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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. In 2013, new geothermal geologic studies or exploration moved forward in places as diverse as American Samoa, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, St.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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Furthermore, several national oil companies, Venezuela’s among them, are building refineries with local partners in Asia, which will use their crude. They are fighting a multi-front war with Iran directly (in Yemen) and indirectly (in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq). Saudi confidence in their financial wherewithal is proving misplaced.

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Menendez’s Wife Hid Truth About Mercedes Benz, Lawyer Says

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There’s nothing even remotely controversial about Bob thanking Qatar for helping stave off a famine in Yemen,” the lawyer said. ” ‘Coincidence of Timing’ In his summation, Hana attorney Lawrence Lustberg argued prosecutors were overly reliant on evidence summaries that erroneously build a circumstantial bribery case.

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Tesla to Idle German Gigafactory Due to Red Sea Shipping Delays

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Tesla just rolled out the new Model 3 and Cybertruck here in the States, and the automaker has been building the updated sedan for a while in Europe, so the shipping delays couldn’t have come at a worse time.

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

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The Ghent factory currently builds its fully electric XC40 and C40, with the EX30 EV added next year. Meanwhile, tensions are escalating with US and UK airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, Reuters reports. That has delayed the delivery of gearboxes, a Volvo spokesperson told Automotive News Europe.

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