GDP and economic prosperity. Investors confirm the first tranche of funding will
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