5 best news of November
The world’s largest free trade area has been created
China, Australia, Japan and 12 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region have formed the world’s largest free trade area.
The agreement was signed during the online summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. We are talking about the creation of a free trade area called the Comprehensive Regional Economic Partnership (CREP).
The following countries have joined forces for free trade: Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Tesla will build one of the largest batteries in the world in Australia
The American company Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, in cooperation with the French company Neoen will build a large system of lithium-ion batteries with a total capacity of 300 megawatts in the Australian state of Victoria.
A giant battery called the Victorian Big Battery Megapack will be installed in Geelong, 70 kilometers from Melbourne.
It is noted that this place was chosen taking into account the availability of the necessary infrastructure: the city is already connected to wind farms on the south coast, to large solar power plants in northern Victoria. It also runs power lines that connect most of the state and the national grid.
The project is scheduled to launch in late summer 2021.
Starlink will launch in Europe in February 2021
Elon Musk said that in February-March 2021, the Starlink satellite network will be launched in a test version in Europe.
A test version of the satellite network, which provides broadband Internet access, was launched in the northern states of the United States and southern Canada on October 26, 2020 at a price of $ 99 per month, plus a one-time $ 499 for the necessary equipment.
Musk said that European countries will have access to the service as soon as the approval of European regulators – he expects a decision in February or March 2021.
Ukraine has joined NASA’s space exploration program
Ukraine became the ninth country to join NASA’s Artemis program. The program regulates international cooperation in the study and exploration of the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids.
This is stated in the message of the State Space Agency of Ukraine.
The signatory countries of the Artemis program undertake to publish the scientific data obtained as a result of its implementation, to carry out all measures for the development of space for peaceful purposes.
Chinese and Ukrainian companies will build a wind farm
The Chinese company POWERCHINA and the Ukrainian company WindFarm have signed a contract for the joint construction of a wind farm. This was reported by the press service of WindFarm.
“The cost of the project is at least $ 1 billion, which makes it the largest wind energy project in Ukraine,” the statement said.
The company said that the sale of electricity produced in the wholesale electricity market will be without a feed-in tariff.”