Grid Bottlenecks On The Way In Europe? | ZeroHedge

A new analysis by the energy think tank Ember has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for.

As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the following chart , Spain, France and Poland are just some of the countries that will have energy grids which undershoot their country’s respective 2030 policy targets for wind and solar capacity (more…)

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GM’s Cruise Plans To Restart Robotaxi Operations Across Phoenix | ZeroHedge

Cruise, the driverless car company owned by General Motors, is preparing to resume robotaxis operations in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a crucial step before resuming service nationwide following the grounding of the taxi fleet after a pedestrian in San Francisco in October was dragged under one of the vehicles. 

Sources familiar with Cruise told Bloomberg that the company is planning to announce the resumption of robotaxi service in Phoenix sometime on Tuesday. They said Cruise officials (more…)

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Saudi Arabia ‘Scales Back’ Goals Of Neom Megacity Project | ZeroHedge

Via Middle East Eye

Saudi Arabia has scaled back some of its ambitions for its desert megacity Neom, according to a report by Bloomberg. The $1.5 trillion megacity project, which organizers claim will be 33 times the size of New York City, is due to include a 170km straight-line city.

When launching The Line in 2021, the Saudi government had announced that 1.5 million people would be living in the city by 2030. Officials now expect there to be fewer that 300,000 residents (more…)

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