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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been enslaving political prisoners, including children, in coal production to boost exports and earn foreign currency as part of a system directly linked to its nuclear and missile programmes, a South Korea-based human rights group said on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship is loaded with coal during the opening ceremony of a new dock at the North Korean port of Rajin July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev
The Seoul-based Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR) released a study analysing an intricate connection between North Korea’s exploitation of its citizens, the production of goods for export, and its weapons programmes.
EDP, Portugal's largest utility, on Thursday announced plans to invest an unprecedented 24 billion euros ($29.27 billion) over five years mostly in renewable power plants and grids in the United States and Europe.
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Working together with the client, Glencore, the team has developed a range of controls including leadership training and education sessions, noise and dust risk forecasting, targeted sound power testing of operating equipment and real-time monitoring technology.
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PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - European spot electricity prices for Friday delivery gained on Thursday due to a forecast of falling wind and solar power generation in Germany. The price of over-the-counter baseload for Friday delivery in Germany was up 6.2% to 48.30 euros a megawatt hour (MWh) at 1009 GMT. The French day-ahead contract added 6.2% to 48.25 euros/MWh. Electricity generation from German wind turbines is expected to fall by 1.8 gigawatts (GW) day-on-day to 13.4 GW, while solar power generation is expected to drop 2.2 GW to 3.6 GW, Refinitiv data showed. “We expect wind power output to decrease in the first half of the day, and increase in the latter part of the day tomorrow,” Refinitiv analysts said.