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Flex2Future advances floating wave, wind and solar platform toward pre-2030 demo

Flex2Future advances floating wave, wind and solar platform toward pre-2030 demo

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Home Marine Energy Flex2Future advances floating wave, wind and solar platform toward pre-2030 demo August 25, 2026, by Melisa Cavcic Flex2Future, a Norwegian technology company developing floating offshore energy systems that combine wind, wave and solar power on a single platform, has wrapped up an extensive model testing campaign in Norway, putting its floating wave,

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Sun fires powerful M6.9 solar flare and CME toward Earth — could it boost northern lights chances this week?

Sun fires powerful M6.9 solar flare and CME toward Earth — could it boost northern lights chances this week?

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Close up view of the M6.9 solar flare in NOAA 19 imagery. (Image credit: Inset: NOAA GOES 19, graphic created in Canva Pro) Today (Aug. 25), the sun unleashed a powerful M6.9 solar flare from a restless Earth-facing sunspot, hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth could potentially be in the

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On this day in space! Aug. 25, 1997: NASA launches Advanced Composition Explorer to track solar wind and so much more

On this day in space! Aug. 25, 1997: NASA launches Advanced Composition Explorer to track solar wind and so much more

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On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite to study energetic particles traveling through space. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a Delta II rocket and spent the next three and a half months making its way to its orbital post near the L1 Lagrangian point

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The Solar System Nearly Had 12 Planets Before Pluto Was Demoted

The Solar System Nearly Had 12 Planets Before Pluto Was Demoted

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Eight days before Pluto lost its planetary status, it appeared ready to keep its place and gain three new neighbors. According to an International Astronomical Union (IAU) draft proposal released on August 16, 2006, the Solar System would expand from 9 to 12 planets. Pluto would remain a planet. Ceres, Pluto’s largest moon Charon, and

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China’s solar power rollout is harming birds, a new analysis finds

China’s solar power rollout is harming birds, a new analysis finds

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August 20, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm China’s solar domination could have unintended ecological harms A new study finds that China’s solar energy boom is hurting bird diversity By Mary Randolph edited by Claire Cameron A new analysis studied the solar policies and bird diversity in more than 2300 counties

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South Africa’s Eskom backtracks on proposed solar registration fines

South Africa’s Eskom backtracks on proposed solar registration fines

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The utility previously warned that customers with unregistered solar systems after a September 30 deadline would face fines or disconnection. It will no longer impose such measures after pushback from stakeholders. The post South Africa’s Eskom backtracks on proposed solar registration fines appeared first on pv magazine Global… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/19/south-africas-eskom-backtracks-on-proposed-solar-registration-fines/

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Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

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Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in the scorching desert thanks to the Nile River, which delivered fresh water and annual dumps of nutrient-rich sediment. Clever engineering moved H2O so efficiently that farmers were able to churn out huge surpluses of staple crops like wheat, which fed the Roman Empire.  Thousands of years later, the African nation’s

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Solar panels in Ireland: Could now be the time to cut your rising electricity bills?

Solar panels in Ireland: Could now be the time to cut your rising electricity bills?

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Energy prices are going up again. The conflict in the Middle East — which began in late February and has already hurt natural-gas production, as well as other energy supply chains — has had a knock-on impact on the electricity and fuel prices that Irish households are paying. Electricity providers Electric Ireland, Prepay Power, Yuno Energy,

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