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Don’t Miss The Sept. 21 Partial Solar Eclipse: Here’s Where You Can See It

Don’t Miss The Sept. 21 Partial Solar Eclipse: Here’s Where You Can See It

Gergitek/Shutterstock There’s something endearing about the way the world rallies around eclipses of the Sun and Moon. Most years, there are several opportunities to experience the incredible phenomenon of one celestial body obscuring another, and one of these dates is coming up soon. On September 21, 2025, a partial solar eclipse is set to take […]

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NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

It’s been 30 years since the discovery of the first planet around another star like our Sun. With every new discovery, scientists move closer to answering whether there are other planets like Earth that could host life as we know it. NASA/JPL-Caltech The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since

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Longroad reaches financial close for 400MW Texas solar project

Longroad reaches financial close for 400MW Texas solar project

Latest The 1000 Mile solar project will use First Solar Series 7 modules. Image: Longroad Energy. US renewables developer Longroad Energy has reached financial close for its 400MW 1000 Mile solar project in Texas. Under a deal signed last year between Longroad and Meta, the technology giant will acquire the entire electricity output of the

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Velto acquires 260MW operational solar portfolio in Spain

Velto acquires 260MW operational solar portfolio in Spain

Latest The 8.2MW Fuente Álamo solar project, in Murcia, is one of the projects acquired by Velto. Image: Velto Renewables. Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Velto Renewables has acquired a portfolio of 53 operational solar assets in Spain with a combined capacity of 260MW. The acquisition covers two portfolios: a 163MW portfolio owned by Helia

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Tinubu Unveils 4MW Solar Hybrid System To Address Energy Crisis At Kano Hospital

Tinubu Unveils 4MW Solar Hybrid System To Address Energy Crisis At Kano Hospital

KANO – President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Tuesday unveiled plan to install 4MW solar hybrid system with 100% battery storage at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State. The intervention by the Nigerian President was strategically designed to prevent recurring power outages, such as the recent one that disrupted hospital operation culminating the deaths of three

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Scientists crack a 50-year solar mystery with a scorching discovery

Scientists crack a 50-year solar mystery with a scorching discovery

New research from the University of St Andrews has proposed that particles in solar flares are 6.5 times hotter than previously thought and provided an unexpected solution to a 50-year-old mystery about our nearest star. Solar flares are sudden and huge releases of energy in the Sun’s outer atmosphere that heat parts of it to

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DAS Solar plans 5GW XBC cell plant as technology shifts to TOPCon/back contact combination

DAS Solar plans 5GW XBC cell plant as technology shifts to TOPCon/back contact combination

The published information shows that the developer of this project is DAS Solar (Weining) Co., Ltd. The project covers a planned land area of 177,000 square meters and will include the construction of a battery production workshop, a chemical warehouse, wastewater treatment facilities, a 110kV substation and various supporting infrastructure. At present, the project is

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QatarEnergy, Samsung C&T ink EPC contract for 2GW solar PV project in Qatar

QatarEnergy, Samsung C&T ink EPC contract for 2GW solar PV project in Qatar

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The project will reach its total electricity generation capacity of 2GW by mid-2029. Image: Qatar Energy. Qatari state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with Korean tech giant Samsung’s engineering and construction vertical Samsung C&T for its 2GW Dukhan project. The Dukhan

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Polycab launches 350 kW string inverter for utility-scale solar projects

Polycab launches 350 kW string inverter for utility-scale solar projects

Polycab has launched its UT Series 350 kW three-phase string inverter for utility-scale solar projects in southern India. The series offers 15/12 maximum power point trackers (MPPTs) and supports bifacial 182 mm/210 mm modules with a maximum 15 A/20 A DC input current per string. September 17, 2025 Uma Gupta Image: Polycab From pv magazine

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