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Double Black Diamond Solar near Waverly, south of Springfield, Illinois, is set to be the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River on July 31, 2024. E. Jason Wambsgans | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesSolar stocks plunged premarket on Thursday after House Republicans passed a tax bill that terminates key clean energy credits.Residential solar installer Sunrun plummeted more than 35%. The legislation ends tax credits for installers like Sunrun that lease equipment to customers.The GOP bill is a “worse than feared” scenario for clean energy, as it takes a “sledgehammer” to the Inflation Reduction Act, Jefferies analysts led by…

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People board Ryanair plane at Rome Ciampino Airport in Ciampino, Italy on April 27, 2025.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAirlines are facing an uphill battle during peak travel season as delivery delays at Boeing and Airbus fuel a commercial jet shortage.The ongoing capacity issue remains a cause of concern for the industry even as many appear upbeat on the demand outlook.”Demand looks good for the summer,” EasyJet CEO Kenton Jarvis told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Thursday.”As you said, our book position for both our third quarter, which ends in June, and our fourth quarter, which ends in September, are…

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Behind highly secured doors in a giant lab in the Netherlands, there’s a machine that’s transforming how microchips are made. ASML spent nearly a decade developing High NA, which stands for high numerical aperture. With a price tag of more than $400 million, it’s the world’s most advanced and expensive chipmaking machine. CNBC went to the Netherlands for a tour of the lab in April. Before that, High NA had never been filmed, even by ASML’s own team.Inside the lab, High NA qualification team lead Assia Haddou gave CNBC an exclusive, up-close look at the High NA machines, which she said…

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