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China Battles Forest Fires as Fears Linger Over Harvest
Date: August 23, 2022
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -The southwestern Chinese regions of Chonqging and Sichuan were battling fires on Tuesday as they awaited a long-anticipated drop in temperatures over the next week, but the country’s important autumn harvest remained under serious threat. Officials warned this month that temperatures were rising faster in China than in the rest of the world...
Yangtze Tributary Runs Dry as China Faces Another Month of Drought
Date: August 18, 2022
By Thomas Suen and David Stanway CHONGQING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed on Thursday amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month. “I am actually pretty worried, because the water has been cut off in...
China’s Drought Could Last Until Sept as It Races to Protect Harvests
Date: August 18, 2022
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China warned that severe drought conditions along the Yangtze river could last well into September as local governments race to maintain power and find fresh water to irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest. Beijing has warned of the increasing risk of extreme weather in China as a result of...
Switzerland’s New Energy Asset: Hydro Plant With Capacity to Charge 400,000 Car Batteries
Date: August 5, 2022
By Denis Balibouse FINHAUT, Switzerland (Reuters) – Switzerland is adding a much needed cog in the wheel to its energy supply with an underground hydropower plant that says it has capacity to store enough electricity to charge 400,000 car batteries simultaneously. Developers of the 2.2 billion Swiss franc ($2.30 billion) Nant de Drance plant in...
FEATURE-Evicted Villagers Pay a High Price for India’s Hydropower Push
Date: June 1, 2022
• India’s Himalayas are dotted with dozens of hydropower projects • Critics say environmental damage from hydro outweighs benefits • India wants half of its energy to come from renewables by 2030 By Athar Parvaiz HAAT VILLAGE, India, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Narmada Devi pointed to an expanse of rubble and dirt, at...
Portugal Set to Start up Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Park
Date: May 9, 2022
By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira ALQUEVA, Portugal (Reuters) – Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer pitches, to their mooring on Portugal’s Alqueva reservoir in preparation to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park in July. Built by the country’s main utility EDP on Western...