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Tuesday, September 29, 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...

AfricaDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Mali army, Russian paramilitaries committed 'war crimes': Amnesty

Members of Mali's armed forces and the Russian paramilitary Wagner group committed war crimes including murder and torture of civi...

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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,...

WindDaily TECH SPACE Apr 03, 2026 (AFP)
'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface

Whitish ore, rich in copper and silver, is extracted from the country's depths and exported around the world to fuel technological and energy transitions. "These are the metals of ...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Shein shares dive more than 11% after earnings disappoint

Shares in Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein plunged more than 11 percent in Hong Kong on Tuesday after releasing disappointing financial results.

RussoDaily MILITARY Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Russian military plane crashes in far east, killing 6

A Russian military plane crashed in the far eastern region of Amur on Tuesday, killing six crew members and leaving another injured, the Russian defence ministry said.

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
'We just need rain': Germany's Rhine river hits new low

Parts of Germany's Rhine are now unnavigable for most shipping, an industry group warned Tuesday, after the ri...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday, pushing ahead with plans to better organise the commerc...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Tom Cruise trades stunts for satire as toxic tycoon 'Digger'

Tom Cruise is taking on one of his riskiest roles in decades, tackling the politics of climate change and corp...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
NATO condemns Russian 'nuclear rhetoric' after Kaliningrad threat

NATO on Tuesday condemned "irresponsible nuclear rhetoric" by Russia, after Moscow warned it would "deploy its...