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☆ First-ever California offshore wind auction surpasses $757 million in bids
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more than $757 million in winning bids for its auction of offshore wind development rights in California, marking the third offshore wind lease sale this year and the first ever for the Pacific region. The sale is a major milestone in the administration's goal of building offshore wind turbines across the nation's coastlines to help power communities and transition to clean energy. The White House, as part of its broader agenda to address climate change, has committed to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, enough to power 10 million homes. "Floating wind technology in its early stages but it is an advanced technology that will lead to strong growth in the deployment of offshore wind." Winning bidders include California North Floating, RWE Offshore Wind Holdings, Central California Offshore Wind and Invenergy California Offshore.

☆ U.S. kicks off first California coast offshore wind auction
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Nichola Groom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 6 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday is set to kick off the first sale of offshore wind development rights for waters off the coast of California, expanding the nascent domestic industry to the Pacific Ocean. "It puts California on a path to be a global hub for offshore wind technology," JC Sandberg, interim chief executive of the American Clean Power Association, said on a call with reporters. Previous federal offshore wind auctions have all been for leases in shallower waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The California sale is viewed as a test of industry appetite for investing in floating offshore wind technology, which to date has been limited to small pilot projects in places including Norway and Portugal. Companies approved to bid at the auction include established offshore wind players like Avangrid Inc (AGR.N), Orsted (ORSTED.CO) and Equinor (EQNR.OL), which are all developing projects on the U.S. East Coast.

☆ Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in U.S. waters
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The cost of developing offshore wind has dropped 60% since 2010 according to a July report by the International Renewable Energy Agency. Offshore wind is well established in the U.K. and some other countries but is just beginning to ramp up off America’s coasts, and this is the nation’s first foray into floating wind turbines. Europe has some floating offshore wind — a project in the North Sea has been operating since 2017 — but the potential for the technology is huge in areas of strong wind off America’s coasts, said Josh Kaplowitz, vice president of offshore wind at the American Clean Power Association. President Joe Biden set a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 using traditional technology that secures wind turbines to the ocean floor, enough to power 10 million homes. Then the administration announced plans in September to develop floating platforms that could vastly expand offshore wind in the United States.

☆ A California restaurant owner said she received threats after posting a picture of staff with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell without knowing his role in politics
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A California restaurant was threatened after posting a picture online of staff with Mike Lindell, per SFGATE. The staff only knew him as the boss of MyPillow, not for his role in politics, the owner told SFGATE. Since posting the picture, the restaurant has received several threatening calls, Hill told SFGATE. Hill told SFGATE that she and her colleagues were unaware of Lindell's stance in politics. "This was the first person that had come into the restaurant that they had seen on TV," Hill told SFGATE.

☆ UK mortgage rates are soaring: Here's what you need to know as a first-time buyer
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Uncertainty around the U.K. housing and mortgage market has spread among first-time buyers. Unfortunately, a number of other factors are simultaneously making their lives harder: namely, inflation, interest rates and mortgage market disruption," he told CNBC Make It. However, what they have saved on SDLT [stamp duty] will likely be eaten up on higher mortgage rates pretty quickly," he said. So, what about mortgage rates? This could go up even further, Nicholas Mendes, a technical mortgage manager at mortgage broker and advisor John Charcol, believes.

☆ Un profesor universitar de la UTM a apărut pe paginile publicației „Univers Ingineresc”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Un profesor universitar de la UTM a apărut pe paginile publicației „Univers Ingineresc”Prof. Oleg LUPAN, șef Departament Microelectronică și Inginerie Biomedicală, Facultatea Calculatoare, Informatică și Microelectronică, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, cel despre care spunem cu mândrie că este cel mai recunoscut în lume savant din Republica Moldova, a trecut de curând răbojul unui semicentenar. 10/2021, publicație bilunară a Asociației Generale a Inginerilor din România (AGIR), i-a dedicat un amplu articol semnat de către bunul său prieten, UTM-ist și el, prof., dr. ing. PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, prof. Oleg LUPAN! Pentru a înțelege importanța unei astfel de recunoașteri, România în 2018 a avut trei savanți în TOP, inclusiv românul-basarabean Oleg Lupan.

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☆ A furat doi pinguini de la Zoo și...
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-31 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: 1 min

Un fost angajat de la o grădină zoologică din Marea Britanie a fost condamnat la 32 de luni de închisoare (2 ani şi 8 luni), după ce a furat doi pinguini de la Zoo şi i-a scos apoi la vânzare pe Facebook, informează Digi24. Foto simbol: ebird.orgConform procurorilor britanici, bărbatul în vârstă de 25 de ani a furat în 2018 o pereche de pinguini din specia Humboldt, botezaţi Pablo şi Penny, de la grădina zoologică Lakes Safari Zoo din nord-vestul Angliei, unde acesta lucrase anterior. Pe lângă pinguini, bărbatul a mai furat şi lopătari, egrete ori papagli Macaw. Hoţul a fost arestat după ce un colecţionar de animale, care cumpărase perechea de pinguini pentru 11.600 de euro, a luat legătura cu un medic veterinar, deoarece animalele se aflau într-o stare de sănătate precară. Ulterior, cumpărătorul a raportat cazul la poliţie.

Persons: Digi24, Pablo, Penny, Hoţul Organizations: Facebook, Humboldt, Facebook Locations: Angliei

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