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China's CATL expands its reach beyond battery production into electrical grids and electric vehicle systems.

According to the FT, some large financial institutions loaned more than USD 11bn to companies backed by their possession of Nvidia's AI chips. This creates some new challenges to the markets, increasing the need of revenue (more pressure!):

European Commission launches market observatory for olive oil and table olives sector:

An interesting article on the price of agricultural goods...in the ancient Babylon. With data.

I would love to see a similar chart (from FT) for European countries, it definitely tells a story worth telling.

Electricity generation in Europe based on ENTSO-E/Elexon data for October 2024. Nuclear generated 23.9%, hydro 19.3%, wind 17.9% and gas 13.9%. #energyviz

Hinkley Point and Sizewell nuclear plant engineers go on strike:

The first **wooden** satellite has been launched into space. Is wood a space-grade material?

Dutch government will issue independent licenses for exporting ASML's lithography machines to China:

I have shared in the past many articles about bias-correction, I find this topic incredibly relevant. This article shows the trade-off behind bias-correction: do you need to preserve the climate change signal or do you prefer having better extremes?

“Taiwan is really the engine that’s driving AI,” said Sean King, a senior vice president at Park Strategies and a former US Department of Commerce official.

A new version of the old Big Mac Index:

If you have kids and you speak a language with feminine and masculine words this is incredibly evident. If you say "doctors found a cure" (using the generic masculine as the Italian "dottori") a kid would understand male doctors.

RT @janrosenow: Huge demand for grid upgrades: The world’s largest producer of transformers has warned its industry is “overwhelmed” and u…

The Economist on the present and the future of solar energy. A long-read very insightful:

I developed a small app in Shiny to explore the capacity factors from different climate change projections and turbine technologies. The app is here:

According to this study, groundwater is projected to become on average 2.1C warmer by 2100 due to climate change with important regional differences. This will affect ecosystems and water quality. #boilingfrog

Interesting write-up on what La Niña may bring this winter in North America. Usually, la Niña winters in the US are not snowy.