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De jury van de muziekprijs stelt dat Suzan & Freek „mensen verenigen in een tijd van polarisatie. Zo maakte het duo de grootste impact op de Nederlandse popmuziek in 2025.”
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Friday a federal judge "cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project." But a U.S. federal judge also ruled Thursday that another major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, reports the Hill. "The project, which would supply power to New York, was one of five that were halted by the Trump administration in December...."
In fact, there were three different court rulings this week each allowing construction to continue on a U.S. wind project:
Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, granted a preliminary injunction allowing Empire Wind to keep building... Another, Revolution Wind, was also allowed to move forward in court this week... The project would provide enough power for up to 500,000 homes, according to its website. The court's decision allows construction to resume while the underlying case against the Trump order plays out.
Meanwhile, power company Orsted "is also suing over the pause of its Sunrise Wind project for New York," reports the Associated Press, "with a hearing still to be set."
The fifth paused project is Vineyard Wind, under construction in Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind LLC, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, joined the rest of the developers in challenging the administration on Thursday.
CNN points out that the Vineyard Wind project "has been allowed to send power to the grid even amid Trump's suspension, a spokesperson for regional grid operator ISO-New England told CNN in an email."
Residential customers in the mid-Atlantic region, including Virginia, desperately need more energy to service the skyrocketing demand from data centers â" and many are seeing spiking energy bills while they wait for new power to be brought online.
CNN notes that president Trump said last week "My goal is to not let any windmill be built; they're losers."
The Associated Press adds that "In contrast to the halted action in the US, the global offshore wind market is growing, with China leading the world in new installations. Nearly all of the new electricity added to the grid in 2024 was renewable. The British government said on Wednesday it had secured a record 8.4 gigawatts of offshore wind in Europe's largest offshore wind auction, enough clean electricity to power more than 12m homes."
In fact, there were three different court rulings this week each allowing construction to continue on a U.S. wind project:
Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, granted a preliminary injunction allowing Empire Wind to keep building... Another, Revolution Wind, was also allowed to move forward in court this week... The project would provide enough power for up to 500,000 homes, according to its website. The court's decision allows construction to resume while the underlying case against the Trump order plays out.
Meanwhile, power company Orsted "is also suing over the pause of its Sunrise Wind project for New York," reports the Associated Press, "with a hearing still to be set."
The fifth paused project is Vineyard Wind, under construction in Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind LLC, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, joined the rest of the developers in challenging the administration on Thursday.
CNN points out that the Vineyard Wind project "has been allowed to send power to the grid even amid Trump's suspension, a spokesperson for regional grid operator ISO-New England told CNN in an email."
Residential customers in the mid-Atlantic region, including Virginia, desperately need more energy to service the skyrocketing demand from data centers â" and many are seeing spiking energy bills while they wait for new power to be brought online.
CNN notes that president Trump said last week "My goal is to not let any windmill be built; they're losers."
The Associated Press adds that "In contrast to the halted action in the US, the global offshore wind market is growing, with China leading the world in new installations. Nearly all of the new electricity added to the grid in 2024 was renewable. The British government said on Wednesday it had secured a record 8.4 gigawatts of offshore wind in Europe's largest offshore wind auction, enough clean electricity to power more than 12m homes."
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GRONINGEN (ANP) - De Popprijs 2025 gaat naar Suzan & Freek. Het tweetal kreeg de prestigieuze juryprijs zaterdagavond uitgereikt op het festival Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) in Groningen.
Suzan & Freek zou afgelopen jaar zes keer optreden in de Ziggo Dome, maar moest de concertreeks halverwege afbreken, omdat Freek Rikkerink ongeneeslijk ziek bleek te zijn. Het duo veegde daarop hun agenda leeg, maar maakte enkele weken later bekend toch weer op te gaan treden. Ook scoorden ze een nummer 1-hit met Niemand.
Volgens de jury van de Popprijs drukte niemand "het afgelopen jaar een groter stempel op de Nederlandse popmuziek dan dit duo". "Dat deden ze in een tijd waarin hun eigen leven een gitzwarte wending kreeg. Tegen die achtergrond bleef het duo artiesten die in verbinding staan met hun fans", aldus het juryrapport.
TABQA (ANP/AFP) - Het Syrische leger is verder opgerukt in het noorden van het land. Daardoor hebben ze nu gebieden in handen die lange tijd gecontroleerd werden door de Koerden.
Vorige week verdreef het Syrische leger al Koerdische militairen uit wijken in Aleppo en een nabijgelegen stad. Nu is het leger verder doorgestoten en heeft het onder meer het vliegveld Tabqa overgenomen.
De Syrische regering van Ahmed al-Sharaa wil het land graag verenigen onder één bestuur. De Koerden hebben in feite al tien jaar een autonoom bestuur, door hun verzet tegen dictator Bashar al-Assad. Nadat hij was afgezet spraken de Koerden met de nieuwe machthebbers af om het Koerdische bestuur en de Koerdische strijdkrachten te integreren in die van het nieuwe Syrië.
Maar over de manier waarop werden ze het niet eens en dat leidde de afgelopen week tot oplopende spanningen. Al-Sharaa tekende vrijdag een decreet waarin de rechten van Koerden werden erkend, maar volgens Koerden is dat nog niet genoeg.