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Saturday, October 3, 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 03, 2026 (AFP)
Israel targets top Hamas leader in deadly Gaza strike on anniversary

Israel said on Saturday that it attempted to kill Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local ...

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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 03, 2026 (AFP)
Houthis say struck oil facility near Riyadh, as Saudis hit Sanaa

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sana...

BatteryDaily MILITARY Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants: ex-OpenAI engineer

Another former OpenAI employee has added his voice to a chorus of frantic calls to make AI safe, saying the industry must mimic the aviation or nuclear power sectors with their lay...

DisasterDay NATURALDISASTERS Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Storms, flooding cause chaos on Greek holiday island of Crete

Floods after heavy storms trapped some people in their cars and forced the evacuation of some tourists on the Greek holiday island of Crete, local officials said Saturday.

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand

North Korea fired a ballistic missile, Seoul's military said Saturday, days after demanding an apology for a b...

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UK maritime agency

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British marit...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort t...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Battle in Yemen's Taiz kills scores of combatants: sources to AFP

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, ki...