Will farming under solar panels take off?
“As a farmer, you’re always at the mercy of weather,” says Harpal Dagar who has a farm on the outskirts of Delhi. “So many times, we lost our produce due to unpredictable conditions,” he says.…
Solar desalination technology converts sunlight into fresh water without external power
Editors’ notesSchematic illustration of the salt-rejecting inverse-L shaped evaporator assembly and the photograph of the lab-scale device. Credit: Advanced Energy Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202501360 A research team from UNIST has unveiled a novel solar desalination technology that…
Canadian Solar presents 660 W ‘low-carbon’ heterojunction module with 24.4% efficiency
The new products are available in nine versions with power output ranging from 620 W to 660 W and power conversion efficiency spanning from 23.0% to 24.4%. Canadian Solar said the panels have a carbon…
Student solves a century-old problem and improves the power of wind turbines
The research was led by Divya Tyagi of Penn State’s Department of Aerospace Engineering. Her work focuses on how turbines exchange momentum with the air and how that shows up in power and structural loading. “Her…
“110 Megawatt Taihang Turbine”: China Launches First Domestic Heavy Duty Gas Engine Reducing 1 Million Tons Carbon Emissions
China has unveiled its first domestically developed 110-megawatt gas turbine, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s energy sector and underscoring advancements in design and efficiency IN A NUTSHELL 🔧 China launches its first domestically developed 110…
Philippines switches on agrovoltaic complex with 320 MWh battery storage
The Citicore Solar Batangas 1 Power Plants stand as the Philippines’ first integrated agrovoltaic and battery storage facility. Image: June Ronel Biboso, Unsplash Share From ESS News President of the Philippines Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on…
How to Be an “Electrostate”
The term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. blog Emissary Emissary harnesses Carnegie’s global scholarship to deliver incisive, nuanced analysis on the most pressing international affairs challenges. Learn More program Sustainability, Climate,…
Energy firm breaks ground on massive project set to transform power grid: ‘We’re delighted’
Energy firm breaks ground on massive project set to transform power grid: ‘We’re delighted’ Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the…
2,400 W without blades — A garden-size turbine that works when the weather won’t
Credits: Semtive Energy The world has been focusing on lowering the global carbon footprint. Why? Because the effects of global warming and climate change are real, and someone needs to address them, that’s why. One…
Tk 150 crore down the drain?
Two unused Dhaka slaughterhouses gathering dust Photo: Star Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) built two modern slaughterhouses to ensure hygienic animal slaughtering — one in Old Dhaka’s Kaptan Bazar and another in Hazaribagh of the…