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Guy HedgecoeAragón, north-eastern SpainJuan Antonio DomínguezSpain gets more than half of its electricity from wind and solarOn the edge of the sleepy town of Figueruelas, a single, vast wind turbine spins around, casting its shadow over the buildings nearby.It’s a reminder of the importance of renewable electricity in this windswept area of Aragón, in north-eastern Spain, whose plains are host to many of the country’s wind and solar energy farms.Figueruela’s status as a symbol of Spain’s green transition has been further boosted recently, as work starts nearby on the construction of a vast factory that will produce batteries for electric…

Sangha Renewables announced the energization of its 19.9-megawatt bitcoin mining facility in Ector County, West Texas today, in partnership with Links Genco and TotalEnergies. The project operates behind-the-meter on a 150-megawatt solar farm, combining renewable energy generation with digital infrastructure to explore new revenue streams for the energy sector. The facility, developed with support from Links Genco, uses bitcoin mining to provide dispatchable industrial demand that aligns with variable renewable output.  Links Genco provided energy structuring and grid compliance services, helping Sangha configure a load profile that complements solar generation while mitigating exposure to transmission constraints and local curtailment, according…

‘Zootopia 2’ regained the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office with USD 26.3 million in its third weekend of release, according to studio estimates Sunday, as The Walt Disney Co. animated sequel became the year’s second film to gross USD 1 billion worldwide.With ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ arriving Friday, it was a relatively quiet weekend in theaters. There were no major new releases, leaving holdovers ‘Zootopia 2’ and ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2′ to duke it out for the top spot.’Zootopia 2’ hits USD 1 billion markThe edge went to ‘Zootopia 2’, which has quickly amassed USD 1.14…

Argentine football icon Lionel Messi, left, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, second left, Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, right, in Mumbai (@CMOMaharashtra/X via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: A tense moment unfolded at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium when Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff faced booing from the crowd during Lionel Messi’s event on Sunday. The incident took place during their felicitation by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.The event was part of Messi’s GOAT India Tour 2025, with Mumbai being the third destination following shows in Kolkata and Hyderabad on Saturday. However, amid the excitement of seeing Messi up close, the crowd’s…

Two California colleges have reached settlements with Jewish organisations and individuals who filed complaints alleging antisemitism arising from pro-Palestinian campus protests, according to AP News. The agreements come at a time when universities across the United States are facing intense scrutiny over how they balance free speech, academic freedom, and civil rights protections amid heightened political tensions linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict.At the University of California, Berkeley, the settlement includes a $60,000 payment to Israeli sociologist and dance researcher Yael Nativ, who said she was not rehired despite strong student interest and positive feedback for her course.UC Berkeley apologises to…

Solana price is still trading in a narrow band above the $120–$130 support area. The market has held this range for several sessions, and analysts are watching to see whether the next move will break the pattern or extend the pause that followed its broader 2025 pullback. After falling from its 2025 highs, SOL slipped into a tight structure that has barely changed.  Traders now want to know if this zone will become a base for recovery or if it’s simply another stretch of sideways movement inside a larger correction. Market Cap 24h 7d 30d 1y All Time The recent drop…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guide for retail investors on how to safely store crypto underscores how the regulator has shifted from years of strict enforcement to investor education. In a Dec. 12 Investor Bulletin, the regulator outlined the pros and cons of different methods of crypto custody, examining everything from self-custody to third-party custodians, hot versus cold wallets and private versus public keys. ”The SEC is now publishing educational guides on crypto wallets for investors,” said user TFTC on X. “The same agency that spent years…

Central banks took center stage this week, delivering a quick lesson on how shifting policy divergence can send currency traders scrambling to adjust positions. The Federal Reserve’s Wednesday rate cut became the week’s defining moment—not just for the quarter-point reduction itself, but for Chair Powell’s surprisingly characterization of inflation as primarily tariff-driven and transitory. That messaging triggered broad dollar weakness that persisted through Friday, even as some Fed officials pushed back with hawkish commentary. Meanwhile, European Central Bank members made waves by suggesting rates have reached a floor, the Reserve Bank of Australia hinted at potential February tightening, and the…

In 1980, Newsweek pub­lished a can­tan­ker­ous and sad­ly on-the-nose diag­no­sis of the Unit­ed States’ “cult of igno­rance” — writ­ten by one Isaac Asi­mov, “pro­fes­sor of bio­chem­istry at Boston Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine” and “author of 212 books, most of them on var­i­ous sci­en­tif­ic sub­jects for the gen­er­al pub­lic.” Giv­en this intim­i­dat­ing biog­ra­phy, and the fact that Asi­mov believed that “hard­ly any­one can read” in the U.S., we might expect the sci­ence fic­tion leg­end want­ed noth­ing to do with tele­vi­sion. We would be wrong. Asi­mov seemed to love TV. In 1987, for exam­ple, the four-time Hugo win­ner wrote a humor­ous­ly crit­i­cal…

NEED TO KNOW The Kansas City Chiefs are officially out of playoff contention with their loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Dec. 14Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes won’t have a chance to avenge their 2025 Super Bowl loss in FebruaryMahomes was injured in the final play of the game The Kansas City Chiefs are officially out of playoff contention. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and co. will not be competing in the 2025-26 NFL postseason after their loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Dec. 14. The Chiefs started out well with a touchdown early in the first quarter,…