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Solar PV curtailment in Chile keeps growing in 2025 – ACERA

Solar PV curtailment in Chile keeps growing in 2025 – ACERA

Latest Ana Lía Rojas opened the fourth edition of Energy Storage Summit Latin America. Image: Jonathan Touriño Jacobo for PV Tech. The curtailment of solar PV and wind capacity in Chile has reached 3.2TWh as of August 2025, according to Ana Lía Rojas, executive director at the Chilean renewable energy and energy storage association (ACERA), […]

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OCI Holdings Vietnam wafer play exposes critical US solar supply bottleneck

OCI Holdings Vietnam wafer play exposes critical US solar supply bottleneck

The move, which an industry expert told PV Tech Premium would likely be the first of numerous wafer facility acquisitions in Southeast Asia, speaks to the strategic importance of reliable wafer supply for the US solar manufacturing industry. The US needs solar wafers Next year is set to see an expansion in US domestic solar

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‘More joyous and sillier than ‘Rick and Morty’: ‘Solar Opposites’ showrunners on creating their own legacy as final season lands (exclusive)

‘More joyous and sillier than ‘Rick and Morty’: ‘Solar Opposites’ showrunners on creating their own legacy as final season lands (exclusive)

It’s time for one last ride with our favorite Schlorpian family! (Image credit: Hulu) Hulu’s shamelessly adult animated sci-fi series Solar Opposites has certainly pushed acceptable boundaries and fans’ funny bones over the past five seasons with its tale of a bizarre family of extraterrestrial refugees escaping the destruction of their planet, Schlorp, and crash

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Dozens rescued as remnants of typhoon hits Alaska while nor’easter brings flooding to East Coast

Dozens rescued as remnants of typhoon hits Alaska while nor’easter brings flooding to East Coast

Skip to Main Content Weather Officials say a woman died in New York City after being struck by a solar panel amid powerful wind and rain Monday. A balcony hangs off a home at risk of collapse in the midst of a storm, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce) AP Photo/Allison

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Low-cost, inverter-based dust monitoring method for rooftop solar

Low-cost, inverter-based dust monitoring method for rooftop solar

Researchers in China have developed a dust monitoring technique that relies solely on the existing hardware resources of inverters, without requiring extra sensors or meteorological data. Tests on real rooftop PV arrays demonstrated an accuracy exceeding 96%.”… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/13/low-cost-inverter-based-dust-monitoring-method-for-rooftop-solar/

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Which planets are the youngest and oldest in our solar system?

Which planets are the youngest and oldest in our solar system?

Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in which our solar system’s planets came to be. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) About 4.6 billion years ago, a celestial cloud collapsed, paving the way for our solar system to form. Then, a nebula with strong gravitational

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Trump administration cancels massive Nevada solar power project

Trump administration cancels massive Nevada solar power project

Solar panel fields operate in Wuzhong, a frontier city in the northwestern province Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China, in 2011. The Trump administration has canceled a proposed solar project in Nevada that would have been among the world’s largest solar power facilities. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Oct. 10 (UPI) —

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