/EIN News/ Las Vegas, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
New solar facility provides clean energy to Apple’s Nevada data center, located in the Reno Technology Park
McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy & Storage group recently completed construction of the Turquoise Solar Project in Washoe County, Nevada. The new 61 MWdc solar farm is located on approximately 180 acres in the Reno Technology Park a 2,200-acre master planned industrial park shared between Apple and Turquoise Solar, who own approximately 1,600 and 600 acres, respectively.
Within the Park, the Turquoise Solar Project is owned by Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company (“GREC”), a utility-scale renewable energy development company. Upon completion, the project became the largest operating solar project in GREC’s portfolio. The project was also recently awarded “Utility-Scale Project of the Year” in
News Corp Reaches Content Deal With Facebook In Australia
MOUNTAIN VIEW (dpa-AFX) - News Corp. (NWSA, NWS) said Monday that it has reached a multi-year agreement to provide access to trusted news and information to millions of Facebook users in Australia through its Facebook News product. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The agreement comes after the Australian government passed the newly amended Media Bargaining Code last month in the parliament which requires technology giants Facebook and Google to pay for local Australian news content that is shared on their platforms.
The agreement involves News Corp Australia and includes The Australian national newspaper, the news.com.au news site, major metropolitan mastheads like The Daily Telegraph in New South Wales, Herald Sun in Victoria and The Courier-Mail in Queensland and regional and community publications, News Corp said on Monday.
John Wood Group Reaches Settlement With Scottish Authorities On Unaoil Investigation
LONDON (dpa-AFX) - John Wood Group Plc. (WDGJF.PK, WG.L) said Tuesday that its subsidiary WGPSN Holdings has reached a civil settlement with Scotland s Civil Recovery Unit regarding the historical engagement of Unaoil by a legacy joint venture and potential unlawful conduct.
As per the terms of the settlement, Wood has agreed to pay a total of 6.46 million pounds or $9 million to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
The civil settlement relates to conduct in Kazakhstan in the period between 2008 and 2010. A joint venture in the legacy PSN business, which was acquired by Wood in 2011, paid Unaoil a total of about US$8.74 million in fees. Payments were on a commission basis and continued until 2015 although there is limited evidence of what services Unaoil provided for these fees.