Updated on: March 21, 2026 / 9:20 PM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Cuba on Saturday suffered its second nationwide power outage in less than a week, according to officials. The Ministry of Energy and Mines said on X that another “total disconnection of the National Electric System has occurred. Protocols for restoration are […]
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On a training site in Lagos, a group of women gather beneath a rooftop, helmets on, waiting their turn to climb. It is a small scene, but one that captures a larger shift underway in Nigeria’s energy sector, one that is quietly redefining who gets to build the country’s solar future. For years, women have
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Last August, when reports emerged that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) planned to cancel $7 billion in grants for solar panels for low-income households, including an estimated 20,000 households in Maine, Sen. Susan Collins seemed to defend the move. “It is no surprise, now that control of the White House has changed, that the new
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March saw a surge in PV module orders. Image: PV Tech. Jinko Solar’s performance has been particularly strong, as shown in the graph on the left above. In March alone, the company secured orders in multiple countries including Spain, Australia, New Zealand, France and Japan, with a total volume of 2,371.1MW. Earlier this month, the
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Newave Energia carried out the development, construction, and commercialisation of the PV plant and will continue to lead operation at the project. Part of the electricity produced at the solar PV plant will be destined for the Mercado Livre de Energia (Free Energy Market), with flexible contracts aimed at corporate offtakers. Another part of the
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However, the report’s authors told PV Tech Premium this week that these diverging trends are not ideal for the European clean energy investment space, and that a more “complementary” relationship between private finance and government-backed auctions will be necessary if Europe is to meet its long-term clean energy deployment goals. With government contracts providing long-term
JinkoSolar has appointed Cao Haiyun as chief executive, while PowerChina has shortlisted 26 suppliers for a 31 GW solar module tender for 2026… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/20/chinese-pv-industry-brief-jinkosolar-appoints-new-ceo/
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Swish Solar has an AI-driven tool that optimizes solar panel cleaning schedules to reduce soiling losses and operating costs. The platform uses data analytics and forecasting models to help operators time cleaning based on financial impact. March 20, 2026 Emiliano Bellini Canadian startup Swish Solar is developing solar panel cleaning and AI-based optimization technology for
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Real estate investment trust Prologis started installing on-site solar panels two decades ago to reduce operational emissions from its buildings. The company now generates more than 1 gigawatt of electricity from those installations. Its chief energy and sustainability officer, who is also a managing director and part of the Prologis executive committee, is responsible for
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Diagram showing the orbit of Europe’s Proba 3 solar-eclipse mission. (Image credit: ESA – P. Carril, 2013) A satellite that generates artificial solar eclipses in space has reestablished contact with its handlers after a month of silence. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today (March 19) that it has gotten back in touch with the
