Researchers in four European countries are collaborating on SMACool, an elastocaloric air conditioner that uses metal tubes made from specific metallic alloys.
The scheme, to last for a temporary period of 40 years, went before the the council's planning committee where the application was unanimously approved.The development aims to provide "a reliable source of clean, renewable energy to the National Grid".
It will have a capacity of 49.9MW, according to theFour objections were lodged by residents, raising concerns around the scale of the project and the impact on the views.Lee Adams of Environmena Project Management UK said at the meeting the firm had worked closely with Elwick Parish Council and other local groups on the scheme which will have "substantive community benefits".
At the end of the 40-year period "all infrastructure will be removed and the land reinstated" to its current condition.A report from council planning officers ruled the solar farm's "impact is considered not to be significantly detrimental to landscape quality or enjoyment of the rural area".
Three strong knocks from the police battering ram and the front door bursts open. There's a lot of shouting.
We follow heavily-armed officers as they stream into the house, a woman drops to the floor as the camera turns left, and we head up a small, dimly lit staircase, passing a man with his back against the wall, hands raised, yelling to no avail.She said: "I have a lot of mixed feelings, but the most important ones are that I am grateful and happy to seize an opportunity like this.
"On the other hand, I carry a sense of guilt for being here while my colleagues are still facing challenges without similar opportunities."Prof Shameq Sayeed, Leicester Medical School's Director of International Teaching Partnerships, said: "Though their displacement – with family and friends still under constant threat in Gaza – constitutes an ongoing and unimaginable challenge, this funding removes at least one of the barriers to the students' ability to complete their studies and return to Gaza as doctors."
First Lady Melania Trump has joined her husband President Donald Trump as he signed a bill into law that makes posting so-called "revenge porn" and deepfake explicit content illegal.The Take It Down Act criminalises posting "intimate images" - real or AI-generated - online without an individual's consent and requires technology companies to remove the content within 48 hours.