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Mandatory Credit: Photo by ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12559629l) A photo made with a drone shows wind power generators in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China, 27 October 2021. SHFRP New Energy has produced the world's longest wind power glass fiber blade S90, and the domestic longest wind power blade S102. On 02 September 2021, the onshore blade S89, 89 meters long equipped with a new generation of electric wind power product platform units was successfully rolled off the assembly line. Production cuts, high coal prices, and the Chinese government's determination to cut emissions caused a severe power supply crunch. Amid economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of thermal coal has almost doubled this year to the increased demand for industrial use of electricity. China wind power generator blades factory, Yancheng - 27 Oct 2021

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Smart scheduling for big computing tasks cuts emissions up to a third

We could slash emissions from database backups or long machine-learning tasks by waiting to run them until renewable energy makes up the largest part of the energy mix

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Biological computer made from single-celled organisms can crunch data

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Single-celled organism uses natural mechanical computer to walk

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NASA is trying a 'risky' fix for the ageing Hubble Space Telescope

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China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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Google and Facebook hit by faulty chips that can silently corrupt data

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There's a global shortage of computer chips – what's causing it?

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Hundreds of UK ambulances rely on software vulnerable to cyberattack

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How an artist made a concert from five 40-year-old Commodore computers

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Retro computers reveal three decades of technological evolution

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What are the ethics of CGI actors – and will they replace real ones?

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