ChatGPT generated split-screen image featuring a Ukrainian military drone (e.g., PD-2) over war-torn landscapes transitioning into a thriving farm landscape with drones spraying fields

Drone Swords Into Ploughshares: How Ukraine’s Wartime Expertise Can Reshape Farming

Ukraine has rapidly emerged as one of the world’s unexpected drone innovation hubs, driven by the brutal necessities of wartime. Thousands of sophisticated drones now soar above Ukrainian battlefields, ranging from compact FPV (first-person-view) attack drones to advanced reconnaissance platforms capable of extended missions deep into contested areas. Remarkably, this … [continued]

ChatGPT generated a panoramic image illustrating "Laboratory vs. Field Reality": on the left, scientists examine small, high-efficiency perovskite cells in a lab; on the right, workers install conventional silicon PV modules across a sprawling solar farm

Reality Check: Can Perovskite Really Outshine Silicon PV?

Perovskite solar is getting another moment in the sun, with outlandish claims matched by a lack of global perspective on advances. It’s worth stepping carefully through the various dimensions of this photovoltaic technology, weighing what enthusiasts say against what’s demonstrably true today. In doing so, it’s obvious that perovskite’s pathway … [continued]

"Renewable Energy Development in the California Desert" by mypubliclands is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The US Continues To Be At Odds With Its Allies Over Renewable Energy

To hear Donald Trump brag about it, you’d think that coal is an energy savior. After all, he has recently signed four executive orders aimed at increasing coal production and saving coal-burning power plants from retirement. Yet what the Trump administration isn’t admitting is that the growth of solar has … [continued]