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Africa and Spain: a global, sustainable, and inclusive partnership
Atalayar
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July 7, 2025
The Wellington Hotel in Madrid hosted the Africa Spain Summit 2025, held from 6 to 8 July under the slogan ‘Spain and Africa: a global, sustainable and inclusive partnership’, with a view to reflecting the important cooperation that exists at all...
Masdar and Iberdrola, both from the UAE, invest in a 1.4 gigawatt UK wind farm
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company owned by the government and Iberdola of Spain will invest together in a 1.4 Gigawatt (GW), wind farm in United Kingdom. This was announced in a Thursday statement from Masdar's parent firm TAQA....
Slovenia’s sole coal-fired power plant Šoštanj to keep main unit offline until fall
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 4, 2025
As part of the coal-phaseout process, targeted for completion in 2033, the Government of Slovenia decided last year to set aside EUR 403 million to save TEŠ and coal mine Velenje from bankruptcy and take over both from state-owned power utility...
UAE's Masdar, Iberdrola invest in 1.4 gigawatt wind farm in the UK
ETEnergyworld.com
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July 10, 2025
Abu Dhabi's state-owned renewable energy company Masdar and Spain's Iberdola will jointly invest in a 1.4 gigawatt (GW) wind farm in the United Kingdom, Masdar's parent company TAQA said in a statement on Thursday. The project is estimated to cost...
Putin envoy states Brussels making EU ‘as uncompetitive as possible’
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) new proposal to fully phase out Russian oil and gas imports within two years. The plan, unveiled by EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen and backed by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, includes a ban on new gas contracts with...
Green energy zealots hand America's enemies the ultimate weapon
Fox News
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking in New Hampshire, tells Fox News Digital that without American leadership the world is 'a lot less safe' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When radical environmental groups denounce the...
Sell your property the smart way with trusted expert John Blanca
Euro Weekly News
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July 10, 2025
As seen on Sun Sea & Selling Houses, John Blanca. Credit: saiko3p - Shutterstock Selling a property on Spain’s Costa del Sol can be complex, filled with challenges such as navigating a competitive market and overcoming intricate legal requirements...
Fortieth anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing
Greenpeace International
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July 10, 2025
On July 10, 1985, at 11:48 p.m. and 11:51 p.m., two extremely powerful bombs planted by the French secret services sank the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour in less than four minutes in an attempt to stop a campaign against...
Soccer PICS: Depay rescues Barca; Inter thrash Genoa
Rediff
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Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday. IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Memphis Depay in action during their match against Athletic Bilbao in San Mames, Bilbao, Spain on Saturday. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Memphis Depay...
Masdar and Iberdrola announced €5.2 billion offshore wind deal
Energy Global
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July 10, 2025
Masdar, a global clean energy leader, and Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest energy companies, have reached two major milestones with a €5.2 billion co-investment in the UK’s East Anglia Three offshore wind farm – the largest offshore wind...
Batteries paired with 26% of new rooftop PV in Spain in 2024
ESS News
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July 7, 2025
The deployment of batteries for rooftop PV systems under Spain’s self-consumption regime declined 34%, year on year, in 2024, with 327 MWh installed, according to data from the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF), which warned of a “slowdown in the...
Europe Prepaid Card And Digital Wallet Market Intelligence Report 2025-2029 Financial Giants Lead With Diversified Solutions Across Consumer, Business, And Government Sectors
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The European prepaid card and digital wallet market is set to grow at a 10.1% annual rate, reaching $340.2 billion by 2025. Key drivers include Germany's digital gift card expansion, the UK's prepaid travel cards,...
Top Spain Stainless Steel Maker Wants EU to Be More Like Trump on Trade
Mint
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July 7, 2025
Europe’s approach to trade will need to be more like Donald Trump’s to protect an ailing steel industry from a flood of Chinese imports, according to the head of one of the region’s top stainless steel makers. Only outright tariffs can counter the...
Project underway for 99 MW Bokšić solar plant with battery storage
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 3, 2025
The annual electricity production of the Bokšić solar power plant is estimated at just under 120 GWh. The facility, with a planned connection power of 89 MW, would be connected to the grid through a new 110/33 kV transformer station, and then to...
TT Chamber applauds India-Trinidad and Tobago co-operation
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 10, 2025
Business Newsday 4 Hrs Ago India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, left, and Foreign and Caricom Affairs minister Sean Sobers take a photo with the signed memorandum of understanding at the Rotunda Gallery, Red House, St Vincent...
How a Canceled German Fighter Design Led to the F-22 Raptor
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 10, 2025
It is the mid-1970s, and the Cold War has lit the world aflame with ideological rivalries and nuclear tensions. Correspondingly, the defense technology sectors of both the West and the Soviet Union are humming along with radical, innovative...
Revealed: The beach holiday hotspots where all-inclusive holidays are now CHEAPER than last summer
Daily Mail
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July 10, 2025
British tourists are facing steep price increases for all-inclusive family package holidays abroad this year to popular destinations such as Spain, Cyprus and Turkey. The price of a week to Cyprus has surged to an average of £1,166 per person for...
Agostini stakeholders agree to Prestige Holdings acquisition
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 10, 2025
Business Paula Lindo 4 Hrs Ago Reyaz Ahamad, non-executive director, left, Barry Davis, CEO of Agostini Ltd and T Nicholas Gomez, non-executive independent director, speak at a special shareholder meeting at Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, on July...
Failing forward: Lessons leading a future of innovation
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 10, 2025
Business Mya Quamie 4 Hrs Ago David Quesnel of VetiverTT Ecological Engineering Solutions Ltd speaks with Crisen Maharaj of Global TT about eco-friendly rope and mattting made of coconut husk fibres at Cariri's Shaping the Future of Innovation...
What keeps a CEO up at night?
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 10, 2025
Business Paula Lindo 3 Hrs Ago A patron is shown a receipt for a digital purchase at an eKiosk by Jeremiah Oji, senior analyst at TT International Financial Centre (TTIFC), at the Amcham TT 2025 Tech Hub Island Summit (THIS) on July 1 at the Hyatt...