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Photo: Ørsted The Mockingbird Solar Center, Ørsted’s largest solar project globally, is now online, next to protected prairie donated by the renewable energy giant. This massive 468-megawatt (MW) solar farm is set to power 80,000 homes and businesses, providing a major boost to the Texas grid. But the launch of Mockingbird Solar isn’t just about

Cillian Murphy and his wife Yvonne McGuinness have bought a cinema the Oscar-winning actor used to visit as a child. The couple will refurbish The Phoenix Cinema in Dingle, County Kerry, south-west Ireland, next year. The venue, which had previously been used as a dance hall, had been in operation for more than 100 years,

Hyundai Motors is recalling 145,235 EVs and other “electrified” vehicles in the US, citing concerns about a loss of driving power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. The NHTSA announced this morning that the recall affects selected IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6 EVs, as well as certain luxury Genesis models, including the

Ed Sheeran helped Ipswich Town to sign a player over the summer just before getting on stage with Taylor Swift, according to the club’s chief executive. Mark Ashton claims the pop star got on a video call to encourage a prospective new signing to seal his move to the East Anglia outfit. He did not

Leading yard operation 3PL YMX Logistics has announced plans to deploy fully twenty (20) of Orange EV’s fully electric Class 8 terminal trucks at a number of distribution and manufacturing sites across North America. As the shipping and logistics industries increasingly move to embrace electrification, yard operations have proven to be an almost ideal use case

Actor James Norton, who stars in a new film telling the story of the world’s first “test-tube baby”, has criticised how “prohibitively expensive” IVF can be in the UK. In Joy, the star portrays the real-life scientist Bob Edwards, who – along with obstetrician Patrick Steptoe and embryologist Jean Purdy – spent a decade tirelessly

US actor Jussie Smollett, who was jailed for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, has successfully overturned his conviction. In 2021, a jury found the former star of the television drama Empire guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to 150 days in prison but served just

Candela, the Swedish electric boat maker known for its hydrofoil recreational boats and commercial ferries, is grabbing headlines yet again. This time the company is announcing a new C-series funding round and the first P-12 electric ferry headed to the US. The P-12 is the company’s first operational hydrofoil electric ferry, and it builds upon

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2m (£4.9m) at an auction in New York. The conceptual art piece, called Comedian, became a viral sensation after Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan debuted it at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019. Festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single piece of fruit stuck to a

Honda has been promising to unlock the power of all-solid-state EV batteries for several years. Today, we are getting our first look at the progress. Honda unveiled a demonstration production line as it continues to advance promising new battery technology. By 2050, Honda wants all its products and corporate activities to be carbon neutral. Although

The voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten – Bart Simpson’s very uncool friend – is stepping away after 35 years on the show. Pamela Hayden, who also voiced Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy, will sign off from The Simpsons on 24 November in a Treehouse of Horror episode. “It’s been an honour

Tulisa Contostavlos has opened up about the moment she says her life “fell apart” after being “set up by a British newspaper” and charged with supplying drugs. The N-Dubz star has been speaking about her experiences in 2013 on the reality show, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! The charges against the singer were

Ford is slashing another 4,000 jobs in Europe as it struggles to keep pace with the market’s shift to electric vehicles (EVs). The American automaker said a “highly disruptive” EV market and new competition are causing significant losses in the region. Ford’s announcement comes as China’s leading EV maker, BYD, is quickly catching up in

Mourners including Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy have gathered to say goodbye at his funeral. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik are among the family and friends attending the private ceremony, which is taking place at a church in the Home Counties. Simon Cowell, who put the

Volkswagen Group Africa has officially begun production of a modern electric farm tractor at its multifunctional facility in Gashora, Rwanda in a bid to advance modern, low-emission agricultural initiatives in Africa. Part of a larger Rwandan initiative called the GenFarm Project, the new VW tractor is part of a “holistic ecosystem” of electrified farming machinery set

Jaguar has left people scratching their heads with a new glossy advert which fails to show any cars. The British luxury vehicle maker has released a commercial featuring a series of models, in brightly-coloured clothing, emerging from a lift into an austere landscape. They are then seen in various poses as different slogans appear on

Xiaomi SU7 (Source: Xiaomi) China’s Xiaomi has reported a 30.5% growth in third-quarter revenue for its EV business, with the company also bumping up its yearly delivery target for the SU7 series EVs to 130,000 units. Back in May, Xiaomi – the world’s third-largest smartphone maker – had said that it planned to build 100,000

Zoe Ball is leaving her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show after six years. The 53-year-old, who recently lost her mother to cancer, will present her last show on Friday, 20 December. She said she was leaving to focus on family. Ball says she will remain part of the Radio 2 team and will give further

Kia’s upcoming entry-level EV has finally made its way to the famous Nurburgring for testing. The EV4 hatch was spotted ripping across the track, nearly on two wheels at one point, as Kia preps for its big debut. According to Kia, the EV4 is “an entirely new type of EV sedan. ” It was first

Sean “Diddy” Combs has attempted to contact prospective witnesses from jail in a bid to sway public opinion ahead of his upcoming sex trafficking trial, prosecutors have claimed. The accusations were made in a Manhattan federal court filing in which the prosecution opposes the 55-year-old rapper‘s latest $50m (£39m) bail proposal. A bail hearing is