Tiny Satellites: Eyes in the Sky, Thousands of Them

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Clean Power Costs Split After Years of Alignment

The cost to build and run clean-power projects used to be heading in one direction: down. That story is now getting more complicated. Battery storage costs continued to fall last year, while most other technologies became more expensive. Yet comparing technologies is far from str ...  Show more

European Power Confronts Gas Shock: Analyst Reaction

Oil and gas prices are rising again as the Iran war shakes global energy markets. But so far Europe’s power system is holding up better than in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. More renewables and lower demand have made Europe’s energy system more resilient, even as prices edge ...  Show more

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