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Mt John Observatory offers a night with NZ s biggest telescope
16 Feb, 2021 08:39 PM
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Mt John Observatory is New Zealand s leading obsevatory, it s also the most scenic. Photo / Supplied
Mt John Observatory is New Zealand s leading obsevatory, it s also the most scenic. Photo / Supplied
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For the fist time the University of Canterbury will be opening the doors of its mountain-top observatory to the public in a stellar overnight experience. It ll be just them, the experts and 50 million distant solar systems.
Mt John Observatory is a haven for astronomers in the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve. The six high-powered telescopes are normally only seen by researchers. Since 1965 Mt John has become a site of pilgrimage for astro-tourism. However few guests get access to New Zealand s most powerful telescopes – let alone for the whole night.
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ABO Wind has sold two large Greek solar farms with a total capacity of 45 MW to Blue Elephant Energy AG, an operator of wind and solar farms.
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It received equity investment from 7 Ventures (i7v), Kero Development Partners and RAB Capital of £3 million. Additionally, it converted £1,250,000 loans into equity as part of the government’s Future Fund scheme.
The Future Fund scheme was launched to support businesses affected by COVID-19, including those pre-profit that rely on equity investment. The scheme initially offered £250 million of government investment matched by private investment, but has since been expanded. It opened in May 2020, and closed in January 2021.
Sun shines on first private cellular campus smart manufacturing network in Greece
Supporting the digital transformation of Greek enterprises, comms tech provider implements connectivity system based on the deployment of a private cellular campus network at solar thermal products provider
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In a bid to accelerate Industry 4.0 in Greece in use cases such as smart manufacturing, local operator Cosmote has teamed with Ericsson to deliver the country’s first private cellular campus network for smart manufacturing, deployed at the automated, solar water heater production facility of manufacturing firm Calpak.
Based in the municipality of Loutraki, Calpak has more than 44 years’ experience in the conversion of sunlight into thermal energy and the provision of solar thermal equipment at what the firm claims is an “unparalleled” price-quality ratio. The company’s factory is situated in Corinth in a 25,000m