• Wind Turbine Giant Siemens Gamesa has claimed their recyclable blades are “the world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades ready for commercial offshore use
• The company has also reported that they will work with RWE a German utility company to install and pilot the blades at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the North Sea as soon as 2022

Plant-based chicken substitute by Impossible foods launched in US restaurants  

• On September 7, Impossible Foods meatless chicken nuggets debuted in restaurants and will come to supermarkets by the end of September
• After difficulty receiving regulatory approval for its use of heme in the European Union and China, the company skipped using the ingredient in its chicken alternative

Hyundai plans to convert all of its commercial vehicle models to hydrogen fuel cells by 2028

• By 2028, the Hyundai Motor Group has plans to advance hydrogen fuel cell technology to all of its commercial vehicle models 
• On the fuel-cell front, Hyundai said its next-generation system would come in 100-kilowatt and 200-kilowatt versions

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• The labor shortage has allowed many lower-wage workers to have an advantage over their employer
• Companies such as Target, McDonald’s, and Walmart are offering more pay or new perks in an effort to recruit and keep employees

Varda Space Industries and Rocket Lab announce deal for three spacecraft

• Rocket Lab announced a deal with Varda Space Industries on August 11, to create three Photon spacecraft to support the first in-space manufacturing missions for the start-up
• Rocket Lab will deliver the first Photon spacecraft for Varda in the first quarter of 2023 and the next two spacecraft will be expected to deliver  in 2024

Meatless sausage from Impossible Foods is coming to grocery stores

• More than a year ago, the company launched the sausage alternative nationwide at restaurants and now Impossible Foods is bringing its product to U.S. grocery stores
• The Impossible Sausage is expected to be 25% to 35% more expensive than animal-based sausage and also has plans to release meat-free chicken nuggets

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• Filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Walmart must pay damages in a disability discrimination lawsuit
• The lawsuit was filed after a 16-year-old Walmart employee with down syndrome  named Marlo Spaeth was fired after she struggled to manage her new scheduled hours
• In winning the lawsuit, a jury awarded Spaeth more than $125 million in damages 

England has new plans for large gigafactory as other countries also ramp up battery-production capacity

• If plans for the proposed new development in Coventry, England are built, it would focus on recycling batteries and producing batteries for electric vehicles
• This project is claiming that it could generate u to 6,000 new jobs and thousands more across their supply chain
• The facility is planned to cover an area of up to 5.7 million square feet and using 100% renewable energy

IRS Free File program will no longer include Intuit TurboTax

• Yesterday (Thursday) Inuit which is the parent company of TurboTax has announced they will no longer participate in the IRS Free File program 
• In a blog, the company reported that those who still need to file their taxes and qualify for the Free File program will be able to use the program until October

New meatless chicken nugget set to release in the fall by Impossible Foods

• Impossible Foods has been working on a new meatless chicken nugget that they plan to release this fall
• The company’s competitor Beyond Meat had released its chicken tenders earlier in July  for US restaurants 
• To mimic the taste and texture of chicken, Impossible’s nugget recipe includes soy protein and sunflower oil

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