Russia’s Baltic Oil Shipments Drop 10% After EU sanctions
Russia’s oil shipments via the Baltic Sea declined 10% over the final four months of 2024 due to the impact of EU sanctions against Russian oil and gas exports, the Finnish Border Guard has reported. Finland’s Coast Guard monitors the shadow fleet that Russia uses to export crude via the Gulf of Finland…Read More
Fall Asleep To Three Hours Of Pure Lexus LFA Engine Sounds
Need something relaxing to send you to sleep? 181 minutes and three seconds of nothing but V10 should help…
Sweden’s Nuclear Waste Plan: A 100,000-Year Gamble
The sensible Swedes like planning ahead. This time its storage for nuclear waste from its own nuclear industry—storage that is supposed to last 100,000 years. Nuclear power currently provides 40 percent of Sweden’s electricity from six operating reactors. The Swedes expect to fill the storage site—”60 km of tunnels buried 500 metres down in 1.9 […]
The Zangezur Conundrum: A Geopolitical Challenge in the South Caucasus
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. But some experts in Baku believe that the issue can be managed. …Read More
South Africa adds 1.1 GW of solar in 2024
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association predicts that deployment will accelerate as a strong pipeline of private and public utility-scale projects offsets the decline in installations from 2023 levels…Read More
Brazil approves six labs for solar module testing
Brazil’s national accreditation body, Inmetro, has authorized six labs across the country to test solar modules…Read More
French consortium building linear DC solar park along Rhône River
A consortium is installing an experimental linear solar park in shade house configuration in Vaucluse, southern France, using high-voltage direct current architecture to reduce electricity losses…Read More
Uruguay launches tender for 75 MW solar park
Uruguay’s National Administration of Electric Power Plants and Transmissions (UTE) has kicked off a tender for a 75 MW solar project in Cerro Largo, with operations set to begin between March and June 2028. The bidding process will close in January 2026…Read More
10 Concept Cars That Looked Better As Production Cars
Sometimes, a car hits production looking better than the concept that was supposed to get people excited about – here are 10 examples…
This Is A 2.0-litre, Mid-Engined Toyota GR Yaris
This GR Yaris M Concept will go racing in Japan’s Super Taikyu series to ‘further explore the potential of the GR Yaris’. Could a production version be coming…