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Greenland’s ice sheet and coastline seen from above, highlighting the Arctic landscape where critical minerals and hydrocarbons may lie beneath the ice.

A geologist explains the hidden treasures in Greenland, Donald Trump’s target: rare earths, gold, copper, graphite, and enormous potential for oil and gas under the ice

By Adrian Villellas
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January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Solar panels covering an alpine desert on the Tibetan Plateau where vegetation and soil moisture are increasing beneath the array.

On the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of panels

By Adrian Villellas
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January 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Close-up of solar panel cells on a rooftop array, illustrating research that shows panels can keep strong performance beyond 25 years.

Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades

By ECONEWS
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January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a concentrating solar power plant with mirrored heliostats in the Mojave Desert.

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System once looked like a city of mirrors in the desert, and now its planned closure in 2026 is no longer certain after a last-minute regulatory “no” put the plan on hold

By Adrian Villellas
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January 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Long row of older rooftop solar panels installed on a Swiss building, showing early-generation photovoltaic modules still in use.

These solar panels have been on Swiss rooftops for more than 30 years, and they are still delivering over 80% of their original output in Switzerland

By ECONEWS
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January 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Massive offshore wind turbine being installed at sea near Hainan, with other turbines visible in the distance.

China has brought a giant offshore wind turbine of up to 20 MW online off the coast of Hainan, and the debate is not just about energy but about what may be changing in the air around it

By ECONEWS
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January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Aerial view of a California apartment complex with large rooftop solar arrays covering multiple flat buildings.

The California Supreme Court has reopened the rooftop solar fight, leaving uncertainty over whether NEM 3.0 credit cuts will survive the next legal challenge

By Adrian Villellas
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January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aircela’s rooftop machine in Manhattan converting air into gasoline using direct air capture and renewable electricity.

A New York startup says it can already make gasoline from air on a rooftop, and it demonstrated the process in Manhattan with a machine about the size of a refrigerator

By Adrian Villellas
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January 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Solar panels mounted on a raised frame in a snowy landscape, showing a winter solar installation under overcast skies.

The big “solar winter” myth collapses in 10 seconds. Your panels do not “shut off” in the cold, but there are two things that really can crush your output

By ECONEWS
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January 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Solar farm at sunset with a cutout of a surprised woman and an inset showing Kyosemi’s Sphelar spherical solar cell technology.

Goodbye to solar panels: Japan has just broken a rule that had remained intact for more than 140 years and proves that solar panels do not have to be flat

By ECONEWS
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January 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
solar panels

The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to cover America

By Adrian Villellas
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January 10, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Offshore wind turbines in the Atlantic as the Trump administration orders a stop-work pause on East Coast projects.

One of the largest offshore wind energy projects in the US ends up in court after a blockade ordered by the Trump administration

By Adrian Villellas
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January 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
General Fusion’s plasma compression fusion machine during magnetized target fusion tests in Canada.

Canada has just broken a world record in nuclear fusion, and the number of neutrons has put the entire energy industry on alert

By Adrian Villellas
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January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Aerial view of solar panel arrays at a solar installation, tied to research on integrated solar generation and energy storage.

Goodbye to traditional batteries: this new solar system combines generation and storage in a single device

By Adrian Villellas
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January 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Rock sample with glittering iron pyrite (fool’s gold) grains linked to lithium in Appalachian shale research.

Fool’s gold could help power the green transition

By ECONEWS
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January 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Illustration of electron wave “shape” and orbital paths, reflecting the first experimental mapping of electron geometry in a crystal.

Scientists reveal the shape of electrons for the first time in a breakthrough that could reshape modern physics

By Adrian Villellas
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December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
dark oxygen

Dark oxygen has been discovered for the first time – Under the sea, and it’s not good at all

By Adrian Villellas
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December 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
American mine discovery

40 million tons from 16 million years ago: a US mine puts China at a disadvantage

By Adrian Villellas
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December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
They perform calculations using DNA that recharges with heat and works over and over again

They perform calculations using DNA that recharges with heat and works over and over again

By Adrian Villellas
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December 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Scientists create the missing piece for the turbines of the future: A ductile, corrosion-resistant alloy for extreme temperatures

Scientists create the missing piece for the turbines of the future: A ductile, corrosion-resistant alloy for extreme temperatures

By Adrian Villellas
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December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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