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On GB/UK Solar PV FiTs and Plug-in Solar (2026) - Can you add plug-in solar to an existing system with Feed-in Tariff? #solar #plugInSolar #FiT -
"Australia backs goal of 150 million new rooftop solar systems globally by 2030"
#Australia #SolarPower #Energy
Wer heute Abend noch nichts vorhat: In #Karlsruhe gibt es eine ganz interessante #Solar-Veranstaltung, wo eins mal direkt mit Leuten reden kann, die sich auskennen.
A group of IMPRS doctoral researchers got to experience the total solar eclipse in Spain yesterday. Here is a picture taken during totality. Location: Mambrilla de Castrejón, Burgos, Spain, Photographer: Betty Tsai.
#solareclipse #solareclipse2026
"£400 plug-in solar panels to go on sale in shops – in time to catch record summer"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
Three ways to "watch" the solar eclipse safely without glasses
#SolarEclipse2026
Nonlocal Evolution of Magnetic Helicity across the Magnetohydrodynamic–Kinetic Interface: #SolarWind: https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/en/pi-post/structure-in-the-unstructured-new-phenomenon-discovered-in-the-solar-wind/ - TU Braunschweig discovers new mechanism of plasma turbulence in the solar wind.
Weltweit wurden inzwischen 3 Terawatt #Solarenergie installiert.
Nach dem ersten Terawatt in wohlhabenden Ländern treiben heute zunehmend ärmere Staaten den Ausbau voran.
Günstige #Solarmodule, der Ausbau von
FYI: Reiche hat meinen Stromanbieter zerstört:
#Strom #Solar #Solarpunk
Question for UK #solar people; what are the annual costs of maintenance like? Do you pay an annual fee to cover everything or just take it as it goes? Do they have to pull up scaffolding again to fix stuff often?
"Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1"
#Finland #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Researchers near 100% silver recovery from end-of-life solar panels"
#SolarPower #Recycling #Energy #Renewables
Extreme #Hitze und #Dürre belasteten Europas Strom-System: Kernkraft-, Gas-, Kohle-, Wasser- und Windkraft lieferten zeitweise weniger Energie, während der Kühlbedarf stieg.
#Solarenergie er…
"More than 70% of new solar is being built in states that voted for Trump"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower
Current observations from ESA’s #SolarOrbiter help #PredictiveScienceInc predict what the #corona will look like during the upcoming
"Caribbean Nations Have Installed Twice as Much Solar as Official Figures Suggest"
#Caribbean #SolarPower #Energy
On GB/UK Solar PV FiTs and Plug-in Solar (2026) - Can you add plug-in solar to an existing system with Feed-in Tariff? #solar #plugInSolar #FiT -
Reiche löst heimlich Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien auf: Erst Streit ums EEG, dann verschwindet leise ein Referat. Die Energiewende wird offenbar im Organigramm zurückgebaut, da fällt es am wenigsten auf. Der Wind weht trotzdem weiter, die Sonne scheint, auch ohne Sachbearbeiter. #Energiewende #EEG #Solar https://www.topagrar.com/energie/news/reiche-lost-heimlich-referat-fur-wind-solar-und-transformationsindustrien-auf-20029882.html
"The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
On the coronal origin of magnetic switchbacks in the #SolarWind: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02928-0 -> Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_tracks_origin_of_mysterious_magnetic_switchbacks
"EU solar power displaced €30bn of gas imports this year"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #SolarPower #Energy …
Deeper solar wind penetration on the Moon’s farside from noble gas records: #SolarWind striking moon's near side: https://phys.org/news/2026-07-samples-reveal-earth-solar-moon.html
Great photo of the total solar eclipse on August 12th, 2026 as witnessed by #mpsgoettingen director Sami K. Solanki in Praia do Lago das Pontes, Spain.
#solareclipse #solareclipse2026
Die Solar-Branche blickt mit Sorge auf die geplante EEG-Novelle der Bundesregierung. Nicht nur in BW. Kommt nach dem Altmaier-Knick jetzt der Reiche-Knick?
#BadenWürttemberg #EEGNovelle #Solar
New research suggests we could improve solar power beyond its theoretical limit!
#solar
"South Korea selects first villages for community solar scheme"
#SouthKorea #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Bangladesh mandates solar charging for millions of electric rickshaws"
#Bangladesh #SolarPower #Vehicles
Another visit to our favorite Sahagún bar ... and another regional newspaper found lying around: the Diario de #León had devoted pages 2 to 8 of the August 11 issue to the #SolarEclipse, here the beginning of an article about the events #ESA will be holding there - see also https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/08/A_total_solar_eclipse_is_coming_to_Europe
"Argentina’s first solar train runs on batteries charged by the Andean sun"
#Argentina #Trains #PublicTransport
"The world hit 3 terawatts of solar power faster than anyone predicted"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Use #wind and #solar as the #baseloadpower , fill in with the rest." Politicians and #UtilityCompanies
Der Solartechnikkonzern #LONGi meldet für eine Silizium-Perowskit-Tandemzelle einen Wirkungsgrad von 35,5 Prozent.
Der Wert wurde laut Unternehmen von der European Solar Test Installation bestätigt und liegt über heutigen kommerziellen #Solarzellen.
Entscheidend bleibt nun, ob sich di…
„Hochgradig irritiert“ ist Daniel Günther über Katherina Reiches Pläne. Ich auch. Solarstrom vom Hausdach soll nicht mehr vergütet werden, während Hormus zeigt, wie teuer die Abhängigkeit von Öl und Gas ist? Souveränität fängt auf dem eigenen Dach an. @… #Energiewende #Solar #Souveränität
"Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables
"Despite energy crisis, Bangladesh’s factories are slow to adopt solar power: Study"
#Bangladesh #Energy #SolarPower
Die #Bundesregierung plant Anpassungen bei der #EEG-Förderung für neue kleine #Solaranlagen.
Statt eines sofortigen Endes der festen
"Germans could save over €12,000 by ditching gas boiler for solar, battery and heat pump – analysis"
#Germany #SolarPower #Energy
"Italy deploys 2.61 GW of solar in H1"
#Italy #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower
"UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower
"UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Renewables
175 years ago #OTD the Prussian photographer Johann Julius Friedrich #Berkowski took the first photograph of a total #SolarEclipse, seen here in 19th century 'processing': more in https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/julius-berkowski/ and https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161350/http://www.astro.uni-jena.de/~schie/20130000_WittmannSchielicke_Parish_Mitt_Gauss-Ges_Nr_50(2013)_S_37-54.pdf (PDF pages 8-12) and https://time.com/4883424/solar-eclipse-first-photo-taken/ and https://hyperallergic.com/the-first-photographs-of-a-solar-eclipse/ and https://petapixel.com/2017/08/05/first-ever-solar-eclipse-photo-shot-1851/
"Recycling discarded solar panels could yield $1 trillion by 2060, analysis finds"
#SolarPower #Energy #Recycling
Rekord beim Solarstrom: 90,2 Terawattstunden bis 27. September, mehr als 2025 insgesamt. Und die EEG-Novelle nimmt Privatanlagen unter 25 Kilowatt ab 2027 die dauerhafte Förderung. Erst feiern, dann kürzen.
#Solar #EEG #Energiewende
Golem: https://buff.ly/zQCNT2n
Will the #SolarCorona look like this come 12 August and the Total #SolarEclipse? The Spanish government thinks so, based on a #simulation - https://www.iac.es/en/outreach/news/iac-and-california-based-predictive-science-inc-predict-solar-corona-august-12-eclipse-using-la-palma - by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in collaboration with Predictive Science Inc.: https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2026/julio/MICIU-utiliza-Superordenador-Palma-predecir-corona-solar-eclipse.html
Stardust as nucleation seeds for the earliest solids in the Solar System: #SolarSystem: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ancient-stardust-were-seeds-for-the-earliest-solids-in-the-solar-system
"Romania’s solar capacity exceeds 8.5 GW"
#Romania #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Rooftop solar meets 99.9% of South Australia electricity demand"
#Australia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"New Jersey legalizes plug-in solar up to 1,200 W"
#NewJerzey #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables…
Resolving Compositional Features of #SolarWind Source Regions near the Heliospheric Current Sheet at 0.3 au: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae9153 -> SwRI Study Helps Unravel How the Sun’s Corona Transforms into Solar Wind: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-study-helps-unravel-how-the-sun-s-corona-transforms-solar-wind
"Millions of solar eclipse glasses could end up in landfill: Here’s what to do instead"
#SolarEclipse #Landfill #Environment
"Ireland’s PV capacity reaches 3 GW"
#Ireland #SolarPower #Energy
"France’s installed PV capacity hits 34 GW"
#France #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
Major Space Weather Risks Identified via Coupled Physics-Engineering-Economic Modeling: #SolarSuperstorm Drained Earth’s Radiation Belt: https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-the-2024-solar-superstorm-drained-earths-radiation-belt - researchers dig into storm processes linked to dramatic electron loss from the outer Van Allen belt.
"Is That a Solar Farm, or a Train Track? In One Swiss Town, It's Both."
#Switzerland #Trains #SolarPower #Energy
"Solar cuts ‘at least £400 from bills in even the cloudiest British areas’"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
"India adds 6.6 GW of rooftop solar in H1"
#India #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Indonesia aims for 100 GW solar target by 2029"
#Indonesia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables…
"In Africa, a Growing Underground Solar Buildout"
#Africa #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
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Multiwavelength diagnostics of pre-flare evolution with Aditya-L1 - from the solar chromosphere to the corona: #SolarFlares: https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1_Catches_the_Suns_Early_Warning_Signs.html
"Plug-in balcony solar panels to go on sale in UK for first time"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
Does anyone have need of something like a couple of shoe boxes' worth of (probably mono- or poly- crystalline #silicon) #solar #PV cells, from suburban SW #London UK? ~20yo. Likely free to a good home.
#solarCell #solarDIY #someAssemblyRequired #photovoltaic
#solarPunk
"UK approves 400 MW solar project with 600 MW co-located battery"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
"Solar and storage account for 91% of new U.S. grid capacity in Q1"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower
"Plans to artificially dim the sun have divided scientists – here’s what they’re actually arguing about"
#Sun #SolarEngineering
"Norway hits 1 GW solar milestone"
#Norway #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower
"Ireland records 1,258 MW grid-scale solar generation peak ahead of eclipse"
#Ireland #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1"
#Finland #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Portugal installs 372 MW of solar in December-May"
#Portugal #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables
"Italy deploys 3 GW of solar in H1"
#Italy #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower
"Argentina’s distributed solar capacity grew 34.5% in H1"
#Argentina #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"South Korea forecast to add 3.5 GW of solar in 2026"
#SouthKorea #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower
"Switzerland deploys 1.33 GW of solar in 2025"
#Switzerland #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables…
Still going through numerous recorded webcasts and TV broadcasts of the ecent Total #SolarEclipse on YouTube - and finding to my surprise that many of the experienced groups or large TV channels blew it right at second contact which is arguably the most important moment for the audience: image out of focus, solar crescent just leaving the FOV, using an H-alpha telescope only which is counter-productive for total eclipses etc. From what I've seen so far the clear winner remains the feed from Iceland of all places, mentioned earlier in the thread, and in https://www.facebook.com/groups/SolarEclipseChasers/posts/28259718680290370/ I mention four other interesting cases - and ask for links to other winners. Know any?
And finally here is a most unexpected picture I just found looking through my #SolarEclipse images from Sahagún, Spain, taken experimentally before totality w/o a filter, for the first time in detail: a bird next to the solar crescent, caught in flight with 1/16,000 second at f/8 and ISO 200 - which the autofocus thankfully found more interesting than the astronomical event in the background ...
"Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy #SolarPower
"Ireland’s PV capacity reaches 3 GW"
#Ireland #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
"Sweden could face 150,000 metric tons of end-of-life panels annually"
#Sweden #SolarPower #Energy #Recycling