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China's Goldwind installed a 16 MW offshore wind turbine in just 24 hours

Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has installed its massive 16 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in a “record-breaking” 24 hours. Goldwind has already brought another of its GWH252-16MW wind turbines online; in September, that turbine set a new world record for electricity generation – in a typhoon – by an individual wind turbine in a 24-hour period. (It produced 384.1 megawatt-hours…
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Elon Musk takes zealot stance against union as Tesla strike expands in Sweden

Elon Musk is reportedly taking a zealot stance against union amid a strike in Sweden expanding and potentially now crippling operations for Tesla in the country. Earlier this month, Tesla service workers in Sweden started striking in order to get included in a collective agreement. The automaker has always had a hard stance against unions and it had been able to fend off unionization efforts at…
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Large amounts of carbon capture as a solution is an 'illusion' – IEA

The oil and gas industry is banking on carbon capture as its “fix” for climate change. The IEA’s new report dispels that idea and offers real solutions. The oil and gas sector currently accounts for just 1% of clean energy investment globally. A special report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) released ahead of the COP28 climate summit explores how the fossil fuel industry “can…
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Tesla 'fully open source' original Roadster design and engineering, releases R&D docs

Tesla has made its original Roadster design and engineering “fully open source” and released R&D documents accessible to everyone. The original Tesla Roadster hasn’t been in production for more than a decade now, and we are still waiting for the new generation that was unveiled all the way back in 2017 and has been delayed several times since. The vehicle has become quite rare. Tesla…
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