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A Ginkgo Tree Threads the Narrative of “Silent Friend”
He is not the first person at Marburg to have taken on the role of plant whisperer. In all three stories in “Silent Friend,” curious,…
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Data centre player Equinix funds study on nuclear energy tech for Singapore, including floating plants
It will also assess the feasibility of small modular reactors; aims to provide ‘data-driven’ insights Data centre operator Equinix is…
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EU Commission, Germany strike tentative deal on new gas-fired plants
The European Commission and the German government have reached a preliminary agreement on plans to subsidize the construction of new…
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Bavarian premier Söder wants mini nuclear power plants in Germany
The premier of the southern German state of Bavaria is calling for a comprehensive change of course in Germany's energy policy – including…
Business
Statkraft inaugurates solar hybrid plants at COP30 in Belém
Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, has inaugurated new solar farms and battery installations at the Conference of…
Culture
Trump administration announces US$100 million in funding to upgrade coal plants
The US Department of Energy on Friday (Oct 31) announced that it would make US$100 million available to refurbish and modernise existing…
Business
Russian Nuclear Group Inks $25-Billion Deal to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Iran
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said Iranian officials have signed an agreement with Rosatom, Russia's state-owned nuclear power…
Culture
US raid disrupts construction at multiple South Korean battery plants
The company is building three other production lines in Arizona, Michigan and Ohio The immigration raid at an LG Energy Solution-owned…
Culture
Starbucks throttles operations at US coffee plants to curb costs
The Starbucks plants that roast and package the company’s coffee beans in the US are cutting two days of weekly production as part of…
Business
UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Moscow as fears for Ukraine's nuclear plants spike
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said Tuesday he will visit Moscow in the coming days to speak with officials…
Culture
Nissan plans job, output cuts at Mississippi, Tennessee plants
NISSAN Motor is eliminating a work shift at two US vehicle assembly plants and trimming its hourly staff via buyouts, a downsizing to…
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Israeli jets strike Yemen airport, ports and power plants
Israeli fighter jets targeted sites in Yemen on Thursday, including the international airport of the capital Sana'a, in response to…
Business
Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised…
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Mysterious "alien plant" revealed to belong to extinct family
A "strange" prehistoric plant species is the lone representative of a mysterious group of organisms that no longer exists, scientists have…
Culture
Indonesia must shut coal plants every year to hit climate goal
INDONESIA needs to shut multiple coal plants a year while also tripling renewables to meet its new president’s ambition of a full…
Fashion
Nine Volkswagen plants on strike as labour battle escalates
WORKERS at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started strikes lasting several hours on Monday (Dec 2), bringing…
Culture
Nine Volkswagen plants on strike as worker rift with management deepens
WORKERS at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started two-hour strikes on Monday (Dec 2), bringing assembly lines to…
Fashion
Virtual power plants turn energy savings into cash for China’s industrial users
IMAGINE being paid hundreds of dollars a day just to tweak your energy consumption – using less electricity at night and more during the…
Business
Ukraine fights to keep the lights on as Russia hammers power plants
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye.…
Business
Bolivia announces $1 bn deal with China to build lithium plants
The plants are to be situated in Bolivia's vast Uyuni salt flats (Aizar RALDES) Bolivia said Tuesday it had signed a $1 billion deal with…
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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal to close two plants in France: unions
Around a hundred employees gathered in front of the site near Reims to protest against the plans (FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI) ArcelorMittal, the…