*China Starts World's Biggest Floating Solar Project
A unit of China Three Gorges Corp. is building a 1 billion yuan ($151 million) floating solar power plant, the world’s biggest, in the nation’s eastern province of Anhui. China Three Gorges New Energy Co. started building the 150-megawatt project in July and part of the plant was connected to the grid.
The project features panels fixed to floats on the surface of a lake that formed after a coal mine collapsed, according to the unit. The entire facility is expected to come online by May 2018.
*NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), is a global civil society coalition working to promote adherence to and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. ICAN was launched in 2007 and counts 468 partner organizations in 101 countries as of 2017.
*ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit, New Delhi (December 11-12, 2017)
Theme: Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed in 1967 to promote political and economic cooperation and regional stability. ..
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*Yeraringan Award to Prof. M.S. Swaminathan.
