Hungary solar power output hits record high, Paks construction ‘reaches new milestone’
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Hungary solar power output hits record high, Paks construction ‘reaches new milestone’

Top Stories Tamfitronics Output of Hungary’s industrial-scale solar parks with a capacity of over 50 kW reached a record 3,242 MW last Friday in the quarter hour between 1 pm and 1.15 pm, the energy ministry said on Facebook.Citing data from state-owned transmission system operator Mavir, the ministry said that, including household solar panels, Hungary’s solar power output exceeded the 2030 target output of 6,000 MW as early as February this year, and was now approaching 6,800 MW.The ministry said that by the end of August, 1,134 quarter hours had seen solar power output exceed last year’s high of 2,731 MW.A new milestone has been reached with the completion of soil works under Block 5 of the Paks nuclear power plant, and similar works under Block 6 are under way, Pter Szijjrt, the minister of...
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Opinion: It’s time to consider nationalizing Canada’s railways
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Opinion: It’s time to consider nationalizing Canada’s railways

Politics tamfitronics Open this photo in gallery:A partial nationalization of Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.’s Canadian assets and operations would mean the companies could continue operating the rest of their North American networks as private companies, and potentially work out future collaborative arrangements with the new nationalized rail entity.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian PressTaylor C. Noakes is an independent journalist and public historian.Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon’s move to push for binding arbitration in the dispute between railway companies and their workers confirmed what was obvious to most Canadians: Railways are vital to the national economy.What is less obvious is that the country’s principal railways – which have both benefited immensely from direct and indirect public financial and political support since their creation – have demonstrated they really don’t care about their workers,...
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Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Run 2 Different Plays on Politics
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Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Run 2 Different Plays on Politics

Politics tamfitronics It would appear that Brittany Mahomes is not liking the comments she’s been getting on social media recently.The wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is facing backlash after appearing to “like” and subsequently un-like an Instagram post from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in recent days. Brittany Mahomes, who is currently pregnant with the couple’s third child, reportedly double-tapped a post from Trump outlining the “2024 GOP platform,” including bulletpoints such as “keep men OUT of women’s sports” and “end the weaponization of government against the American people.”On Friday, Brittany took to her Instagram Story with a text-only post that didn’t directly reference Trump or what she was biting back against, but addressed “haters.”“I mean honestly,” she wrote. “To be a hater as an adult, you have to have some deep-rooted...
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FG names recognized Togo, Benin Republic universities
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FG names recognized Togo, Benin Republic universities

Politics tamfitronics The Federal Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic.The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Politics programme.Mamman, during a press conference last Friday to mark his one year in office, over 22,500 Nigerians obtained fake degree certificates from the two countries, and such certificates would be cancelled.The minister said the revelation was part of a report submitted to the Federal Executive Council by a committee with a mandate to probe degree certificate racketeering by foreign and local universities in Nigeria.He added that the development follows the undercover investigation report in which a Nigerian journalist acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic in under two months and used it to get...
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