Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Ramps Up

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A widespread misconception persists that nuclear plants can only function as inflexible baseload sources of power—and it’s hurting prospects for the nuclear sector’s role in the world’s future power

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Plane mistakenly takes passengers to Scotland instead of Germany

Credit to Author: nguno| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:53:37 +0000

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One British Airways flight from London made a surprise stop to Scotland when it was supposed to be destined for Germany.

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Germany stands by ‘sexist’ bike helmet campaign

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:48:28 +0000

Germany stands by 'sexist' bike helmet campaign

Germany’s transport ministry says it stands by a cycling safety campaign that has drawn accusations of sexism even inside the governing coalition for featuring scantily clad women.

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Siemens, Mitsubishi Discuss Merger of Turbine Units

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:37:38 +0000

A German business magazine reports that Siemens is exploring options for its struggling gas turbine business, and could look to form a joint venture with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Manager Magazin on March 21 said Siemens “wants to accommodate the large turbine business of the Japanese Mitsubishi Group and in the future hold only a […]

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Germany’s Coal Exit Bound to Be Complicated

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Eight years after Germany decided it would halt nuclear power production by 2022, the country that relied on lignite and hard coal for 38% of its generated power in 2018 will phase out coal by 2038 or earlier

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Germany probes apparent payment to deported 9/11 convict

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:44:59 +0000

Germany probes apparent payment to deported 9/11 convict

German prosecutors are investigating how a Moroccan man convicted of helping the Hamburg-based Sept. 11, 2001, suicide pilots was apparently paid some 7,000 euros ($7,960) before he was deported to his homeland last year.

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Britain urges Germany to ease curbs on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:10:33 +0000

Britain urges Germany to ease curbs on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Britain’s top diplomat has urged Germany to relax its ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because they are affecting U.K. sales of weapons to — and by extension its influence with — the oil-rich kingdom.

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