Asia PacificTaiwan, hit by power outage, works to restore supply by evening
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Tech powerhouse Taiwan started phased blackouts islandwide on Thursday after an outage at a coal- and gas-fired power plant hit 6 million homes, as the government worked to resume normal supply by evening.
The world s biggest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW), , said some of its facilities suffered a brief power dip , but power had been restored. read more
Officials at three major science parks in Hsinchu, Tainan and Taichung, where TSMC and other semiconductor firms all have large operations, told Reuters there was no impact on the operations of the major chipmakers.
Grupo Mexico (GMEXICOB.MX) is planning $3.1 billion in new investments for metals refining in Sonora state and power infrastructure for a major mine that will bring cheaper electricity to the isolated Baja peninsula, the company's No. 2 executive told Reuters.
EnergyFrench power group EDF: restructuring talks with EU remain difficult
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The company logo for Electricite de France (EDF) is seen in Paris, France, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
French state-controlled power group EDF (EDF.PA) said on Wednesday that talks over a restructuring of the company between France and the European Commission remained difficult, as EDF posted higher first quarter sales.
The talks between France and the European Commission include the ARENH price mechanism under which competitors can get access to nuclear energy produced by EDF, and as EDF is a state-owned utility, the EU has a say on its reform on competition grounds.
Set just 300m away from the stunning Hele Bay Beach, this mill and tea room has won the Devon Life Best Tearoom award four times – that’s just how highly we think of this incredible North Devon location.
All items are baked by the miller’s wife daily - much of which uses stone-ground flour from the on-site mill – making for wonderfully fresh sweet treats. With room for 25 people in their tearoom and seating for 45 others outside in the picturesque garden, it’s easy to see why it’s one of the county’s premium sites for cream tea.
This article was updated by Martha Griffiths in May 2021.
1611. King James I investigated Stonehenge to see The stone which the builders refused.
King James Version, 1611
1616. Doctor William Harvey, Gilbert North, and Inigo Jones find horns of stags and oxen, coals, charcoals, batter-dashers, heads of arrows, pieces of rusted armour, rotten bones, thuribulum (censer) pottery, and a large nail.
Long, William, 1876, Stonehenge and its Barrows. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 16
1620. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, dug a large hole in the ground at the center of Stonehenge looking for buried treasure. (Diary)
1633-52. Inigo Jones conducted the first scientific surveys of Stonehenge.
Jones, I, and Webb, J, 1655, The most notable antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury plain. London: J Flesher for D Pakeman and L Chapman