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Nearly 50,000 Jobs Supported by Scotland’s Renewable Energy Industry, New Report Finds

Scotland’s renewable energy industry supported an estimated 49,200 full-time equivalent jobs and $14.9 billion of economic output in 2024, new research shows.

28 Oct 2026

Trinasolar to Supply Integrated Module and Mounting Solution for 580 MW of Energix Projects in Poland and Lithuania

Trinasolar, a global leader in smart PV and energy storage solutions, and renewable energy expert and IPP Energix, have announced a cooperation covering four utility-scale solar projects in Eastern Europe, with a combined capacity of 580 MW.

28 Oct 2026

SOLASTA® Bio Hits US Regulatory Milestone as Field Demo Beats Decade-High Whitefly Surge

SOLASTA® Bio, a leading agri-biotech company pioneering peptide-based green insecticides, has submitted its first product for registration in the United States, a major step towards bringing its nature-inspired bioinsecticide technology to market.

28 Oct 2026

Solar Farms Should Prepare for Bushfire Effects, Which Can Reduce Output by 70%

Smoke from major bushfires can significantly reduce the amount of electricity generated by solar farms, even when the fires are burning many kilometers away.

28 Oct 2026

Metatek Surveys Help Reveal Singapore’s Geothermal Potential

Metatek’s integrated airborne and ground-based geophysical surveys have helped underpin Singapore’s nationwide geothermal assessment, whose preliminary findings were highlighted yesterday at Singapore International Energy Week by Singapore’s energy minister, Dr. Tan See Leng.

28 Oct 2026

Rapid Identification of Radioactive Sources Using Advanced Aerial Computational Modeling Tools

Extreme situations demand speed: researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new computational method that makes it possible to identify radioactive material from the air more accurately within seconds and to determine its quantity and location more precisely.

28 Oct 2026

Rutgers Scientists Lead Framework Identifying Critical National Climate Assessment Gaps

A group of 175 scientists co-led by a Rutgers University professor have developed a research framework identifying gaps in the evidence needed to assess coastal protection, food production and overlapping climate hazards such as extreme heat and power outages.

28 Oct 2026

Climate Change and Ozone Pollution Threaten Future Global Health Outcomes

Premature deaths linked to long-term exposure to ground-level ozone nearly doubled worldwide between 2000 and 2020, reaching an estimated 480,000 deaths annually, according to a new global assessment led by researchers at George Washington University.

28 Oct 2026

FY-3G Satellite Algorithm Reduces Uncertainty in Earth Climate Models

Accurate precipitation measurements are crucial for weather forecasting, climate research, water management, and disaster preparedness, yet rainfall remains a major source of uncertainty in environmental models.

28 Oct 2026

Improving Global Photosynthesis Estimates Through Forest Height Structural Correction

Gross primary productivity (GPP), the carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis, is fundamental to ecosystem function and the global carbon cycle.

28 Oct 2026

Global Space Observations Show Fire and Drought Impair Ecosystem Resilience

Terrestrial vegetation absorbs roughly 120-149 petagrams of carbon annually through photosynthesis, offsetting about one-third of global fossil-fuel emissions.

28 Oct 2026

Human Metabolism Produces Two Billion Tons of CO₂ a Year, Global Study Finds

A University of Bath-led study has estimated that the carbon dioxide produced by humans as our bodies turn food into energy rose by 74% between 1985 and 2015, reaching 2.05 billion tons a year.

27 Oct 2026

Research Council Will Fund Norwegian Maritime Nuclear Energy and Propulsion Project

The Marine Nuclear Propulsion System (MarNuPS) Pilot project has secured NOK 20 million (USD 2 m) in initial funding from the Research Council of Norway as partners prepare to move maritime nuclear propulsion from system development towards physical integration and testing.

27 Oct 2026

UK-Backed Solar Initiative Pilots New Model to Cut Diesel Generator Use in Humanitarian Settings

New ‘ZERO’ Project Tests Renewable ’Energy-as-a-Service’ Model with UN Agencies in Chad to Provide Cleaner and More Affordable Electricity to Humanitarian Operations without Major Upfront Investment - ZE-Gen Seeks Funding to Expand Impact in Humanitarian Sector.

27 Oct 2026

Eliminating Lithium Ion Migration Prevents Interfacial Defects in Perovskite Devices

Perovskite is often used as a material for the top subcell of tandem solar cells. In tandem solar cells, different subcells are stacked to maximize absorption efficiency.

26 Oct 2026