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Joint venture to build $220m solar panel complex in Suez Canal Economic Zone

Joint venture to build $220m solar panel complex in Suez Canal Economic Zone

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday witnessed the signing of a land usufruct contract for a $220m (EGP 11bn) industrial complex to produce solar cells, panels, and energy storage systems in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). The “Atom Solar Egypt” project is a partnership between Egyptian, Emirati, Bahraini, and Chinese investors. The integrated

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Astronomers Spot Growing Protoplanet in Disk Gap around Young Solar Analog

Astronomers Spot Growing Protoplanet in Disk Gap around Young Solar Analog

Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have directly imaged a 4.9-Jupiter-mass protoplanet in a cleared gap of a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk around WISPIT 2 (TYC 5709-354-1), a 5-million-year-old solar analog located 133 parsecs (434 light-years) on the constellation of Aquila. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, is the

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Ferrovial to develop 250 MW solar facility in Milam County, Texas

Ferrovial to develop 250 MW solar facility in Milam County, Texas

WEBWIRE – Wednesday, August 27, 2025 The project will bring reliable electricity to the grid and drive long-term economic growth in the region Ferrovial, a leading global infrastructure company, will develop a new 250 MW solar photovoltaic facility, located in Milam County, Texas. The project represents a total investment of approximately $355 million, including debt.

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FG begins $11m distribution of 1,653 solar cold chain units, allocates highest share to Northwest, Northcentral 

FG begins $11m distribution of 1,653 solar cold chain units, allocates highest share to Northwest, Northcentral 

The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of 1,653 solar-powered cold chain units, valued at about $11 million, to strengthen vaccine storage and delivery across the country, with the Northwest and Northcentral states receiving the largest allocations. Dr Muyi Aina, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA… https://nairametrics.com/2025/08/27/fg-begins-11m-distribution-of-1653-solar-cold-chain-units-allocates-highest-share-to-northwest-northcentral/

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Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken

Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken

The Inouye Solar Telescope captured this image of a solar flare on August 8, 2024. (Image credit: NSF/NSO/AURA, CC-BY) The world’s largest solar telescope just captured the highest-resolution images of a solar flare to date — and they’re spectacular. Researchers trained the Hawaii-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on the final stages of a powerful

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RP Global breaks ground on 50MWp solar project at former German lignite mine

RP Global breaks ground on 50MWp solar project at former German lignite mine

Latest This is RP Global’s first project in Germany. Image: RP Global. Independent power producer (IPP) RP Global has started construction at a 50MWp solar project in Harbke, Germany, on a former lignite mining site. The project, RP’s first in Germany, is located on the former Wulfersdorf spoil tip on the Saxony-Anhalt/Lower Saxony border in

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New Jersey to seek 3GW community solar by 2029 with new legislation

New Jersey to seek 3GW community solar by 2029 with new legislation

Latest Phil Murphy, the governor of New Jersey, pictured above, also signed legislation setting an energy storage incentive programme. Image: Phil Murphy via Bluesky. The governor of the US state of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, has signed a new legislation that seeks to build 3GW of new community solar by 2029. Under legislation S4530/A5768, the

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Statkraft sells 120MWp Netherlands solar portfolio to Greenchoice

Statkraft sells 120MWp Netherlands solar portfolio to Greenchoice

Latest The transaction is expected to close in autumn 2025. Image: Statkraft. Norwegian energy company Statkraft has sold its Netherlands solar portfolio of 120MWp to Dutch renewable energy supplier Greenchoice. Statkraft has signed a share purchase agreement with Greenchoice to divest its renewable energy development activities in the Netherlands. The deal includes 120MWp of operating

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Modernizing the satellite supply chain by breaking the solar power bottleneck

Modernizing the satellite supply chain by breaking the solar power bottleneck

The International Space Station seen from a Crew Dragon spacecraft in October 2024. Credit: NASA Over the last decade, decreased costs of launch have unlocked new markets in space. The two largest are satellite communications and Earth observation in low Earth orbit (LEO). As these costs continue to fall with the advent of SpaceXs Starship,

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Boom in solar panel imports boosts hopes for clean energy take-off in Africa

Boom in solar panel imports boosts hopes for clean energy take-off in Africa

Imports of solar panels from China to Africa rose sharply in the year to June, capable of generating 60% more electricity than imports in the previous 12 months according to a new analysis of Chinese export data by energy think-tank Ember. The solar panels imported from July 2024-June 2025 could provide 15 gigawatts (GW) of

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