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Tag: Solar

  • Space Weather Report for Pan-Africa – April 2024

    Space Weather Report for Pan-Africa – April 2024

    Increased Solar Activity and Lunar Phases Influence Earth’s Space Environment 1. Solar Flare & Geomagnetic Activity The Sun has entered a period of heightened activity, with multiple moderate (M-class) solar flares detected in the past week. The most significant eruption occurred on April 2, 2024, from sunspot region AR3663, releasing an M5.6 flare. This event…

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  • 🇪🇬 Scatec signs PPA with Egypt Aluminium for major solar + BESS project

    🇪🇬 Scatec signs PPA with Egypt Aluminium for major solar + BESS project

    Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, today signed a 25-year USD-denominated corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Egypt Aluminium for a 1.1 GW Solar PV + 100 MW/200MWh BESS project in Egypt backed by a sovereign guarantee. Egypt Aluminium is the largest aluminium producer and industrial electricity consumer in Egypt and exports approximately…

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  • X-Flare Alert: Major X4.5- Class Solar Flare & CME

    Large and complex sunspot 3825 erupted, producing a major X4.5-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash. A huge plasma plume is hurled out from the sun during the powerful eruption. Coronagraph images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME emerging from the blast site. NOAA forecasters…

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