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Solar Steel Supplies Trackers for Naturgy Projects in Spain

Gonvarri Solar Steel has been awarded several projects with Naturgy to supply and install 144 MW of its TracSmarT+1V single-row and dual-row trackers at the PV plants located in Tabernas, Almería (100 MW); Canredondo, Guadalajara (22 MW); and Castuera, Badajoz (22 MW). The installation activities to be carried out by […]

Microsoft readies more Teams hybrid meeting features; frees up more LinkedIn remote-work courses

Credit: Microsoft Microsoft is sharing its roadmap for more Teams features that it is planning for the coming months and announcing 36 LinkedIn courses that it temporarily is making free — all in the name of trying to make the hybrid-work experience better. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Microsoft’s coming capabilities, as well as the […]

IoT News – Global Cellular IoT Module Shipments Cross 100 Million for First Time in Q2 2021

Highlights: The quarter saw record 53% and 60% YoY increase in shipments and revenue respectively. Qualcomm dominated the global cellular IoT chipset market, capturing almost half of it. Smart meter, POS, automotive, router/CPE and industrial were the top five applications in this quarter. Global cellular IoT module quarterly shipments reached the 100 million mark for […]

Could Cobots Be the Answer to the Welder Shortage?

The American Welding Society has predicted a deficit of 400,000 welders by 2024. According to specialist welding technologists K-TIG, a US welder’s skills are in such high demand they can demand a salary of $100,000. Could Cobots Be the Answer to the Welder Shortage? Claudia Jarrett, US Country Manager | EU Automation Inc. In recent […]

DOE’s Study Offers Vision for a Zero-carbon Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Solar Futures Study detailing the significant role solar will play in decarbonizing the nation’s power grid. The study shows that by 2035, solar energy has the potential to power 40% of the nation’s electricity, drive deep decarbonization of the grid, and employ as many as 1.5 […]

Quantum computers could be a weapon against climate change, but maybe not in the way you expect

Experts in the field are increasingly turning their attention to whether quantum computers could provide solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change.   Image: Misha Friedman / Contributor / Getty Images From faster and better drug design to solving the travelling salesman problem at the scale of global supply chains, […]