The terminated contracts represented a combined potential 17.9GW of renewable energy, of which 12.3GW were from solar PV across 59 projects. According to news outlet the Philippine News Agency, Sharon Garin, DoE Secretary, said: “Unfortunately, we had to cancel these contracts because the developers were not complying with the requirements under their GEA contracts.” Garin […]
The GMW-BZ5000GD-9 feature a new Memory-in-Pixel (MIP) LCD, offering a wider viewing angle and improved sunlight visibility. (Image source: Casio) The gold full-metal G-Shock GMW-BZ5000GD-9 has finally arrived in the UK, completing Casio’s latest premium square lineup. Priced at £619, it joins the silver and dark grey models that launched in the country in December
New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection events, unleashing vast energy and ‘raining’ plasma blobs across the Sun’s atmosphere. Overview of the impulsive phase of an M-class solar flare, observed by ESA’s Solar Orbiter. Image credit: ESA / Solar Orbiter / Chitta et al.,
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The full Nautilus archive • eBooks & Special Editions • Ad-free reading The full Nautilus archive eBooks & Special Editions Ad-free reading For all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur when opposing
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Researchers from KAUST, TU Delft, and LMU Munich have improved the performance of monolithic perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells by modifying the physical structure at the front of the bottom heterojunction solar cell… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/21/scientists-achieve-32-6-efficiency-in-perovskite-silicon-tandem-solar-cell-via-interface-engineering/
Latest The project is supplying 70MW of solar energy to Overton Power, Caesars Entertainment, and Wynn Las Vegas under long-term PPAs. Image: Estuary Power. Energy generation and storage developer Estuary Power has completed the final phase of construction at its Escape solar project in Lincoln County, Nevada. Upon completion, the project began delivering 185MW of solar
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Munda Solar sought to challenge First Solar’s patent number 9,666,732, while the other companies challenged patent number 9,130,074. Both relate to methods of manufacturing TOPCon crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells and, according to First Solar, date back to its 2013 acquisition of start-up TetraSun. First Solar’s executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, Jason Dymbort,
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The sightings come amid the most severe solar storm since 2003… https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/solar-storm-northern-lights-bay-area-21305455.php
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A geomagnetic storm starting on Monday (Jan. 19) has painted widespread aurora displays across the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in Europe. (This photo was captured in China’s Heilongjiang Province.) (Image credit: Chi Shiyong/VCG via Getty Images) A “severe” and record-breaking geomagnetic storm rocked Earth’s magnetic shield last night, shortly after the sun unleashed a powerful X-class
Latest The portfolio comprises commercial and community solar assets spread across multiple US markets. Image: Radial Power. US renewables developer Radial Power, alongside private equity firm Lotus Infrastructure Partners, has secured US$355 million in tax equity and debt financing from Goldman Sachs to develop, construct and operate a 214MW distributed solar PV portfolio. The portfolio comprises 106 commercial and community
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