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Thursday, October 1, 2026
WindDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)

World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height

A wind turbine being built in eastern Germany reached its full height of 365 metres (1,197 feet) Tuesday, making it the world's tallest, according to the company that built it.

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WindDaily Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Metal mining's carbon footprint far larger than thought: study

From building wind turbines to reinforcing power grids for rising demand from electric cars, transitioning from fossil fuels to gr...

WindDaily Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
From coal pits to wind turbines, Polish miners rise to the occasion

From the top of a wind turbine nearly 100 metres above the ground, Grzegorz Witek, a coal miner, gazes at the horizon.

WindDaily May 01, 2026 (SPX)
Princeton Study Maps Raw Material Risks as Drone and Robot Output Scales Toward Millions of Units

Researchers estimate commercial drone production could scale by up to 10 times by the late 2030s, while output of humanoid and qua...

PolicyDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Danish military admits flaws in report about 2025 drone incursions

The Danish Armed Forces said Thursday it had made errors in its initial report on suspected drones of unknown origins that flew ov...

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WindDaily SOLAR Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Desert Renewable Grids Built To Survive Extreme Heat And Calm

Growing interest in transitioning from fossil-fueled electricity to locally powered renewable grids has prompted communities such as the KAUST campus to explore fully renewable con...

WindDaily WINDDAILY Apr 20, 2026 (AFP)
UK to accelerate clean energy drive amid Mideast war

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will use a speech later in the day to expand on the proposed measures, which include "driving forward plans to massively expand renewables" on governme...

WindDaily SOLAR Apr 16, 2026 (SPX)
Molecular Lock Design Pushes Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Past 26 Percent

To achieve record efficiencies, scientists typically use self-assembled monolayers, or SAMs, just one molecule thick to extract positive charges from the perovskite layer. However,...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Gulf oil exports rebound despite Iranian blockade on Hormuz

Gulf oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz have rebounded to pre-war levels, according to a tracking platform, as more vessels prove willing to make the risky transit under US e...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Rogue OpenAI agents covered up their tracks, report says

Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites, according to a report published...

SeedDaily MILITARY Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
UN worried about impact of latest Lebanon war on agriculture

The deputy director-general of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization told AFP on Thursday that she was "deeply concerned" about the impact of the latest Israel-Hezbollah confl...

PolicyDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's Merz hails NATO unity on Russia, rejects AfD claims

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday called for unity in backing Ukraine against Russia -- within NATO...

PolicyDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands rally as EU chief urges respect for Kosovo war crimes court

Thousands rallied in Kosovo on Thursday against the war crimes convictions of former president Hashim Thaci, a...

PolicyDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
UN says strikes on Afghanistan kill 10 civilians

The United Nations said airstrikes on Thursday killed at least 10 civilians in Afghanistan, mostly children, a...

PolicyDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Tehran international flights drop 42 percent after US ban: tracker

Flights to and from Tehran's main international airport have fallen by nearly half, 42 percent, since a US ban...