Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:13 +0000
Volkswagen is launching into what could be a huge electric decade that reinvents and rejuvenates the large global automotive group. Yes, the Volkswagen ID.3 — which is sort of supposed to be the VW Beetle or Golf of this century — has some delays. Reinvention can be tough
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 02:56:16 +0000
Plans for Tesla’s Gigafactory 4 (GF4) in Berlin/Brandenburg include 24/7 production, 3 shifts of 2,828 personnel, 326 material trucks + 4 full trains per day, and 137 outgoing car transporters + 2 full trains per day, according to a document in German shared by a Twitter user, Aeon De
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 02:09:30 +0000
One of the perks of owning an electric vehicle is that you don’t have to buy gas. Taxi Norman, out of Dusseldorf in Germany, knows this and has already put into service a couple of Tesla Model S vehicles. The company is now planning to add 50 Tesla Model 3s to its fleet
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:50:00 +0000
Electric vehicle (EV) batteries and charging may not be as exciting as robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles, there’s been a variety of fun news about these matters that should help to further raise awareness and get people to switch to EVs
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:05:45 +0000
The post A Decade of Turmoil: How Nuclear and Coal Have Struggled to Survive appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The past 10 years have been filled with trials and tribulations for both the nuclear and coal power industries. From accidents to plant closures there has been little to cheer about. Still, nuclear and coal power continue to provide reliable baseload generation to billions of customers around the globe. Here’s a look back at the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:24:25 +0000
The post UAE Set to Start First Nuclear Plant; Sweden, Germany Shut Units appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly will come online in early 2020. The report comes one day after Sweden on Dec. 30 shut down one of four reactors at the nation’s largest nuclear plant, closing Unit 2 at the Ringhals facility after more than 40 years of operation. Germany […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:11:12 +0000
On June 12, 2020, thousands of climate activists will gather in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to simultaneously submit a series of petitions to the Bundestag. If any gather more than 50,000 signatures, the legislature is obligated to consider it and vote on it. Representative democracy in action.
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:00:08 +0000
The post Switzerland Closes One of World’s Oldest Nuclear Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Switzerland on Dec. 20 shut down one of the world’s oldest nuclear power plants, as part of its plan to shutter all its reactors by 2050. Muehleberg Nuclear Power Plant, the smallest of the country’s four remaining plants, began operating in 1972. The 355-MW facility operated by Bernische Kraftwerke AG (BKW) and majority-owned by the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 04:36:31 +0000
Products look and function similar to the organizations that produced them, be it good or be it bad
Credit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:09:10 +0000
Editor’s Note: Alex sent along the letter below a couple of weeks ago. He let us know about the big shift noted here and that he’d be publishing the letter on Patreon on December 15. I decided to let his letter stand alone on his page initially and then republish it here a week later. So, here it now is!