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December, 2022

  • 17 December

    Amazon signs deal with Games Workshop

      Bloomberg Games Workshop Group Plc will work with Amazon.com Inc to develop film and television productions, with initial work focusing on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Warhammer 40,000, or 40k as it’s known by fans, is a sci-fi universe set in humanity’s ‘grimdark’ future. It focuses on themes of conflict, galaxy-spanning empire, and fanatic religiosity. The Games Workshop franchise already ...

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  • 17 December

    Germany eyes arrival of first LNG vessel to ease gas crunch

    Bloomberg Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal is about to arrive on the country’s north coast, the first of several specialist tankers Berlin is counting on to ease its energy crisis. The Hoegh Esperanza, a floating storage and regasification unit, or FSRU, is scheduled to land at Wilhelmshaven on Saturday, according to the German Economy Ministry. The vessel, which converts ...

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  • 17 December

    Octopus Energy inks deal with Shell to buy power from giant wind farm

    Bloomberg Octopus Energy Ltd. signed a power-purchase agreement with Shell Energy Europe Ltd. to buy electricity from what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm once built. Shell, which has offtake agreements for 20% of the energy produced by the Dogger Bank project off northeast England, will supply Octopus with as much as 2.4 terawatt-hours a year, starting in ...

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  • 17 December

    UK’s National Grid to test reserve coal-fed power unit

    Bloomberg The UK’s National Grid Plc will run a test of one of the country’s coal-fired power generators that’s being kept in reserve to boost supplies this winter. A Drax Group Plc unit will start up and generate as much as 300 megawatts as the grid operator checks that contingency tools are ready and working if needed. Temperatures plummeted to ...

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  • 17 December

    Top gas exporter Australia caps prices despite industry protest

      Bloomberg Australia passed a law to cap domestic prices of natural gas to limit the impact of soaring global costs on local power bills, ignoring protests from the nation’s powerful energy exporters. At a special sitting, Australia’s parliament passed legislation to cap wholesale gas prices for 12 months. The government also agreed with state and territory leaders to impose ...

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  • 17 December

    California OKs $2.9bn to double car chargers

      Bloomberg California will spend $2.9 billion building out its network of electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen fueling stations as the state moves to phase out fossil fuel-burning cars and trucks. The California Energy Commission said it would more than double the 80,000 public chargers already deployed across the state and keep the city on track to reach its goal ...

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  • 17 December

    US scientists make breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy

      Bloomberg Scientists in California have made a key breakthrough in nuclear fusion, a technology with the potential to transform the global energy landscape. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory near San Francisco were able produce a fusion reaction that generated more energy than it consumed. Fusion is the same process that powers stars and ...

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  • 17 December

    US lawmakers press Amazon on warehouse-rebuilding plan

      Bloomberg Three US lawmakers questioned Amazon.com Inc’s plans for rebuilding an Illinois warehouse that collapsed in a tornado last year, killing six workers and prompting an investigation by workplace safety regulators. The lawmakers said the e-commerce company should be constructing the warehouse with stronger safety features than existed before the collapse. Amazon is a tenant in the facility owned ...

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  • 17 December

    Rolls-Royce car factory staff get record pay rise in Britain

      Bloomberg Workers at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd will receive as much as an 18% pay increase, which the Unite union claimed was a record increase. Around 1,200 staff who put together the luxury brand’s Phantom, Ghost and Cullinan models at its factory in Goodwood voted in favour of a 10% wage increase along with a one-off payment of £2,000 ...

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  • 17 December

    Tesla says new Texas factory is making 3,000 SUVs a week

      Bloomberg Tesla Inc is building 3,000 Model Y SUVs a week at its new Austin, Texas, factory — a sign that the electric-car maker is making up for lost time at the money-losing plant. Tesla shared the new production figure in a tweet. The milestone comes a week after Bloomberg News reported that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk had ...

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