The project developer from Wiesbaden has connected its first PV-battery hybrid project to the grid The plant in Leutershausen (Rhön-Grabfeld district) combines a solar park with a battery storage system The project developer was awarded the contract by the Federal Network Agency in the innovation tender in spring 2021 The solar park with more than 16,000 modules has a total output of 8.7 megawatts The smarter E Europe: Meet our experts! Each year it will produce around ten gigawatt hours of clean electricity This is roughly equivalent to the consumption of almost 3,000 three-person households The MTU Energy Pack QG battery storage system was supplied by Rolls-Royce Power Systems It has an output of 2.9 megawatts and a storage capacity of 5.8 megawatt hours the solar farm can also feed into the grid when the sun is not shining "Combinations of wind or solar plants with storage units are an important step towards making the availability of renewable energies more plannable," said Stefan Schuck The municipality benefits from the municipal levy of 0.2 cents per kilowatt hour generated praises the relatively short period between application and commissioning The process took only three years until the first kilowatt hour flowed into the grid at the end of May 2023 "This was only possible because everyone involved See also: 50-megawatt solar farm in Greece with bifacial modules With the subscription to this newsletter, I agree to be informed about interesting publishing and online offers of Alfons W. 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A podcast for investors on the opportunities and risks of the solar market The pv Europe editorial team offers their own analysis and discusses current topics with experts From Connecticut claims that Whitehead's half-mile flight in 1901 was the first flight not the well-known Wright brothers' flight that occurred two years later The ongoing battle between historians over who was really first in flight was rekindled last week New research advances the theory that a German immigrant in Connecticut is responsible for the first powered and controlled flight rather than the Wright brothers in North Carolina But historians at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum are saying not so fast 21" breakfast at Chip's Family Restaurant in Connecticut It's named after the airplane model that Gustave Whitehead allegedly flew for half a mile at an altitude of 50 feet on Aug That's more than two years before Orville and Wilbur Wright's famous run in Kitty Hawk an omelet with hamburger filling alongside German apple pancakes — in honor of Whitehead's heritage — is just the beginning "Our license plate should say 'firster in flight,' " says Bill Finch Historians have known for decades about an article in the Bridgeport Herald describing Whitehead's 1901 flight but they haven't seen the original photo that should have accompanied it John Brown works at an aircraft construction company in northern Germany Our license plate should say 'firster in flight.' While rummaging through a dusty museum attic in Bavaria Brown came across a picture from a 1906 exhibition on flight innovation On display in the background of that picture was a photo of what looked like Whitehead's No He also found dozens more newspaper articles describing the 1901 flight But really I'm not the highest authority in aviation I sent all of the stuff that I found to the highest authority which is Jane's All the World's Aircraft in England," he says editor of that internationally renowned publication has ruled that Whitehead deserves the honor of first in flight — not the Wright brothers Jackson says it's not likely the Bridgeport Herald writer and dozens of others lied in 1901 And now there's the original photo to prove it "The evidence cannot be shaken off anymore thanks to John Brown's researching," Jackson says associate director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum finds it "a little puzzling." He says the photo is too blurry — after all it's really trying to see what you want to see in the image," Jakab says it's a picture of a picture on the back wall of an exhibition Jakab and his colleagues at the Smithsonian firmly believe that the Wright brothers were the first to fly There are clear and crisp photos to prove it And he discounts the numerous newspaper stories about the Whitehead flight That doesn't mean that every one of those is a separate But Whitehead supporters have a darker explanation for why the Wright brothers have dominated the story has built an empire around the Wright brothers If you walk into the National Air and Space Museum the first thing you see is the Wright airplane — which was sold to the Smithsonian for $1 in 1948 Jane's editor Paul Jackson says there were other conditions "They had to agree with Orville Wright that they would never say that anybody else had flown a powered manned aircraft before they had done," Jackson says He thinks the Smithsonian is in a difficult position: Admit that Whitehead was first in flight and lose one of its most valuable exhibits But Jakab says he would never let a contract stand in the way of a historical fact "If that's some sort of personal sanction to how I interpret the evidence If he decides Whitehead flew first and the Smithsonian loses the plane museum exhibits and dishes like "Whitehead sausage" served in Bridgeport An earlier version of this online story contained a photo with an incorrect caption The caption stated that the photo showed Orville Wright piloting the powered Wright Flyer but the aircraft in the photo was a glider Become an NPR sponsor USA: Chunky’s swivel-chair cinema India: SPI in Warangal Canada: Cineplex VIP in Vancouver UK: Cineworld Ely Reel Chorley Germany: Berlin could get Film House Weber wants luxury for Erlangen Re-furb/Re-opening: United Cinemas Tokyo Odaiba Rathmine’s Stella back Closing: Inox singe-screen ‘multiplex’ Finally: Melania opens WH cinema to public Stockholm’s Filmstaden Scandinavia by SF Bio is the CJ + Vista’s Cinema of the Month India – SPI Cinema has opened a five-screen multiplex in Warangal, Telangana’s second largest city after Hyderabad.  S2 Cinemas at Maddox mall has 976 seats, 4K projectors from Barco, Harkness Clarus XC screens, MasterImage 3D and Dolby Atmos in all five auditoriums. The popcorn comes from Nebraska. Telugu Cinema – 15 May 2017 UK – Cineworld has opened a six-screen multiplex in Cambridgeshire as part of the £15.7 million Ely Leisure Village development. Cambridge News – 11 May 2017 Switzerland – The three-screen Vox cinema in Chamonix (no relation to the eponymous Gulf cinema) is set to be replaced by 2018, when its lease expires, with a new four-screen multiplex. The new cinema will be built on a spot between the MJC and the school near Place Mont Blanc. Vox had been suffering low attendance and came close to being closed twice before. Chamonet – 11 May 2017 UK – Odeon ended its operation as operator of the Printworks multiplex on 14 May, before being handed over to Vue. The transfer of the 23-screen multiplex will boost Vue’s market share in the UK by around 2%.  Manchester Evening News – 9 May 2017 Germany – Olympia cinema in Leutershausen shuts for refurbishment. It is getting a new toilet as well as other improvements to the 120-seat cinema that has been operating since 1952. Weinheimer Nachrichten (DE) – 11 May 2017 UK – Empire Cinema Sutton is closing for refurbishment on 4 June. Work on the cinema that opened 25 years ago will be completed this winter. “Empire is excited about their new cinema and look forward to being able to share details about this development in the coming month,” a spokesperson is quoted as saying. Your Local Guardian – 13 May 2017 Ireland (Republic of) – Rathmine’s Stella cinema is re-opening in July after 12 years of closure. “The new cinema will feature armchairs, ottomans and blankets, and food will be served to your seat. A cocktail club will be upstairs where the old dance hall once was.” The cinema was taken over by Press Up Entertainment group. The Journal – 13 May 2017 India – Inox is discontinuous operations at Shankarnag Chitramandira in Bengaluru. The single-screen cinema has 612 seats and for some reason Inox insists on calling it ‘Multiplex Cinema Theatre ‘, so it must be the world’s only 1-screen multiplex. Udaipur Kiran – 11 May 2017 Celluloid Junkie is the leading online resource dedicated to the global film and cinema business. Join a growing community of film and cinema industry professionals from around the world who rely on CJ to provide the latest news, insights, analysis, interviews, and research on the motion picture industry. Driver loses more than 12,000 euros in cargo Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice A German truck driver spilt 10,000 beer bottles while driving through the country’s southwest causing a roadblock and triggering a salvage operation Police officers said the 53-year-old driver was travelling on Friday near Leutershausen, Bavaria, when he approached a roundabout. The man was transporting 1,280 full beer boxes on his semi-trailer. While driving around the roundabout around 40 per cent of the cargo fell off his truck and onto the road below. The accident occurred at around 7.30pm on Friday. The driver is thought to have lost 12,000 euros (£10,900) in cargo. Mannheim police said volunteer firefighters from two nearby towns and a local civil defence team took part in the salvage operation. A blockade and diversion was in place at the roundabout for around six hours, a spokesperson said. It was lifted at around 2am on Saturday. Police said the truck driver was being investigated for insufficiently securing his cargo. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies