Global BESS deployments up 36% in 9M 2025

Plus Power

Notable BESS projects in North America, Europe and Australia In North America, 1,252MW/2,995MWh was recorded as coming online. In the US, these include a 150MW/300MWh project from Plus Power in Massachusetts, a 50MW/100MWh project from Eolian in Texas, and a…

A buried solar receiver to melt lunar ice

IMAGE ©NASA Daedalus crater shows the problem the indirect solar receiver solves. Orlando’s team proposes positioning solar concentrating mirrors - heliostats - atop the crater rims, aiming concentrated solar irradiation down into the darkness of the crater, with the light focused onto a solar receiver partly embedded in the icy surface.

IMAGE ©NASA Daedalus crater shows the problem the indirect solar receiver solves. Orlando’s team proposes positioning solar concentrating mirrors – heliostats – atop the crater rims, aiming concentrated solar irradiation down into the darkness of the crater, with the light…