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It's bittersweet.Slow 'BineIt's a little bittersweet, but the UK actually produced more wind power than the system could handle this week.Wednesday's Bloomberg report said a few wind farms in Scotland were asked to reduce output by 25 megawatts, or about as much as two average US households uses in a year. The finance pub says UK grids are having trouble coping with all the power their ocean and land wind farms generate, nor does the country have the ability to store large amounts of it in batteries.Additionally,…

CLIMATEWIRE | Category 6 hurricanes don’t exist on paper. The wind scale used by meteorologists tops out at Category 5, representing storms with sustained winds of 157 mph or more. But researchers at Florida International University plan to create a Category 6 storm in a lab, mimicking conditions they expect to see as climate change drives more extreme weather. The university, which is also home to the National Hurricane Center, is coordinating a team of international experts to design what will be one of the world’s…

My earliest reading memoryWhen I first went to school, aged six, copies of The King of Ireland’s Son by Padraic Colum were handed round. Too embarrassed to admit I couldn’t read, I sat staring at the illustrations.My favourite book growing upI was living in a stepfamily of five girls when I read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. I adored it, identified with each of the sisters and couldn’t wait to read the sequel – my disappointment was extreme!The book that changed me as a teenagerI’d decided early I wanted to be an…

Bob Dylan has rerecorded his classic protest song Blowin’ in the Wind for the first time since it was tracked in July 1962. The new version is the debut release for Ionic Original, a new analogue format developed by Dylan’s long-term collaborator T Bone Burnett.It is also highly exclusive: Ionic will produce one-of-a-kind aluminium discs painted with lacquer that features “a spiral etched into it by music”. Only one copy of the Dylan recording will be released, and is set to be auctioned by Christie’s in London on 7 July.…

TotalEnergies TTE 2.58% SE said it would buy a 50% stake in U.S. renewables company Clearway Energy CWEN 4.49% Group, in a deal worth about $2.4 billion, the latest move by an oil major to expand in wind and solar power. The French energy giant is acquiring the stake from Global Infrastructure Partners for $1.6 billion in cash plus an interest in a TotalEnergies unit that owns about…

Since 2014, To The Wind Bistro has stood in its own curious little category among Denver restaurants. Despite its snug size — with just 15 seats — the dining room has become a go-to celebration spot along East Colfax Avenue. The menu is punchy and upscale, featuring items such as beet terrine or bone marrow with harissa and zucchini shreds. But soon, the tiny dining room will go dark. Diners usually make reservations to get in for dinner before a show at the Bluebird Theater, just two doors down. And the restaurant, like…

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Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom are harnessing the power of the wind and the sun at an energy-hungry 5G mobile site in Germany in an effort to guard against soaring electricity costs.With already high bills only rising further, energy-intensive European companies are looking for innovative ways to secure reliable, low-carbon energy.Telecom operators have extra motivation to cut costs as they also need to channel $872 billion (roughly Rs. 67,59,700 crore) globally into the rollout of next-generation 5G networks until 2030,…

Better wind forecasting can save American consumers millions of dollars a year on their collective utility bills, a new study finds. Wind energy costs have already plummeted thanks to more efficient turbines, but there’s still a major hurdle to overcome when it comes to renewable energy: intermittency. Unlike coal and gas-fired power plants, wind and solar farms can only churn out as much electricity as the weather will allow. So, accurate weather forecasts are crucial for utilities to be able to plan how much wind…

Earth's auroras are a glorious wonder, but our planet isn't the only place in the Solar System where these phenomena can be found.An atmospheric glow, albeit sometimes in invisible wavelengths, has been spotted at every planet except Mercury, and even some moons of Jupiter... and even a comet. But Mars is where it gets interesting. The red planet is famous for its lost global magnetic field, an ingredient that plays a crucial role in the formation of aurora elsewhere.  But that doesn't mean Mars is totally…