Technology
The hard part of greening a mobile network is that it never switches off
A feasibility study, not a supply contract. What makes it interesting is the choice to go through the national grid rather than put panels…
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Technology
A security camera that claims 35 days on one charge, with no mains power and no Wi-Fi
A 10,400mAh battery, a 7.6W solar panel and a 4G radio, aimed at farms, building sites and warehouses where there is no socket to plug…
World
Solar has quietly overtaken nuclear worldwide, and Pakistan went from 2 per cent to 24 per cent out of people’s own pockets
A decade ago solar was 1 per cent of world electricity. This year it reaches about 10 per cent and passes nuclear. The part that matters…
Technology
Europe’s heatwave sold a lot of American batteries — and they were not lithium
A San Diego firm shipped its first 100 home batteries to European buyers wanting to store cheap grid power for air conditioning. They run…
World
A Texas farmer lost a cabbage crop to hail in one night. His land now earns from the sun as well
Steve Cargil’s family have farmed near Uvalde since 1953. After a hailstorm destroyed months of work overnight, his son questioned whether…