German firm gives ‘second life’ to used EV batteries
Aachen (Germany) (AFP) - A German company is putting used electric vehicle batteries to new use by stacking them into ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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‘Not backing down’: activists block hydro plants in N.Macedonia
Gevgelija (Macedonia) (AFP) - Deep in the rugged forests of North Macedonia, small-hydropower developers are facing off with activists who ...
Equinor takes $1 bn hit from US wind farm regulations, tariffs
Oslo (AFP) - Norwegian energy company Equinor said on Wednesday that its giant offshore wind project in New York -- ...
Japan sees bright future for ultra-thin, flexible solar panels
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will ...
Japan sees bright future for ultra-thin, flexible solar panels
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will ...
Pakistan’s quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
Karachi (AFP) - Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop ...
Iraq’s Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity
Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said ...
AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands
Los Banos (United States) (AFP) - Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and ...
Ethiopia’s mega dam on the Nile ‘now complete’: PM
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday said a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile that ...
Tech giants’ net zero goals verging on fantasy: researchers
Paris (AFP) - The credibility of climate pledges by the world's tech giants to rapidly become carbon neutral is fading ...
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