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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
Chennai, Aug 7 (EFE/EPA).- A reptile park, home to several endangered and unique species like iguanas and cobras, in southern India, is on the verge of a shut down due to an ongoing financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.Its keepers say that over the last one year or so, it has become a challenging task to keep afloat the park, a go-to spot to get close with threatened reptile species, situated inside the Guindy National Park in Chennai, the capital of southern Tamil Nadu state."The park faces a serious financial crisis due to a prolonged closure that resulted in completely draining the revenues over the past more than 16 months," its executive chairman S. Paulraj told EFE. (Camera: IDREES MOHAMMED). B-ROLL OF A REPTILE PARK IN CHENNAI, INDIA.
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.
Mumbai, Apr 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Divyakant Solanki) .- India surpassed Brazil on Monday as the second nation most affected by the coronavirus pandemic with more than 13.5 million accumulated cases in the middle of a second wave in the country, which is spreading much faster than the first.
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
Mumbai (India), Mar 22 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Divyakant Solanki).- Coronavirus incidence continues to rise in India as the country recorded Monday the highest daily spike since November, with more than 46,000 cases and 200 deaths in the last 24 hours.FOOTAGE OF AUTHORITIES CARRYING OUT COVID-TESTS AND DISINFECTION WORKS IN MUMBAI.
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