NASA’s team handling the Lucy mission is facing major challenges as one of the solar panels, which failed to fully deploy, is still refusing to unfurl completely. Soon after the spacecraft’s launch, which was conducted on October 16 last year, the engineers noticed that one of Lucy’s two solar panels is unfurled between 75% to […]
A Scottish high school has been evacuated after a solar panel on the roof caught fire, with clouds of black smoke seen billowing into the sky. Firefighters are currently on the scene at Hawick High School, in the Scottish Borders, with the call coming in just before 3pm on Friday, June 10. The Record report […]
During an online global premiere today, solar EV startup Lightyear unveiled the final production-ready design of its first vehicle, the Lightyear 0, formerly known as the Lightyear One. After six years of development, the Lightyear 0 is available for order ahead of first deliveries this fall. Lightyear is an EV startup based in the Netherlands […]
POCONO TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Monday night Pocono Township Board of Commissioners voted in favor of conditionally approving the Swiftwater Solar Project. The project involves deforesting nearly 500 acres of land and covering it with solar panels. “By clear-cutting, the mountain and the sheer quantity of earth disturbance, hundreds of animals, hundreds of species of […]
Texas energy company Vistra‘s Emerald Grove Solar Facility in Crane County, Texas, is online and generating electricity. Situated on 1,100 acres in Crane County, the 108-MW Emerald Grove project is comprised of 316,416 photovoltaic solar panels that can generate enough electricity to power approximately 54,000 average homes in the ERCOT market during normal grid conditions. […]
Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md. Julio Cortez/AP The Biden administration is ending its hands-off approach to a Commerce Department tariff […]
