The summer solstice, a significant solar term in China’s lunar calendar, signifies the arrival of midsummer. It is known as the longest day and shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. To delve deeper into this solar term, Professor Chen Nan of Tsinghua University created an animation exploring its significance, while “Uncle Hanzi” … Read more
Tech stocks on the Nasdaq 100, including Nvidia Corp., saw a surge to record levels this week, driven by Nvidia’s excellent earnings report. This marked the fifth consecutive week of gains for the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), the longest streak since January. Shares of Nvidia rose over 9% following their first-quarter financial results, which showed … Read more
Google has partnered with Japanese renewable energy providers to construct solar farms that will exclusively supply electricity to the company’s data centers in Japan. This agreement, which involves corporate power purchase agreements with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) and Shizen Energy, represents Google’s first foray into such contracts within Japan. By partnering with these renewable energy … Read more
The Baldy Mesa solar and storage project in Southern California is now operational, with a capacity of 150 MW and 75 MW for solar and storage respectively. Amazon and AES collaborated on developing and owning the project, with Amazon’s machine learning models powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) helping to optimize the battery unit’s charging … Read more