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G20 ministers say education must continue amid Covid-19

RIYADH / WAM The G20 education ministers held a virtual extraordinary meeting to emphasise the central role of education in enabling people to seize the opportunities of the twenty-first century especially during the coronavirus pandemic, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The ministers expressed their support for individual and collective efforts to mitigate the unprecedented consequences of the novel coronavirus …

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Green hydrogen in EU may add cost

Bloomberg Producing hydrogen from renewable power only could drive up its price over the coming decades as the gas becomes the low-carbon fuel of choice for the European Union. As the EU moves to aggressively cut carbon emissions across all sectors in order to hit climate neutrality by 2050, green hydrogen is seen as key to achieving that goal. Should …

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Bitcoin miner is profiting by selling energy to grid

Bloomberg On a sweltering summer afternoon in West Texas, a cryptocurrency miner backed by billionaire Peter Thiel powered down its data-processing centres for about 30 minutes. During that short window, the company made money not from Bitcoin, but from selling electricity. On hot days without wind, the company, Layer1, can sell its contracted power supplies back into the grid for …

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