solar power

26 October 2026, Monday

15:14 11 photosTechnology Solar farms: rows of panels across the fields From hillsides to plains, from sheep grazing beneath the panels to the view from the air. Owen Pryce

20 October 2026, Tuesday

23:38 Technology Solar panels raised above crops: first results from an Asher Valley trial A two-hectare trial near Bramley Cross that grows vegetables and soft fruit beneath raised solar panels has produced its first full season of data, with some crops doing better in partial shade. Samuel Adeyemi

21:01 World Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power Velde, the small inland town twinned with Wrenhaven, now produces as much electricity as it uses over a year from a solar park owned by its own residents through an energy cooperative. Rafael Ortega

19 October 2026, Monday

23:59 Technology Solar-and-battery phone masts keep marsh and island villages connected in storms New masts with their own solar panels and batteries kept mobile coverage running in the Saltings during last winter's longest power cut, and more are now being installed around Greyling Bay. Jonah Becker