Famed for its lush plains and emerald waters but racked by poverty and unemployment, Sardinia has jumped at the chance to boost the economy by converting its long months of sunshine into green energy. In Sardinia’s northwest, the crop from purple and golden fields of thistles and sunflowers is used to generate biomass energy, while on the rolling hills in the island’s centre, towering white turbines spin gently in the
The French government is considering a reform of the tax levied on power bills to fund renewable energy that would see it extended to natural gas and road fuels, the Journal du Dimanche newspaper said on Sunday. Citing sources at the energy ministry, the paper said the government wanted to cut the CSPE tax, which accounts for about 15 percent of households’ electricity bills and spread the 6 billion euros
Egypt’s Pioneers Holding said on Sunday its board had approved an offer to purchase remaining shares of Cairo for Housing and Development at a price of 11.80 Egyptian pounds ($1.51) per share for a full acquisition. The firm said in a bourse disclosure that a subsidiary of Pioneers had purchased a 9.07 percent stake in Cairo for Housing and Development, bringing Pioneers Holding’s total ownership to 45.73 percent. Pioneers has
Nico Rosberg admits he is at a loss to explain why his qualifying head-to-head with Lewis Hamilton has turned around so dramatically this year after suffering another Saturday defeat to his team-mate at the Hungaroring.
German carmaker Daimler is planning to test self-driving trucks as early as this year, executive board member Wolfgang Bernhard told a German newspaper. “We are positive that we will get approval for tests on German motorways within the next weeks,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung quoted him as saying. First tests of semi-autonomous trucks will take place in Daimler’s home state Baden-Wuerttemberg while the start of production is 2-3 years away, Bernhard,
German carmaker Daimler is planning to test self-driving trucks as early as this year, executive board member Wolfgang Bernhard told a German newspaper. “We are positive that we will get approval for tests on German motorways within the next weeks,” Welt am Sonntag quoted him as saying. “Then we will start immediately.” First tests of semi-autonomous trucks will take place in Daimler’s home state Baden-Wuerttemberg while the start of production
German carmaker Daimler is planning to test self-driving trucks as early as this year, executive board member Wolfgang Bernhard told a German newspaper. “We are positive that we will get approval for tests on German motorways within the next weeks,” Welt am Sonntag quoted him as saying. “Then we will start immediately.” First tests of semi-autonomous trucks will take place in Daimler’s home state Baden-Wuerttemberg while the start of production