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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power. Separately, the Lianghekou hydropower station in Tibet is also set to come fully online in 2023, and is expected to generate a whopping 11 terawatt-hours of electricity annually (roughly the energy consumption of Lithuania).

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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The company is one of a growing group targeting grid-scale applications, particularly for solar installations. This past November, he focused on the efforts of three Baltic states—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—to separate their electrical grids from the Russian-controlled synchronous AC power zone.

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