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Walmart is finally adding Apple Pay and Google Pay

Walmart will soon allow you to pay for your items with Google Pay or Apple Pay. In an announcement on Friday, Walmart says it's going to bring tap-to-pay capabilities to "select" Walmart and Sam's Club locations starting August 24th, before rolling out support to all US stores by the end of 2026 and gas stations […]

Walmart is finally adding Apple Pay and Google Pay

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India Boosts Battery Investment to Cut Solar Power Waste

Solar power developers in India have started to add battery storage to photovoltaic projects to attract buyers and reduce the large share of curtailments for power supply that the grids are unable to…

  • India investing $3.5B in battery storage to reduce solar power curtailment.
  • 42 GW of solar projects at risk without battery backup, 18 GW standalone.
  • Grid constraints cause 2/3 of renewable energy curtailment, 300 GWh in Q1.

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