This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE , Atlanta’s NPR station. Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to get what are known as cells. “The $2.5 […]
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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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The growing pile of old solar panels could create a global market worth more than $20 billion a year by 2050. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimates that companies could recover valuable materials from retired solar panels instead of dumping them in landfills. Those materials include aluminium, silver, silicon and copper, and manufacturers could
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The total solar eclipse on August 12 produced some of the most spectacular images of this phenomenon in recent years. But the mini golden age of eclipses in Europe is just beginning. The so-called “Iberian eclipse trio” still has two events to go—and both promise to be even more incredible than the one that just
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Farms are closing at alarming rates. In 2025, the number of farmsin the United States shrank by 15,000, and total farmland fell by 2.51 million acres. That’s nearly enough farmland to cover Hawaii’s Big Island. Unused land will not naturally turn into habitat anytime soon. It takes almost a century for agricultural abandonment to see
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Next were natural gas combustion turbines, with 22, and natural gas internal combustion engines, with 21. Onshore wind had nine projects. Combined-cycle natural gas, despite having massive amounts of announced capacity in development, had just 3 projects that went online. The high tide of new gas plants won’t arrive for another few years. If we
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From the introduction of the 4 July “safe harbour” deadline for projects to begin construction in order to access Biden-era tax credits, which triggered a rush in project development to meet the deadline, to last week’s imposition of new tariffs and minimum prices on polysilicon imports under Section 232, the US policy landscape for solar
Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The 330MW Cobalt solar facility near Blythe, Riverside County, California is currently under construction. Image: Recurrent Energy. Independent power producer (IPP) Recurrent Energy has secured US$695 million in financing to support a 330MW solar PV project in California. The company, the project development subsidiary of solar manufacturing major
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Long before dark sunspots appear on the Sun’s surface, subtle signals ripple beneath. Once these latent percolations are complete, it signals the emergence of active regions, highly magnetically concentrated locales from which solar flares and eruptions can occur. Now, researchers say artificial intelligence can detect those faint signs nearly nine hours in advance, offering a
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