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Added on the 21/02/2022 14:00:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Scientists in China are producing solar panels that can produce energy from the last source you’d expect — rainwater.
The Netherland’s Eindhoven University of Technology is developing solar panels that could be used to accomplish goals beyond simply electricity generation, such as acting as noise barriers along highways, Popular Mechanics reports.
Hundreds gather on the Edge Observation Deck in Manhattan, New York, to watch the partial solar eclipse. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Spanish regions of Valencia (south-east) and Aragon (north-east) where forest fires have already burnt some 900 hectares, according to local authorities. Four hundred firefighters, rescue workers and military personnel, fifteen planes, seaplanes and helicopters worked to extinguish the flames, according to the Valencia rescue service. A nearby field hospital was set up and the Red Cross opened a reception centre for evacuees in a gymnasium in the town of Segorbe. Spain was hit last summer by some 500 fires that burned over 300,000 hectares of land, making it the most affected European country, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. IMAGES
Lleida's University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova in Spain's northeastern Catalonia braces itself as the region locks down an area with around 200,000 residents following a surge in cases of the new coronavirus. IMAGES
Panasonic will no longer be working with Tesla on their solar energy products in New York.