Published

3 years ago

March 14, 2024

Alice Rush

Raptor Maps has released the sixth edition of its Global Solar Report, featuring data this year that it says demonstrates the underperformance of solar assets.

Drawing on data from a total 125 GW of PV systems, the report finds that global revenue loss due to equipment-driven underperformance last year reached $4.6 billion, and that power loss due to equipment anomalies on solar farms rose from 3.13% to 4.47% year-over-year.

“The world surpassed the 1 terawatt mark for global solar installations two years ago, and our sights are firmly set on the 10 TW milestone,” says Raptor Maps CEO and co-founder Nikhil Vadhavkar. “Our sector is foundational to meeting our climate goals of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Aenges outlined in our Global Solar Report to restore production, optimize asset management, and ensure the investability of the sector for years to come.”

“Owners and operators who are already working with digital twins of their sites can now leverage robotics and AI to tackle labor challenges directly impacting power production,” adds Eddie Obropta, CTO and co-founder of Raptor Maps. “We just launched a new AI tool, Instant Inspections, based on customer demand, which enables the detection and categorization of thermal anomalies 99% faster than conventional solar aerial inspections at C&I sites.”

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Raptor Maps’ Global Solar Report Finds $4.6B Annual Revenue Loss

Renewable Energy

Trump Targets Revolution Wind, Nordex Q3 EBITDA Doubles

Published

6 hours ago

October 19, 2026

Alice Rush

Weather Guard Lightning Tech

Trump Targets Revolution Wind, Nordex Q3 EBITDA Doubles

Allen covers the Trump administration’s bid to reopen Revolution Wind’s permit, a bipartisan Senate permitting deal, Nordex’s doubled third-quarter profit, and GE Vernova’s new wind chief.

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Trump Targets Revolution Wind, Nordex Q3 EBITDA Doubles

Renewable Energy

Dictators

Published

22 hours ago

October 18, 2026

Alice Rush

Have you ever wondered why every dictator in human history follows the exact same playbook? Check this out.

Plato nailed this 2400 years ago, and it’s been on “rinse/repeat” ever since.

Dictators

Renewable Energy

Making Billions by Harming Others

Published

2 days ago

October 17, 2026

Alice Rush

On average, I meet perhaps 50 K-12 teachers each year, and I often ask them: What is the biggest challenge you face that impacts your ability to connect with and educate your students?

Here’s a rough tabulation:

Screen time, how it robs kids of their ability to pay attention, impedes social interaction, and makes parenting more difficult: 80%

Everything else combined: 20%

Maybe this is a cynical viewpoint, but it seems like that world of today revolves around the mega-corporations profiting by punishing their customers.

In this case, we have the tech giants ruining the lives of our children. Elsewhere, we have healthcare industry driving people into bankruptcy, Big Oil ruining our planet, the gun lobby murdering our kids, and, of course, an ultra-corrupt government looting our treasury to pay off billionaire donors.

Note that this wasn’t the case when we boomers were growing up 60 years ago. This is a distinctive shift from the 1960s when corporate America was focused on things like color TVs and the Ford Mustang.