A vast thermal tank to store hot water is pictured in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Power provider Vattenfall unveiled a new facility in Berlin on Thursday that turns solar and wind energy into heat, which can be stored in a vast thermal tank and released into the German capital's grid as needed, smoothing out the fluctuating supply problem of renewables.
Berlin Preps 'Huge Thermos' to Help Heat Homes This Winter
Vattenfall says the tower will help heat Berlin homes this winter even if Russian gas supplies dry up.
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Brett Phaneuf, co-director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project, at left, stands on the deck of a tow boat as the Mayflower Autonomous Ship is guided next to the replica of the original Mayflower, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Plymouth, Mass. The crewless robotic boat retraced the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower.
Crewless Robotic Mayflower Ship Reaches Plymouth Rock
The solar-powered ship's first attempt to cross the Atlantic in 2021 was beset with technical problems.
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Plastic bottles of shampoo are displayed at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 17, 2022. California lawmakers approved a measure, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, requiring companies selling plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles to cut down their use of the polluting product by 25% if they want to continue selling in California starting the next decade.
California Sets Nation's Toughest Plastics Reduction Rules
Companies have 10 years to make changes.
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Boring Company's Loop Opens First Las Vegas Passenger Station
The Resorts World Las Vegas passenger station will be the first of more than 55 stops anticipated to form the Vegas Loop.
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Steam billows from a coal-fired power plant Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colo. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30, 2022, limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.
Supreme Court Decision May Slow Transition to Cleaner Energy
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A proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration would let the state purchase power in emergencies from aging gas plants.
To Avoid Blackouts, California May Tap Fossil Fuel Plants
Critics say the method is at odds with the state's broader climate goals.
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A customer pays for vegetables at the Maravillas market in Madrid, on May 12, 2022. Inflation figures for Europe will be released Friday, July 1, 2022, as Russia's war in Ukraine has worsened the worldwide surge in consumer prices. For months, inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro has risen at the fastest pace since record-keeping for the currency began.
Inflation Hits Record 8.6% for 19 Euro-Using Countries
Russia's invasion of Ukraine made things worse.
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A brief patch of early morning sunlight brightens the landscape around the Greenidge Generation power plant, Oct. 15, 2021, in Dresden, N.Y. State officials on Thursday, June, 30, 2022, denied air permit renewals to a bitcoin-mining power plant in Finger Lakes that environmentalists called a threat to New York's climate goals.
New York Officials Rule Against Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant
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A Volvo XC40 electric vehicle is shown on, Dec. 13, 2021. Sweden's luxury car maker Volvo Cars will built its new European plant in Slovakia. Slovakia's Economy Minister Richard Sulik said Friday that the plant will be located in eastern Slovakia near the second largest city of Kosice.The investment is worth some 1.2 billion euros ($1.25 billion) . Volvo will receive about 20% of the investment as support from the Slovak government. The plant will make electric cars only.
Volvo to Build $1.25 Billion Electric Car Plant in Slovakia
The plant is expected to produce some 250,000 electric cars a year.
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Boston Scientific's corporate headquarters are located in Marlborough, MA.
Boston Scientific Investing $62.5M for New Manufacturing Facility
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A center-pivot irrigation system in Arizona.
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Gas station in Sacramento, Calif., May 27, 2022.
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Siemens and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their partnership to enable the industrial metaverse and increase use of AI-driven digital twin technology.
NVIDIA, Siemens Partner on Metaverse for Industrial Automation
The companies intend to use digital twins for productivity and process improvements.
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