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All England Club installs solar thermal collectors at Wimbledon to cut fossil fuel use
3+ hour ago (198+ words) Wimbledon is adopting solar thermal collectors for several courts ahead of the 2026 championships, marking a visible step toward cutting on-site fossil fuel use. The pilot, supplied by Naked Energy and backed by Barclays, will test whether renewables can reliably meet…...
Researchers find core reflected seismic waves shifted Japan east after 2011 quake
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (804+ words) New GPS analyses reveal a brief, continent'wide eastward drift minutes after the 2011 quake. The signal hints that waves reached the core and returned. After the powerful earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011, with a magnitude of 9. 0, the ground also experienced a…...
Critical Energy raises $19 M seed to build modular geothermal turbines
1+ week, 4+ day ago (368+ words) A Space X'trained team claims it can speed up geothermal rollout with modular turbines, targeting initial 2. 5 MW deployment and rapid gigawatt expansion. As reported by Techcrunch According to data from the International Energy Agency, the global potential of geothermal energy…...
US pushes price controls for critical minerals, G7 allies voice distrust
1+ week, 6+ day ago (682+ words) Diplomatic insiders reveal deep concerns over costs and governance, leaving industry divided and casting doubt on forming a unified Western minerals bloc. As informed by Reuters The first initiative was proposed in February by U. S. Vice President J. Vans. The idea focuses…...
Magnitude 3. 2 earthquake struck Poltava district, no damage reported
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (200+ words) Residents reported light tremors near the Machukhivska community, and seismologists are monitoring possible aftershocks. Authorities say there are no reports of damage yet. As reported by the Main Center for Special Control on Facebook. An earthquake measuring magnitude 3. 2 on the…...
Russia earned 7. 7 billion euros from fossil fuel exports in early March
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (362+ words) A CREA analysis reveals a spike in Russian fossil fuel revenue in early March, driven by higher oil prices and heavy purchases by India and China. According to CREA, in the first 15 days of March Russia earned about "7. 7 billion from…...
Cabinet declared mapping and geodesy companies strategic for national security
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (153+ words) The government added topographic and cartographic firms to the strategic assets list. The move aims to tighten protection and oversight of geospatial resources. Published on the Government Portal. The Cabinet of Ministers has officially designated as strategic those companies engaged…...
New seismic method detects sonic booms from falling space debris
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (649+ words) The re-entry of space debris from orbit is becoming an increasingly significant threat to Earth: according to estimates, old satellites and fragments of spacecraft re-enter the atmosphere more than three times a day. However tracking debris fall is challenging: it…...
Zanskar Uses AI to Unlock US Geothermal Energy Potential by 2050
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (190+ words) As reported by Techcrunch Zanskar founder and CEO Karl Holland considers this estimate too conservative, in particular due to underestimating the potential of conventional geothermal. "They underestimated the number of undiscovered systems, perhaps by an order of magnitude or more,…...
US Access to Venezuela's Oil and Critical Mineral Reserves
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (429+ words) New York reports: American companies will gain access to large reserves of Venezuelan oil. Along with oil, Washington's attention is drawn to other resources of the country that could influence global supply chains. Venezuela has potential reserves of minerals, metals,…...