Sunday, 8 November 2026

Hyperpartisan news outlets frame separate political disputes as part of broader themes centered on government overreach, distrust of institutions and resistance to progressive social and environmental policies, according to research reported by Newsgram and News18.

The study analyzed more than 114,000 videos and 51 million comments posted across Sky News Australia, Fox News, GB News and Rebel News, finding that their YouTube audiences overlap heavily. More than 56% of accounts that commented on Sky News Australia's YouTube channel also left comments on Fox News content during the period studied.

News24, the outlet formerly known as Sky News Australia, brings political narratives from overseas culture wars into Australian contexts, reshaping them to fit local disputes, the research found.

Esbjerg, Denmark, is tapping the North Sea with large electric heat pumps to supply its district-heating network, according to CleanTechnica.

During a winter test, seawater entered the heat-pump system at 3.3 degrees Celsius and exited at 1.2 degrees Celsius, CleanTechnica reported. The two heat pumps consumed 19.9 MW of electricity while delivering 55.2 MW of heat.

EWE completed a tightness test using nitrogen and then hydrogen on a former natural gas cavern being converted for hydrogen storage at its Huntorf site in Northwest Germany.

Project manager Hayo Seeba said the seal was first tested with nitrogen before its integrity was confirmed with hydrogen, according to energate messenger. All values recorded during the tests fell within the specified test criteria.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) plans to increase its capital expenditure by nearly 67%, according to Moneycontrol.

SECI Managing Director Akash Tripathi said the company has submitted a proposal to India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for a 10 GW Contract for Difference (CfD) auction, according to PSU reporting. The mechanism would allow SECI to sell power directly on a power exchange.

SECI is a Navratna public sector undertaking under MNRE.

A 4,000-meter-class airborne wind power system completed an urban test flight in Yueyang, in China's Hunan Province, according to CGTN, marking the first time a system of this altitude class has been flight-tested over a city.

The S4000 system lifts lightweight power generation modules into high-altitude winds using a helium-filled platform. Electricity produced at altitude is transmitted to the ground through a tether cable, CGTN reported.

During the flight, the S4000 underwent tests verifying stability control under complex airflow conditions and power generation performance in complex magnetic environments, according to CGTN.

The system's generating capacity, electricity output during the demonstration, and projected cost per kilowatt-hour have not been disclosed.

A flash Joule heating method can transform decommissioned wind turbine blade waste into silicon carbide and graphene, according to research published in the Cell Press journal Chem Circularity and reported by ScienMag. The process heats composite blade material to approximately 2,000 degrees Celsius within seconds.

In laboratory tests, adding just 0.3% by weight of the recovered materials to polymer resin improved resistance to deformation by 27% under tension and 9% when bent, according to ScienMag.

The method could also carry a lighter environmental footprint than existing recycling routes. Compared with pyrolysis, flash Joule heating could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 83%, and by about 92% compared with chemical dissolution, the researchers found, according to ScienMag.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent for the Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park, a privately funded 800 MW solar project north-west of Newark developed by Elements Green, according to the Express.

The estimated total cost is GBP 922 million. The project will occupy more than 2,500 acres, according to the Express.

Elements Green says the park could power up to 400,000 homes.

Construction of the Van Canh 2 Wind Power Plant began on November 7 in Van Canh commune, Gia Lai province, according to VietnamPlus. Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc attended the groundbreaking.

The project has a designed capacity of 180 MW, VietnamPlus reported.

Total investment stands at around VND 7.7 trillion, equivalent to about USD 301 million, according to VietnamPlus.