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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen. Additionally, the 22 MW Neal Hot Springs, Oregon plant received the GEA Honors Technological Advancement Award in 2013 for being the first commercial, supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) binary power plant. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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Volvo joins Tesla in halting EV production due to Red Sea attacks

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Volvo has joined Tesla in stopping its EV production in Europe due to the threat of violence from Iran-backed Houthi fighters attacking commercial ships traveling in the Red Sea. The group has stated its intentions to attack any commercial ships traveling through the strait into the Red Sea.

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Tesla shutting down Berlin factory for 2 weeks due to Red Sea shipping attacks

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To reach the Red Sea, ships must travel through the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen. But Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries, has been going through a civil war for a decade now, with the Saudi- and US-backed Yemeni government fighting against an Iran-backed group called the Houthis.

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Tesla Giga Berlin announces temporary production halt due to Red Sea conflict

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Tesla defends Giga Berlin employee benefits over collective agreement Red Sea Conflict Summary The Red Sea conflict refers to when the United States (US) and United Kingdom’s (UK) naval forces launched air strikes against Houthi rebel targets in more than 12 sites in Yemen.

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