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Added on the 03/07/2020 18:10:28 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Miami, Jun 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera) Florida's largest electricity company demolished its last coal-based plant in the state on Wednesday to make way for an energy complex cleaner, as part of the goal to install 30 million solar panels by 2030.FOOTAGE OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE PLANT AND SOUNDBITES OF BILL ORLOVE, SPOKESMAN FOR FPL.
A former coal-fired power station in Lünen, Germany, is partially destroyed in three controlled explosions. The 110-metre high cooling tower, the 250-metre chimney and the 70-metre boiler house collapse under the blasts, requiring 420 kilograms of explosives in 2100 bores. The Lünen coal-fired power station was commissioned in 1938 and its dismantling began in June 2020. Germany has decided to abandon coal by 2038, although it still accounts for a quarter of its energy mix. IMAGES
The 100-metre-high cooling tower and 140-metre-high chimney of a former coal-fired power station in eastern France collapse after being razed using explosives. Operated from 1917 to the end of 2015, the Lucy power station has been undergoing conversion since 2018, with dismantling and decontamination work. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas as they face off with a group of protesters near Kibera, Nairobi’s biggest slum. The opposition has vowed to stage three straight days of protests against President William Ruto's government, alarming the international community which has joined calls for a political solution to the crisis. IMAGES
Images from the Georgian government show German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili during her trip to the South Caucasus country. The visit comes weeks after mass anti-government demonstrations shook Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, as protesters accused Garibashvili's government of deviating from the country's pro-Western course. IMAGES
Honda today began operation of a stationary fuel cell power station on its corporate campus in Torrance, Calif., marking the company's first step toward future commercialization of zero-emission backup power generation. The initiative leverages Honda's hydrogen fuel cell technology expertise and contributes to the company's global goal to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050.