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☆ This hydrogen-powered aircraft could be the first to fly non-stop around the globe
  + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | Maria Gomez De Sicart | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
To prove its potential, a team in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France is building a hydrogen-powered aircraft, which aims to be the first to circumnavigate the globe. It goes by the name Climate Impulse. So why did the Climate Impulse team decide on hydrogen fuel for the project? The team's aim is for Climate Impulse to attempt its round-the-world flight in 2028, with testing starting in 2026. Watch the video above for a behind-the-scenes look at the Climate Impulse project.
Persons: Bertrand Piccard, Piccard Organizations: defeatism, CNBC Tech Locations: Les, d'Olonne, France, Swiss
☆ Vendée Globe: History-making sailor Clarisse Crémer wants to be an 'example' to her daughter
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
For Crémer, the fastest solo woman to complete the around-the-world Vendée Globe race, assuming such a role was never part of the plan. “I had made that promise to myself during the previous Vendée Globe that I wanted to be back.”Return to sailingA lifeline was quick to arrive. On Thursday, Thomson announced that Crémer would skipper the team in its bid to qualify for next year’s Vendée Globe. Thomson celebrates finishing second at the Vendée Globe in January 2017, a few hours after French sailor Armel Le Cléac'h. The next Vendée Globe, which takes place between November 2024 and March 2025, will be the 10th edition of the race.
☆ Some French unions call strike in test of Macron mettle on pension reform
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks after visiting the Eric Tabarly high school in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France September 13, 2022. "Wages must be increased as there is a purchasing power problem in the country", Philippe Martinez, whose CGT union is spearheading Thursday's protests, told BFM television. Striking CGT workers this week forced the shutdown of TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) Gonfreville refinery and disrupted deliveries at others. Nuclear power industry workers are expected to join Thursday's industrial action, removing some capacity from the French power grid when France already faces a record number of nuclear reactor outages. In French primary schools, the SNUipp-FSU union expects one in every 10 primary schools to close in Paris.
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