The World's Largest Wind Farm Switches Online In The UK

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London Array just placed its last wind turbine and switched online as the world's largest wind farm. Located in the Thames Estuary, UK, the farm consists of 175 turbines that will power the area from Essex to Margate. Owned by Dong Energy, Masdar and...

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Vietnam Constructs World's Largest Dragon-Shaped Bridge - And It Breathes Fire

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The government of Vietnam has constructed the world's largest dragon-shaped bridge over the Han River. Not only it is the steel bridge the largest of its type in the world, but it is covered in over 2,500 LED lights - and it breathes fire!

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Iran Begins Construction Of Bakhtiari Dam Project

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Construction of the massive Bakhtiari Dam is now officially under way thanks to an inauguration of the project by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The Khatam al-Anbiya (KAA), which is controlled by Iran's military, will build the ...

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World's Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant Switches On In Abu Dhabi

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It might seem ironic that the oil-rich Middle East also holds nearly half of the world's renewable energy potential -but last month the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, officially inaugurated Shams 1, the lar...

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Japan's Quiet Skyscraper-Demolition Technique Generates Energy

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Demolishing tall buildings is typically a loud and messy process that produces a lot of dust and not a lot of building materials that can be salvaged. But Japan's Taisei Corporation is pioneering a new technique that preserves building materials and ...

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