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Synnefa Raises $300,000 to Deploy IoT Solar Dryers Across Kenya | to Raise $2M by 2026

Synnefa Raises $300,000 to Deploy IoT Solar Dryers Across Kenya | to Raise $2M by 2026

Synnefa has raised $300,000 to deploy IoT-solar dryers across Kenya and is seeking to raise $2 million in seed funding by 2026 to scale its solutions to 150,000 farmers across East Africa. The firm says the expansion will help prevent more than 50,000 metric tons of food loss, create employment opportunities for youth-led enterprises, and […]

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Leeward starts operations at 177MW Tennessee solar project

Leeward starts operations at 177MW Tennessee solar project

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The start of commercial operations at the RIdgely project has pushed Tennessee’s operational solar capacity above 1GW. Image: Leeward Renewable Energy. US renewable energy developer Leeward Renewable Energy has started commercial operations at its 177MW Ridgely solar project in the US state of Tennessee. The project is the

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First Solar 45X tax credit deals pass US$2 billion with latest transfer

First Solar 45X tax credit deals pass US$2 billion with latest transfer

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads First Solar has been prolific in its monetisation of 45x manufacturing tax credits. Image: First Solar US thin-film manufacturer First Solar has revealed another transfer of its 45X manufacturing tax credits in a deal worth around US$750 million. The cadmium-telluride (CdTe) module producer said in an SEIC filing

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Total Solar Eclipses Can Trigger Dawn Behavior in Birds, Scientists Say

Total Solar Eclipses Can Trigger Dawn Behavior in Birds, Scientists Say

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial intelligence analyses of nearly 100,000 vocalizations, ornithologists at Indiana University found that bird behavior was substantially affected by these few minutes of unexpected afternoon darkness; more

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Croatia’s regulatory deadlock is strangling large-scale solar

Croatia’s regulatory deadlock is strangling large-scale solar

Regulatory inaction on grid fees has stalled 3.5 GW of large-scale renewables in Croatia, mostly solar, with developers such as Solvis citing a lack of stable grid-connection rules as a barrier to planning and investment. October 21, 2025 Blathnaid O’Dea The Croatian energy regulator HERA’s persistent delay in setting the unit connection fee for renewable

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Radda Drives Solar Transition In Water Sector – Engr Tingilin

Radda Drives Solar Transition In Water Sector – Engr Tingilin

Since assuming office, what principles have guided your leadership? My guiding principles are honesty, sincerity, and hard work. When His Excellency, Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, appointed me as Managing Director, he gave me a great responsibility to revive an agency that had been inactive and under a ministry for over 40 years. He trusted me

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Ireland expands scheme offering free solar systems to the medically vulnerable

Ireland expands scheme offering free solar systems to the medically vulnerable

The Solar PV Scheme for Medically Vulnerable Customers covers all homeowners dependent on electrically powered medical equipment regardless of their energy supplier. It includes a 2 kW solar PV system and around 470 homes have benefited to date… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/17/ireland-expands-scheme-offering-free-solar-systems-to-the-medically-vulnerable/

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