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g, like a like a left. this is next president, former student protest liter, gabrielle burridge, won a convincing victory over his r right rival. we'll get an update from santiago and bethlehem tries to find some christmas cheer in a 2nd holiday season marked by the pandemic. ah . hello, i'm here. richardson. thanks so much for joining us. authorities across europe are scrambling to slow over product. a highly contagious variant of the virus. government have been clamping down on public life with the netherlands becoming the 1st country in europe to impose a strict lockdown over christmas. for many across the netherlands, it's the variant that killed christmas thanks to the highly contagious omicron. the

government has ordered all non essential businesses to shut till mid january limits on christmas gatherings. mean people will only be allowed for guests around the tree on the holidays. on the streets there was surprise and glum resignation. a little did it as a regular control and we thought we had it under control that we done everything we could live auctioneer were fully vaccinated. you do everything you can to support society a bit. but in the end, it all goes wrong anyway. i was on hold and able to get a google walk up for o'clock. so i thought that if the numbers started to increase i, i expected that there would be a strict to lockdown of, but not so soon. look down my new not new to my the netherlands neighbors of watching the spy can omicron cases with alarm. while germany has rolled out to christmas locked down the country is trying to slow or microns spread by severely

restricting travel from the u. k. where the variant is rapidly becoming dominant there. britton's health minister has said they will act if necessary to contain the viruses spread the plan. b meshes. denmark has already shot theaters and museums. the variant accounts for a 5th of new cases there. with all micron already present in around 90 countries and spreading faust, the world looks set to start another year locked in battle with the corona virus. for more on this story, i'm now joined by doctor wolfgang pricer verola just from the university of a stolen boss. thanks so much for coming on the show. i know you're part of a consortium that 1st detected the omicron very and all eyes are on this new variant as it spreads around the world. and as we see, europe is struggling to curb infections. can you tell us what the situation is like

in south africa? it may sound as if, because we surprised because i mean, i see from us for that you know, how you're really trying hard to, to control the rate of a micron which, which is happening to us. we are relatively relaxed. and the reason is that also i went and picked numbers, shot up from very low they built in contrast to most of europe, we had very low levels before me. fun came about 4 weeks ago. and our numbers of features are going up. but fortunately, the good missions are not keeping pace, so they are lagging behind. and we are actually in a more comfortable situation. they, we were, when we last saw this number, this high number of, of infections in our previous wave. and we think that is due to the fact that many thought african became in this during the previous ways. of course, many people also died. that is the truth. we can be lost many people who belong to

the high rich groups, but those who survive the about the root of adults who have not been vaccinated. they probably have some degree of protection against the course of protein fiction . and that is what is so for protecting our health is it? is it fair to say that those people do indeed have some kind of protection against omicron? i mean, it's a very different enough that people who have already been infected and have recovered can be reinfected again. and is that in any way affecting total population? immunity? absolutely. geez. i mean that is the worrying. i've picked up a new very, very capable of inflicting people who have some degree of community. and in fact, a recent study of ours has shown that given, visited, who even had the by on take 5 that we still became fitted from so. so this virus is very capable of undermining a pre existing immune response. but we still we think what we are seeing is that

a previous community is still producing again these. and this is why when people say that, even though the vaccines, the current, i do not think particularly came from much less so than in the previous period. it is still the right thing to do to come back to they did any necessary to also have you could strengthen your immune system and that should you be coming to not to go on to has to be. so that is what we, we think we are seeing currently africa and this is where europe ulta needs to get to in order to where that the if you only come storm, that's a yeah, this winter is for many going to be a bad case of david although, what needs to be done so that we don't consider, continue to see the development of a very and like, oh, micron disrupt life at this gale. so it's a 50, i think, for, for europe and winter. of course, the tough time. i think

a degree of locked down to 25 major is unavoidable and introduced in many countries already. but you can see, i mean, to be way out of be without risking even further of life and health and they don't even live in spain. we all had until they develop long coping. you know, they had to have a very rough ride. it's not at home the picture. it all. so the way out of the universe destination. so we all need to get into the new age where we all will be coming with source code to the point to define it probably many times in our lives . but when we enter that phase, which is the demick phase, we need to have a good baseline community. and the best way to get that without risking deed is of course back to me. and in future, i hope also we will have updated back to that get bigger projects on which will

make that better. but at the time for the time being really i fully agree to the, to the team, to, to be become vaccinated if you haven't done so and get you at the best way to come to me from but don't be ready to become infected because this is very capable of, of evading the response. claire call to get back to me to bear from dr. wolf can prize there verola just from south africa, university of ellen ball. thanks so much for coming on detail. the union is a well german policy makers have ruled out a new locked down before christmas in less than a week. but there is a broad sense that after the holidays restrictions will be tightened. d w asked people in berlin, what they expect to know. i do not fear another lockdown, actually i think that would be better to limit the contacts. but

i think the german politics will make a good decision about that. i would be devastated, but of course i would just do what i would have to do. stay at home, could be cool because cold and then i could stay at home and it always my bed and i could like learn from home and nice god restriction, it's fine with me. and also be experienced the last lockdown and all the regulations. and it didn't disturb us much. i love to see what happens here in germany. but for now, let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic. israel has banded travel to the united states, germany and other countries. and the rapid spread of the micron variance to measures are set to come into force at midnight on tuesday. meanwhile, south korea as president moon j in says hospitals must dedicate more beds and resources to the treatment of cove. in 1900 patients authorities imposed tougher social distance and rules earlier this month. and my dad and i says that a booster shot of its cove in 1900 vaccine in laboratory testing appear to be

protective against the fast spreading omicron variance. and sheila has elected a former student activists to become its next president, left us, gabrielle burridge, who's just 35 years old. defeated his far right rival was a and tony a cost by a wider margin than expected, or just victory promised as a shift ward, more progressive policies. and a generational change to o. historic and jubilant victory with 35 year old gabrielle butch chile now has its youngest ever president. he was helped to vote the barricade to take to the stage and recognized the people who have put him in power. the left wing, former student leader, had tapped into their anger at the country's economic model, and the inequality it has brought to when 56 percent of the vote. what do you see? again, my guarantee that i will be

a president who cares for democracy and does not risk it. who listens more than he speaks, seeks unity and attends to the needs of the people daily. i will firmly fight against the privileges of a few, and i will work every day for the quality of the chile and family. he will likely elena from unity. his promises range from protecting the environment to tackling chiles. private pension system and his followers are full of hope. a nameless can wait any moment they feel ego anyway, none of them is no place in the history of chile. surely emotional. mortality is made so much progress. now we will move forward with social rights and continue to advance and fight against the far right. unlike them. c with a high voter turnout, borage squarely beat the far right candidate. jose antonio cast, but cast was dignified. in his defeat. middle,

you get or said accredited. that earthing i want to do is congratulate gabrielle burridge. he deserves all of our respect. you unfairly many children's trust him and we hope he will lead a good government going and in the ways we can with our legitimate differences we want to hound our nation. then we'll say when i bought a bottle about the the night though, belongs to porridge, who harolds a new political dawn for chile? so let's bring in the w reporter, benjamin our escrow bar in santiago, date slash benjamin. good to see you. tell us more about the new president elect. good morning, claire. he will indeed be the youngest president of chiles $35.00, and you have to be at least 35 years old to be. and the new president, he was a former student protest leader and 2011. and along with several of his, a colleagues there who went to the streets and protested against the education system in chile. many of them made it into congress in 2014. and then as

a member of parliament to continue to push for changes and also to fight against this unequal society that we have here in chiller, we're only one percent of the population owns 25 percent of the wealth according to the united nation. so there are several topics that he wants to push for, and his supporters, it was really an incredible seniors the day here in the sense of the capital of centera with this afforded trying and hoping also that his a presidency over the next 4 years will also push forward with this constitutional process that is already in place. and it's quite exceptional and we think that less than 2 hours after the polls close at 6 it a it 6 p. m a local times, the outgoing president of us jumping in our congratulated burridge on his a when and also the defeated a candidate that far right. kennedy jose antonio gus also and congratulated him so was sent the new guests in congratulated him and to whatever stepping error the

outgoing president said is that it's different to be a candidate than to be a presidents of people were really surprised also by the number by the differences, as paul's thought that this could be also neck to neck race between borage and cast . and certainly they did call that result quickly or given how polarized the election campaign itself was a does bore it have a strong mandate to govern. now it was really polar i especially over the past 2 weeks and month. i mean, if we look at that 2 candidates, it could not have more a different, more opposite ideas. he will not have a strong mandate in congress. of course, there will be need a to see and to talk also to him. the right wing part is pretty quickly supported. who say antonio doesn't, he is a lot of ideas, but of course it's different after ideas to be able also afterwards to implement it . so he wants to tack pension he wants to tackle healthy, wants to tackle education. and of course,

the support is we're really passionate and also optimistic of what the future brings, but it will not be for in it will not be easy for him to govern when he m b. what he will be the new president in march of next year. thank you very much for that update detail the your course on at benjamin over at cooper for us in santiago. let's bring you up to speed now on some other world news stories. the death toll from a typhoon ry in the philippines as search to 375, making it one of the deadliest storms to hit the country in years. right slammed into the philippines last week, leaving a trail of destruction and forcing over 380000 people to evacuate. and voters and hong kong have mostly stayed away from a legislative election in which all candidates were vetted for their loyalty to beijing. the hong kong electoral affairs commission said voter turnout was just over 30 percent. many opposition candidates have been silenced, jails or have fled the territory. what you theo be in

a government troops have been regaining territory. that was lost to grind, forces based in the countries north is the latest chapter in a conflict that has caused enormous suffering. in the horn of africa, ethiopia has been fighting a civil war for more than a year. now. forces from the t cry region are battling government troops in a conflict that has drawn in neighboring eritrea as well. both sides are accused of committing atrocities and have taken and retaken a territory with no cease fire in sight. meanwhile, tens of thousands of civilians have died and millions have lost their homes. access for journalist has been very limited, but our correspondent visited the government controlled. i'm horror region embedded with local authorities. from there, maria got nicholas group sent us this report on some of the people who've been affected. this is all that is left of are you but hands house to it. it was demolished by artillery fire, wendy tube, in army and to grand forces clashed in the area of amazon. hey,

this is where the table was a whole. it's all broken now. you know, look at it. it was a nice house. it was beautiful and wonderful. but she had an a 4 is for 9 days. well to grand rebels occupied her village on their way to the capitol hill about it and what we feared for our lives. we didn't know if they were going to kill us. we had children with us. we were scared or whatever, i was with my neighbors at night. it was very cold and the conflict has not spared civilians unless, unless village resident was a 21. people were killed by a romo antiquarian rebel young. but in law mcgovern, in this mass grave, we buried 4 people per hole that they weren't soldiers yet. they were honest civilians. local people buried them. we collected the bodies after they left. and there were some bodies, which is how eunice had started to eat. one, hundreds of thousands of people had fled, the violins meet the bellagio,

and her children sought refuge in this makeshift camp inevitable hun. but she says it lacks everything valid as another child. there is nothing to eat, we have children, and there are no clothes. people left their homes without their belongings. if we're being told it's safe to go back. but what we have to go back to, they burned down our houses. it's not just people's homes. public infrastructure has also been destroyed. this hospital in dessie was heavily looted and could, i could, i could look weird antibiotics here and now we have nothing around here. we had medicine to treat hypertension, mental health issues. yeah. a little bit. i hook the hospital was a referral center for 8000000 people that we thought were going all this waste material. you see here they did through the and below this is trasha. but among they're also medicines which we could have used to touch on without the a millisecond, but madonna can, in the people in m herrera already had difficulty accessing food. the war has made

that worse. the un says armed men and local communities looted 8 warehouses such as this one. and the government accuses to grand forces of disrupting the harvest. canada they came on, the crops mature and ready to be harvested, so they destroyed them. not only the crops that had been harvested, but also those that hadn't been collected yet. there was no one who loved without a global jamal. the conflict has affected everything. these people and i'm her, are the ones we can see in the neighboring to gray region. a great humanitarian crisis is also unfolding, but no one is allowed to go there and report on it. so for more, let's talk now with patrick yourself. he is the regional director of the international committee of the red cross in africa. thank you so much for taking the time to come on to dw news and what are the most pressing needs in ethiopia right now. and which areas are you primarily addressing in your work with the red

cross? greg, good morning. thanks for having me. indeed this, this crisis has affected. not only people in the north, but only yoke in as a whole where needs are rising very rapidly. conflict lines are very much still evolving and the needs of the most acute needs are seen in displace civilians. community which are these are acute notably, and i'm hot and gray regions. indeed, childrens are separated sometimes by from their families the precarious conditions they're exposed to many forms of violations. and indeed we're also very much concerned over the food situation in the north of its merrily, but also in other parts. where indeed, as your report has mentioned healthcare in the wrong conflict areas remain under enormous strength. children separated from their families, shortages of food, we've seen how much death and displacement has come from more than

a year of war. yeah, as you say, the conflict is spreading. so how exactly has the fighting affected your efforts to help people on the ground? you know, as i said, conflict lines are still evolving very will upwardly even in when we count only 13 months, 14 months onto the crisis in the north and other parts of it. we try and manage somehow to adopt our operational aid response to urgent the most urgent humanitarian needs. but indeed, as i said, the delivery of humanitarian assistance continues to be hampered by fighting by insecurity but, but also by constraints imposed on organizations, local or international to get access to the most needy civilians. and here we need to call on all those who are fighting to allow such a delivery of assistance because they're not only vital on their urgently needed to

save lives and not only to help people cope with the ongoing fighting. so it's imperative today that we knew in that direction and is your access currently being prevented by both sides in the fighting where we are, where we need to be when it comes to having physical presence in mckelly and she had a in the aroma regions and to south and east, but indeed what needs to be done is a full scale of an, a very urgent scale. in other circumstances we would have been able to reach every, every person who requires assistance. there are no absence of organizations to do so. but indeed, what we need is to be next to those who should not be disappointed today by the humanitarian community, by those fighting to get what they need most is to get the water. it's not a luxury to us for health care in such situations, and that's what we're really calling for. that's what we're trying to increase by the minute. negotiating in having fun and transfer and dialogue with all those

weapon betters who have a direct impact on people's life today. and patrick use of, of the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much for taking the time today. thank you. how long it's many impacts. the corona virus pandemic is also taking a toll on a tourism around the world's bethlehem. known as the birthplace of jesus is usually festive and colorful this time of year with israel having closed its borders to most foreigners and bethlehem. located in the occupied west bank, residents are getting ready for a muted holiday season. christmas in bethlehem with the palestinian town revert as the birthplace of jesus. here on mungo square. the tree is once again the center of attention. there are fewer restrictions than last here, but life is not the same as before. the pandemic with i have elected by i love bethlehem. i love coming here later. it's the 1st i know actually the 2nd time i've been during the holidays last year with corona,

it wasn't possible. i said this year i'd come with my friends lemonade had that issue. miles i had to pin this mega span. it's great to be here. oh, i'm quite surprised. there are so many decorations stickler because i didn't expect much. i should fin the that that money marked in the field. once again. this year, visitors from abroad will find it difficult to visit the occupied westbank. israel has closed its borders to foreigners with few exceptions, for at least 4 weeks because of all me gone, most visitors will be, are up is re lease and glucose palestinians. global situation is not so good. we have a bad news about it is a new vaviante over covey 19. but despite these bad news, we hope that makes you sound would be possible for good figures to compu, to beg, lamb 2 syllable 8th grade will read the locker crystals. the church of the nativity has been well coming visitors for centuries. the building has been completely

renovated over the past decade. the leaking roof, fixed and precious mosaics brought to light from under centuries old plaster. christmas is usually the busiest time, but it's quieter now. even here in the grotto where the silver star marks the supposed actual birthplace of jesus. all the same rehearsals for the traditional scale parade. i'm full swing palestinian scout troops like this one from the lutheran church and bates a who will open the festivities on december 24th in festive scout uniforms. the sea and we are moving forward for christmas. we did not march last to you know, to the current update this year. we have been crated guard remembered as our grid practicing almost daily. now, to march, i'd bought,

take it christmas. ah, we are. we're hoping that things will broad as planned. this 2nd pandemic christmas . many in bethlehem see it as more important than ever to spread the message of peace and goodwill to own we do have some breaking news coming in just now. organizers have announced they are postponing the annual world economic forum in davos, switzerland, due to concerns over the oma cron variant of the corona virus. the meaning of the world's business and economic elite will take place in the summer instead. last year's edition was also canceled due to the pandemic. so that is your news update at this hour. we're going to leave you here with a special treat humpback whales have made their way back to mexico's coast, to the delight of both tourists and locals. boats transported visitors to get a glimpse of the groups of wales, appearing briefly on the surface of the ocean. hope you enjoy, ah

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a host of pressure from the demands on infrastructure by growing populations to the risks of climate change on eco in the afternoon. we discover solutions to enhance the quality of life in not changing cities. hello and welcome. sunny up. i'm the oasis, i'm standing in. belies the reality around me. my is one of the many cities that seem unprecedented, accompanied by a building bul cement, has long shaped built environment. but it has an enormous carbon footprint. in such a green alternative, su engineers in summer or rescuing almost forgotten traditional know how, ah, arriving in gun up at the berlin, it appears to be a village like any other in india's coming not to state. the young have all left

only the elderly, demean custodians of local knowledge, including the reason which religious once been to their homes. you are happy i were made for i used to watch my father make them for your father. handcrafted them used a killing to make them? yes. oh, construction engineers out of in manhattan and credit balance of the money m. want to tap into this ancient knowledge. they have visit did more than 40 villages around them and not do in recent years. investigating the old techniques and building materials either minority bollinger rather than allowing the, the used to be only one or 2 masons per regional, local people would work together on the la male and couldn't. so any one over if you knew the anti prost monday. how a mud mixture should be and how to choose to model what to add to the lime and its consistency and about grouping and floating with them. we interviewed that elderly people in each region and benefit from their knowledge on the way he's on

a ladder and re opening $7070.00 at all storm meas, in keen that trojan is one of the last of his guy. and he's building a house 650 square meters anadia in villa coin in the old style yard tag. right to the line makes to lend the plaster. i sat in gene in the business for 50 years. he's delighted to share the secrets of traditional construction with a new generation of been does on got more, but if you go all the houses in my village used to be a big flag on the in the city. the current vendor structures like this. but we had met was a line plaster and pyro lawyer. this is went off seemingly wondering what i have in the maneuver and had a balance of money and have been building with natural materials for the last 3 years. thanks like my balance not are january. i shall go use in construction for

centuries to bind line, glasgow. me what reading of it. i'm going to go home. shoes, local media, local soil. luckily, sources for a lot of only then easy to structure. it doesn't, nothing big thing whitening the little body for me off modern construction met her amongst the most racial energy them the most every year global cement, production, tops for 1000000000 tons and manufacturing requires extremely high temperatures. the production of a single image, 700 kilograms of carbon dioxide. in addition, toxic chemicals in construction materials for help have plenty of a t. t wants to change her family from all that. she contacted the maneuver and put a little bit of money to build her and always staying holiday home in the countryside. again, the natural foaming. i'll be wanted clearly the organic farming because we wanted

to provide good food for our number on the phone. and since the wanted to house to stay in, when we came out here to be part of why not do the book with the 7 year old twins then by and sat to begun love to play at their country home in bed on dry the walls and quoted with 5 layers of line plaster that allowed the house to breathe. this natural material keeps the house cool in summer and warm during winter. the water, the 4 saws from a reclaimed wood market. when he got a d. d and her husband hammer dodge among a growing number, middle income house owners who have opted for green building materials out of in when o had and steam doesn't just use traditional techniques and materials to build new houses. they come in useful for restoration work due on properties like this one

nearby it or the little symbol. i mean elevator, you don't. this is a 90 year old billing that we have done with tape on the original one was a month, it was 1.5 feet a month, which they had quoted with 7 years of line lost a yearly layer line plastering money than i i don't mean to manhattan and barrett by less, a bit of money em have already completed numerous sustainable projects, mainly in rural areas including schools. depending on model and workmanship, building cost that drives it around $3000.00 rubies or $35.00 euros bars, grammy, done by contrast, a conventional house costs less than half that son wanted to have a deep deed and regret being less wind. she believes it's already being dividends. in a cleaner, more sustainable environment for her children now buying, caulk and berlin, maybe half a world away, but both fear the threat of drowning their drainage system can't cope with flooding,

caused by climate change. a water management model devised done city into veritable sponges, could help border state try thailand's capital city, bangkok has been hit, especially hard by climate change. the city is only one meter above sea level, which keeps rising at a rate of 5 millimeters per year. scientists predict that the city could be under water by the year 2050 alex face is a graffiti artist and parent who's worried about the future of his home. some stretches of land have already started thinking, for example, around the sandwich in temple only 20 kilometer south of bangkok. the ocean moved to the land the last 30 years. so the local people need to move to house is image router really and there was a village in a school here once,

but when the area was flooded, residence left and the school was moved inland. teens. the template now like an island that during flooding is surrounded by the sea, build a phenomena and gotten into big lana. here you see to make concrete oh, here, the dam to try protect the temple, but i feel fine. not stable. and is tracy is due to be the road here. germany recently experienced a climate change induced disaster. the summer of 2021 saw the worst flooding here in a century. nearly 200 people were killed and many remained. unaccounted for. damage costs were in the billions. the incredibly dry. somers created soil that was so parched, it couldn't absorb enough water. but drainage systems are also hitting their limits like here in berlin. heavy rainfall overwhelmed the infrastructure, leaving it unable to handle the massive volumes of water. this causes basements,

low lying building entrances, and subway tunnels to flood engineer come and zika from berlin, city water management design, so called decentralized rainwater management. like most cities, berlin has a sewer system, but it can't always cope. event is expanding act message because heavy rainfall has increased. the waste water systems can no longer drain that volume of water from i . factory snap light, wonders compton and pensive, and that's when you get over a flyer on a lease that's own huh. oh, and large volumes of surface rough water the collects in lower lying areas in banking dash baptism in to help tackle the problem. berlin aims to become a sponge city. the idea is to capture rainwater, like a sponge seat as an board, and then it can be drawn into the soil buffer house. that's good for the water supply and has all the benefits, like ab and greenery and climate that came out. and yes, the house to prevent flooding. oodles tamma. since 2017,

every new housing development in berlin has been built according to the sponge concept. a pioneering example is this residential area in southeast berlin. yes, the fatigue woods. i can ma'am. he, you can see the vast green re on the roof tops. that's one way that rainwater is captured and from there it evaporates with a higher mavita had done that. as much as 90 percent of rainwater can be captured in this way. run off, water flows through pipes into special drainage basins. there are also low lying flower beds, paid areas that are not sealed, and gaps in the curves that allow water to pass. but only about 4 percent of berlin's rooftops have plants like this. the sponge city is still in its early phases. back in bangkok, the city also wants to tackle flooding with green rooftops. like in berlin. it helps to use them for temporary water storage, so the rainwater can be put to good use. that's just one of many ways to give

nature a chance in concrete jungles. more importantly, it's an attempt to prevent catastrophic flooding in the future. i think they can do that. but we need t when every one, les, hey, wake up and see what's gonna happen. and we need to fix it to get cities have a near insatiable appetite for energy. the sun offers huge potential to meet their demands, but solar power storage is still riddled with problems. a team of scientists in europe says it's developed technology that's cheap, effective, and could ultimately help the world reach its climate goals. we checked out their pilot project in spin safety 1st. these engineers are getting ready to scale. a steep reactor here in the spanish city of seville. it's at the heart of

a pilot project that is now in its final phase one that holds the promise of a new method to store solar energy. we can okay bear with us. we need to be careful . that's why we switch off the solar field before we go up how to get him a lot of each of their equals 14 sons. we get fried her to de jakarta. he is giving his colleague gunter schumer, her tour. it's the german engineer's 1st visit to the plant. he's one of the numerous researchers who developed the reactors components in institutes across europe. but the pandemic prevented them from traveling to the side to install them . despite the obstacles they believed this plant could be a milestone in the quest to store solar power. at the base, calcium carbonate is fed into the reactor for cal fina. the chemical compound consists primarily of limestone tests here have shown it can store solar energy. the method is now ready for more extensive trials though some processes still need

to be optimized good to schumer reports a minor era back to his colleague and germany. mohammed usa is an expert for thermo chemical reactors, but was unable to accompany him on his trip. where the oil as if it would be identified, took a lot of fine liter. are we not reach gallagher my can fabricate? the 2 engineers have designed the power blocks and the plans conversion technology . the project is a matter close to muhammad you. shes hard, he experienced the severe effects of climate change 1st hand in his home country, bangladesh. one of the principal visits i live there, she is because you can't go out any more. today you have nothing but an interminably long summer. summer does not ended more. i wish you'd only perhaps relents for a few weeks in january, but the winter has disappeared. a future faced by countries worldwide. it's what's

driving warm at usa and is team to find sustainable storage methods for renewable energy funded by the you. the project has devised a method that relies on a chemical reaction process. panels sent solar energy to the mirrors on top of the reactor. together they produce temperatures of up to $950.00 degrees celsius. that heat causes the calcium carbonate to break up into calcium oxide and c o 2. these components can be stored for a long time and reused for further reaction processes to obtain energy when ever needed, ah, seasick in if we want to develop energy storage systems on a big global scale, we need abundant, stable non toxic and affordable materials. and calcium carbonate meets all these requirements a little boy you. currently,

it has few competitors. solar energy accounts for one 3rd of the electricity generated from renewables in the u. it's the fastest growing source, but when the sunlight vanishes, there are hardly options to make it available at a later time as needed. the most widespread solution is battery storage. in the west of spain, energy giant, a better allah uses lithium ion batteries. is the blender wonderful this solar car and it storage system will provide energy to $20000.00 homes every year. we run out and we'll avoid the emission of $12000.00 tons of c o 2 at the end, but it is the site manager over. so the parks construction, the install system, stores excess power that can be fed back into the grid when it is needed. the lithium batteries are locked away in these racks. we will not allow to film them on the inside. within 3 hours the batteries are fully charged. the energy is then used over the course of the day at times when they're.