Daily Archives: October 4, 2026

Texas tenant says landlord wants mini-split AC on 24/7, others warn of potential mold – The Cool Down

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“He said it’s because the unit will break if it’s not on constantly.”Photo Credit: iStock A Texas renter set off … Continue reading →

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KawiSafi Ventures Invests $2 Million in Bengaluru’s Orb Energy to Expand C&I Solar Across East Africa – tribuneindia.com

Investment is ring-fenced for Orb Energy’s Africa business and will support project delivery, local team expansion and financing partnershipsBengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 1: KawiSafi Ventures has invested $2 million in Orb Energy to support the expansion of the company’s commercial … Continue reading →

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Panasonic deploys fuel cell, heat pump at PV-powered hydrogen house – pv magazine Global

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic has started operating a fuel cell system and an air-to-water heat pump at the Hydrogen House, a demonstration facility run by the Central Finland Mobility Foundation (Cefmof) in Jyväskylä, central Finland.Panasonic said the project is testing … Continue reading →

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Texas business owner moved to ICU after copperhead bite felt like '10 red wasp [stings] at once' – The Cool Down

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“And all of a sudden, I just had this incredible pain in the side of my foot.”Photo Credit: iStock A … Continue reading →

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SA Power Networks to test emergency solar shutdown capability across South Australia – pv-tech.org

SA Power Networks will run its annual test of the state’s rooftop solar curtailment system on 25 August in South Australia.The test will temporarily reduce generation and export from around 100,000 residential systems for less than an hour to confirm … Continue reading →

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Alight acquires 2GW Swedish solar PV, energy storage pipeline from Soltech – pv-tech.org

Nordic independent power producer (IPP) Alight has acquired a portfolio of 40 utility-scale solar PV projects in southern Sweden from Swedish developer Soltech Energy Solutions, with a combined planned solar capacity of around 2GW.The projects are located across Sweden’s SE3 … Continue reading →

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EU’s largest solar project reaches financial close – pv magazine Global

Prague-headquartered independent power producer Rezolv Energy says it has signed an up to €561 million ($637.3 million) financing package for its planned 1.3 GW solar plant.According to an update posted by Rezolv on LinkedIn, the Dama solar project, to be … Continue reading →

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Redirecting wet–interfacial redox pathways for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells – Science | AAAS

Redirecting wet–interfacial redox pathways for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells  Science | AAASsource

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Community accuses solar farm developer of ‘gaming’ fast-track system – Stuff

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Camp JORI: New solar array generates savings, cuts CO2 emissions – jewishrhody.com

Camp JORI: New solar array generates savings, cuts CO2 emissions  jewishrhody.comsource

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Maxwell Power Secures $800 Million Commitment from Fairtide Partners – IndexBox

We use cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Read our cookie policy Manage cookies Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories.Maxwell Power announced on October 1, 2026, the closing of an $800 million investment commitment from Fairtide … Continue reading →

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NTU Singapore launches CRIMSON-1 satellite to test next-gen perovskite solar cells and AI computing in space – EurekAlert! Science News Releases

The mission will evaluate how lightweight perovskite solar technology and on-orbit AI-based image processing perform in extreme environments Nanyang Technological Universityimage:  Front row, from left: NTU Satellite Research Centre Executive Director Mr Lim Wee Seng; School of Materials Science and … Continue reading →

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Solar panels installed in 2020 could supply 21% of solar silver by 2035 – marketscale.com

Recycling solar panels installed in 2020 could supply up to 21% of the silver needed for new panel production by 2035. Technical advances are making panel recycling more economic. Buyers and asset owners can start modeling recycled supply and retirement … Continue reading →

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After a bill-free summer, solar owner learns how winter generation can drop – thecooldown.com

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“The few recent days with cloud and rain saw [an output] drop by about 50%.”Photo Credit: iStock After seeing a … Continue reading →

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From school science fair to Solar Innovation: TUT Student powers ahead to National Pitch – ednews.africa

Thabang MoashetsiWhat began as a Grade 7 visit to the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists has transformed into an inspiring entrepreneurial journey for Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Computer Science student Thabang Moashetsi, whose innovative solar technology is now headed … Continue reading →

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Glare from solar panels flares into court battle between neighbours – Stuff

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Layer Order Surprise: Atomic-Deposited Tin Oxide Boosts Perovskite Solar Cells Only When Hidden – Bioengineer.org

Layer Order Surprise: Atomic-Deposited Tin Oxide Boosts Perovskite Solar Cells Only When Hidden  Bioengineer.orgsource

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Bloomington offers free solar installations for qualifying homeowners – The Herald-Times

Bloomington offers free solar installations for qualifying homeowners  The Herald-Timessource

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Vernon County Board of Supervisors creates special committee to evaluate county farm solar project proposal – VernonReporter

Oct. 3. 2026 VERNON COUNTY, Wis. – The Vernon County Board of Supervisors has voted to create a special five member committee to study whether a portion of the county owned farm property should be leased for a utility scale … Continue reading →

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Don Rittner: Shedding (Solar) light on a subject – Saratogian

E-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersE-EditionSometimes a political or environmental fight begins not in a courtroom or a government office, but across a fence line. And sometimes the hero didn’t plan to be.For Alexandra Fasulo, it … Continue reading →

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755,000 solar panels in Australia hide 4,200 sheep so well that drivers kept posting there were none inside, because a merino stands knee-high and the tilting rows read as one sheet of glass from the road — so the farmer rounded the flock up between the pa – autonocion.com

Luis Reyes Oct 3, at 6:30am ETPeople love to argue; that’s not really up for debate. (Huh? Huh?) And one of the latest dumb arguments I’ve seen is drivers in New South Wales, Australia claiming that solar farms take up … Continue reading →

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Virtus Solis signs PPA to supply space-based solar power to datacenter developer Brae Systems – pv magazine USA

The power purchase agreement (PPA) is an important indicator that a proposed renewable energy project is worth financing. Two companies have signed an unusual PPA where the producer and the off-taker represent developing technologies that, if successful, point the way … Continue reading →

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Hawaiʻi Launches Solar Microgrids to Boost Energy Resilience at DOT Facilities – microgridknowledge.com

Advancing the adoption of microgridsConstruction on new solar and storage microgrids on two Hawaiian Islands is underway to strengthen energy resiliency at key state Department of Transportation (DOT) facilities.The state of Hawai’i DOT is working with developer Sustainability Partners and … Continue reading →

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Chinese PV Industry Brief: Inner Mongolia advances 5.5 GW solar-desertification program – pv magazine Global

A 5.5 GW solar and desertification-control program in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, has received implementation approval from regional energy and forestry authorities. Subsidiaries of CGN, Huaneng’s Northern United Power, PowerChina and China Huadian will develop the projects, which combine 5.5 … Continue reading →

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Alight Buys 2GW Swedish Solar Portfolio from Soltech Energy Solutions – News and Statistics – IndexBox

We use cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Read our cookie policy Manage cookies Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories.Alight, an independent power producer based in the Nordics, has purchased a 40-project utility-scale solar PV portfolio … Continue reading →

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ContourGlobal completes 324 MW Black Hollow Sun in Colorado – solarbytes.info

0 Powered by : ContourGlobal, a global power generation company, and Platte River Power Authority have completed the Black Hollow Sun solar complex near Severance, Colorado. The 324 MWp (257 MWac) facility comprises Phase I at 185 MW (150 MW … Continue reading →

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Glare from solar panels flares into court battle between neighbours – stuff.co.nz

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First Solar files TOPCon patent infringement lawsuit against JA and Corning subsidiary – PV Tech

Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar manufacturer First Solar has filed a patent lawsuit against Chinese solar PV manufacturer JA and some of its subsidiaries, as well as American Panel Solutions (AMPS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based PV manufacturer Corning.The lawsuit … Continue reading →

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Vernon County Board of Supervisors creates special committee to evaluate county farm solar project proposal – vernonreporter.com

Oct. 3. 2026 VERNON COUNTY, Wis. – The Vernon County Board of Supervisors has voted to create a special five member committee to study whether a portion of the county owned farm property should be leased for a utility scale … Continue reading →

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Sungrow FPV connects 6.5 MW floating solar project in Sri Lanka – solarbytes.info

0 Powered by : Sungrow FPV, a floating photovoltaic system solutions provider headquartered in Hefei, China, has fully grid-connected a 6.5 MW floating solar project in Sri Lanka. The project uses local water surfaces for solar generation without occupying additional … Continue reading →

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GOLDBECK SOLAR builds 5.1 MW Agri-PV park in Germany – solarbytes.info

0 Powered by : Germany-based EPC company GOLDBECK SOLAR is building a 5.1 MW Agri-PV park at its headquarters in Hirschberg an der Bergstraße. The project will install 7,982 solar modules across around 10 hectares, alongside a 2-hectare agricultural reference … Continue reading →

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Renalfa IPP, Eurowind inaugurate 242MW solar-plus-storage project in Bulgaria – PV Tech

Independent power producer (IPP) Renalfa IPP and Danish renewables developer Eurowind Energy have begun commercial operations at a 242MWp solar-plus-storage hybrid park in Bulgaria.Located in the Tundzha Municipality, southeastern Bulgaria, the Tenevo hybrid renewable energy complex comprises two co-located 311MW/773MWh … Continue reading →

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Germany sitting on 600,000 tonnes of solar PV waste by 2030 – PV Tech

Germany is on course to produce over 600,000 tonnes of solar PV waste material by 2030, potentially worth billions in aluminium and silver.A new study from the Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP) found that the current installed stock of … Continue reading →

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When Magenta Solar Panels Were Placed Above Growing Broccoli Something Unexpected Happened – The Debrief

When researchers at Mälardalen University in Västerås, Sweden, installed magenta solar panels and tried to grow broccoli underneath, the plant unexpectedly absorbed more light energy than plants grown in open sunlight, resulting in lower overall energy use and a similar … Continue reading →

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ContourGlobal completes 324 MW Black Hollow Sun in Colorado – Solarbytes

0 Powered by : ContourGlobal, a global power generation company, and Platte River Power Authority have completed the Black Hollow Sun solar complex near Severance, Colorado. The 324 MWp (257 MWac) facility comprises Phase I at 185 MW (150 MW … Continue reading →

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ACI Materials wants to bring silver solar paste back to the US with its ‘secret sauce’ – PV Tech

There is money to be made in the gaps of the US solar supply chain. Module and cell production have boomed in recent years, with capacity for the former now sufficient to meet domestic demand and the latter on track … Continue reading →

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