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TSMC is running out of capacity on the N3 node. And that’s going to affect everything you buy.

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There is a bottleneck that conditions everything in the technology industry and it has a very specific name: TSMC’s N3 node. AI has devoured 3nm chip manufacturing capacity faster than anyone anticipated, and right now there aren’t enough wafers to go around. Why is it important. The N3 node is not just the process where the most advanced AI chips are made. It is also where the iPhone, Macs, iPads, Qualcomm Snapdragons and Intel laptop processors live. When that capacity disappears absorbed by the demand for data centers, the impact does not remain in the server area: it reaches mobile phones, computers and any device that depends on the latest generation chips. Therefore, it reaches all of us. The context. For years, the N3 was almost the exclusive territory of consumer electronics. Apple was its first big customer with chips M3, M4 and M5 for Mac, and the A17, A18 and A19 for iPhone. Qualcomm uses it in its Snapdragon 8 Elite. MediaTek, in its most advanced Dimensions. That balance in which everyone was reasonably happy has been blown up in 2026. According to the analysis of SemiAnalysis (forgive the redundancy), in this exercise the AI ​​accelerators are going to absorb about 60% of all TSMC’s N3 production. In 2027, that figure could reach 86%, leaving mobile and PC manufacturers with hardly any access to the node. Between the lines. What has happened is a confluence that no one has managed in time. TSMC was slow to expand its capacity: Although the big AI investment cycle began in late 2022, with the bombshell arrival of ChatGPT, TSMC’s capital spending did not surpass its previous all-time peak until 2025. By then, demand had already caught up. The result is that TSMC today acts as an involuntary arbiter deciding who can build what and when. NVIDIA secured the N3P wafers for its new Rubin architecture before anyone else, displacing other clients. Google and Broadcom They got to the N3 even before NVIDIA, with the v7 TPUs already in production during 2025 and a big increase in volume this year. amd, AWS with his Trainium3and Goal with his MTIA They also compete for the same node. AND Apple, Qualcomm and Intel They are, in this new distribution, those who stand in line. The big question. Can anyone stand up to TSMC? In the short term, the answer is no. Intel Foundry has the political backing of the Trump administration and could capture assignments that add points to him. Samsung has landed some big contracts (including Tesla chips and, according to SemiAnalysisan entry in NVIDIA’s supply chain), but its technology remains behind. Foundry diversification is more of a strategic desire than a real alternative, at least for now. Yes, but. There is one nuance that should be remembered: the shortage of N3 is accelerating the transition to node N2the next step in TSMC’s roadmap. Some mobile manufacturers that planned to stay in N3 are moving ahead of schedule, not by technical choice or because the timing be the most logical, but because they have no other option. The shortage not only redistributes the present, it is also rewriting the product calendars of half the sector. In Xataka | Chinese memory manufacturers are no longer secondary players: they are the lifeline of the consumer market Featured image | Igor Shalyminov

China has broken records by expanding its wind and solar capacity. Now going all out with pumped hydroelectric storage

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In December 2020, Xi Jinping, the president of China, announced that the country he leads would reach 1,200 GW of installed wind and solar capacity by 2030. He was wrong. China reached this figure in July 2024and, therefore, no less than six years before the deadline set by the Government. At the end of 2025, the accumulated capacity of these two energy sources exceeded 1,840 GW, making them those responsible for 47.3% of China’s electrical capacity. That was the first time wind and solar energy They surpassed coal and gas in the Chinese electricity mix. However, the rapid expansion of these renewable energy sources has placed China in a scenario in which it is crucial to find a way to integrate them efficiently into the country’s energy system. Wind and solar energy have an intermittent nature, so it is essential to develop large-scale storage infrastructure and a network that is capable of managing the peaks and valleys of supply in an automated way. Pumping is the most efficient way to store energy on a large scale To solve this challenge, China has launched a strategy that proposes transforming energy storage into a national priority. One of the solutions it is deploying is installing large battery systems at a record pace. In 2025 its battery storage capacity grew by 75% compared to 2024. However, in this area its biggest bet is pumped hydroelectric storage. At the moment China has more pumping projects underway than all the other countries in the world combined. Their plan is to use excess solar and wind energy to pump water into elevated reservoirs and release it when electricity is needed. Pumped hydroelectric plants fit very well in mountainous countries because they allow you to take advantage of uneven terrain to move large masses of water between two reservoirs or deposits at different heights. China currently has more pumping projects underway than all other countries in the world combined. The excess energy can be used to pump water from the lower reservoir to the upper one using a hydraulic pump, and to recover that energy it is only necessary to let it fall back into the lower reservoir from the upper one so that it drives a hydraulic turbine. Pumped hydroelectricity has been used for more than a century, but it remains a very attractive technology. In fact, it is currently one of the energy storage systems more efficient large scale. The largest facility of its kind in Europe it is the pumped hydroelectric plant of the Cortes–La Muela complex (La Muela I + La Muela II), on the Júcar river (Valencia). If we stick to pumped hydro storage, China aims to add about 100 GW in five years compared to the current 59 GW. If it achieves its purpose, this technology will become the basis of its long-term storage system in this country. Still, the Government has also committed to more rapidly expanding battery storage. At the end of 2025 the accumulated capacity reached 136 GWwhich multiplies by 40 the level proposed by the previous five-year plan. Lithium-ion batteries clearly dominate this market, but China is investigating alternative technologiessuch as sodium-ion batteries, compressed air batteries, flywheels or gravitational storage. Image | Generated by Xataka with Gemini More information | Volt Insight Xataka | China dominates the world of renewable energy, but it has an Achilles heel: it depends on the West more than it admits

more capacity and driverless trains

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It is the most used line of the entire Spanish railway network, and now faces its greatest transformation in decades. The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, has presented an investment plan of 1,350 million euros to renew the Madrid Cercanías C5 from top to bottom. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2031 and for this, two cuts are already planned in the next summers of 2027 and 2028. We will tell you all the details. A line that moves Spain. The C5 connects the south and southwest of Madrid (Alcorcón, Leganés, Fuenlabrada, Móstoles) with the center of the capital through Atocha, and absorbs 29% of all commuter travelers in Madrid, which together moves nearly 250 million people a year. According to Ministry data, some 72 million users use it every year, making it the public transport line with the most travelers in the entire country. Just like they count According to El Diario, 56% of these trips are for work or academic reasons. Because now. According to they count From El País, demand has grown by 10% between 2022 and 2024, and current infrastructures are not prepared to absorb that increase. The trains in service do not exceed 150 meters in length, the platforms do not allow longer vehicles and the signaling system has become obsolete. Furthermore, the Ministry deliberately delayed the start of these works so as not to coincide with the burial of the A-5works that have given more work to the C5 since last year by increasing frequencies by 30%. What exactly is going to be done. The plan collects about 28 performances which will be distributed between Adif (650 million) and Renfe (700 million). The most important ones include: The extension of platforms between 40 and 50 extra meters to accommodate trains of up to 200 meters. The construction of the new Móstoles-El Soto station. The reorganization of the track change points between Atocha and Móstoles (bringing them closer to metro entrances to facilitate transfers). The renewal of the signaling system to the European ERTMS Level 2 standard. Accessibility and safety improvements in tunnels and underground stations. Renfe, for its part, will allocate 600 million to the purchase of 35 new Stadler trains, which are already in production and are expected to be received in the coming weeks to be put on other lines first. The cuts: when and where. Puente comments that interruptions will be “inevitable”, but that they will occur at times of lower demand. The first major cut will affect the Atocha-Cuatro Vientos section for four months starting in the summer of 2027, to begin work on the underground infrastructure and the countervault of the Laguna station. The second will arrive in the second half of 2028, with another four-month window to renew exhausts and signaling on the sections towards Móstoles and Cuatro Vientos. Of course, the entire calendar is conditional on the Madrid City Council complete the burying of the A-5 in January 2027, as promised. So if the timing fails, the plan would have to be modified. Alternatives during outages. The Ministry provides free replacement buses operated by the EMT and reinforcement on Metro and other Cercanías lines. According to collect El Diario, Puente has requested the collaboration of the Regional Transport Consortium of the Community of Madrid, and has demanded “the same loyalty” that, according to him, the Ministry has had in delaying the works of the C5 while the burying of the A-5 lasted. Of the 700 million from Renfe, 40 will be specifically allocated to finance this alternative transportation plan. When will they end. If the schedule is met, testing of the new ERTMS system will begin in April 2029, the first trains with automatic driving will begin to circulate in April 2030, and the line will be completed in October 2031. The objective is to go from 72 to 100 million travelers annually, with a capacity 60% greater than the current one. Puente has described this project as “the most important in terms of mobility so far this century.” Cover image | Transport Network and Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility In Xataka | Ouigo arrived in Spain, knocking down prices to gain a foothold in the market: four years later it is already profitable

In the midst of the RAM and SSD crisis, there are those who are launching laptops and mobile phones with more capacity at the same price: Apple

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Apple has set out to eclipse the Mobile World Congress. He does not attend the Barcelona fair, but he has presented products. For now, the iPhone 17ethe new MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro and M5 Max processorsthe new MacBook Air M5 and the renewal of your monitor Studio Display. And what has caught my attention the most is the “generosity” of an Apple that has not accustomed us to it. Because, with the one that is falling with the RAM crisis and of SSD priceApple is offering more without increasing the price. And it is something that has several readings… and some asterisks. The new devices. There isn’t much new in anything the company has presented so far. It is assumed that there is still a ‘cheap’ MacBook throughout this Wednesday, March 4, but what they have already presented is, basically, the same as last year, but with new processors. The iPhone 17e is a mobile phone with an outdated design, but it includes a slightly cut version of the processor of the iPhone 17 Pro. The MacBook Pros were already beasts in many ways and now they can be equipped with the M5 Pro and M5 Max that reach absurd figures for GPU capacity and memory bandwidth in the most powerful versions. And the MacBook Air was already a very interesting device for mobility, but now also somewhat more powerful. As I say, not much new on the front, until we look at the storage. With the one that is falling… At this point, no one is aware that we are experiencing an unprecedented component crisis. It’s not like 2020, when a bunch of factors caused a global chip crisis. Now there is only one “culprit”: artificial intelligence. There is three main companies that manufacture memory (Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung), and the three have focused almost the entire his production to memories for AI. This is causing not only us to have to pay more to be able to buy RAM or an SSD for our PC, but also the manufacturers themselves are changing their device launch plans –the steam machine-, there is someone who is selling laptops without RAM or without SSDwho looks to Chinese manufacturers to see if they can find a solution or, directly, those who can withdraw from the market. And, in the middle of that hurricane, Apple (which It is not characterized by its popular prices), launches devices. And the surprise came. Generosity. I’m not going to explain much, I’m just going to give some information: The iPhone 17e starts with 256 GB of storage and costs 709 euros. He iPhone 16e It started at 128 GB and cost 709 euros. The MacBook Air M5 costs 1,199 euros with 512 GB of SSD. He MacBook Air M4 It cost the same at launch, 1,199 euros (in October last year they lowered it by 100 euros to 1,099 euros), but with 256 GB. On these devices, Apple has doubled the storage while maintaining the price. And not only that: the Studio Display XDR was sold with a basic tilt adjustment stand, but you could purchase the articulated arm that allowed you to adjust both angle and height. The price of support? 999 euros, which became a meme. Now, the new Studio Display XDR It comes with that ‘Pro’ support included. Of course, the base MacBook Pro M5 costs 100 euros more with a 1 TB SSD instead of 512 GB. Generosity? What is happening here, is the first thing I thought when I started analyzing the price. There are several options that can be compatible… and even all at the same time. No company is there to give away, so it is simply possible that they have a huge stock of 512 GB SSDs that they now mount as a base in their computers. This would make sense if we take into account the very high price of expanding the memory on an Apple device. The most basic option would be the most chosen, so those with 128 GB on mobile phones and 256/512 on MacBooks would be the best sellers and, therefore, have a surplus of the expanded options that fewer people would opt for. Another reading may be that, due to the high price of the devices, Apple decides to absorb part of the cost of RAM because it’s still worth itmaking money per device sold and expanding the Mac user base at a time when Windows laptops can have a very difficult time. What Apple saves are the chargers in its new equipment. The MacBook Pro no longer included a charger, but the MacBook Air did. Now not even that. The turn. The other option is that… it will be our turn. The prices that I have detailed are in euros and for Spain if we take into account the launch price, without subsequent offers or reductions. In the United States, things are very different. They have also doubled the storage, but the MacBook Air in its 13 and 15-inch versions now They are 100 dollars more expensive than the previous generation. It is always complicated because direct conversions cannot be made from the US price to the European price (in fact, the M5 MacBook Air costs $1,099 and $1,299 compared to our 1,199 euros and 1,499 euros), but we may simply have to face that price increase in 2027 models. Because, unfortunately, the RAM crisis is going to last a long time. Intel He thinks he has the rest of the decade ahead of him, NVIDIA does not have good forecasts either and Samsung has just said that, if that, it will begin to ease in 2027. Images | Apple, Samsung In Xataka | Apple has been the industry’s first customer for decades. AI is relegating it to the background

In 2025, China installed more wind electricity capacity than the US has deployed in its history. And it’s just the beginning

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The world faces a textbook climate contradiction: the planet desperately needs cheap, clean energy, but when someone manages to produce it on a massive scale, Western powers put up barricades. We are witnessing a pattern identical to the one that has already shaken the electric car industry. China leads the most competitive green technology, the West fears it and slows it down with tariffs, and, ultimately, the climate ends up paying the bill for this blockade. The figures speak for themselves. According to the latest data published by Wood Mackenzieglobal order intake for wind turbines reached 215 gigawatts (GW) in 2025. This is the second highest figure in recorded history. And the big winners of this milestone were not going to be anyone else. Yes, we are talking about China. While total global volume saw a slight decline of 8% in 2025 – driven by a strategic pause in the Chinese domestic market – the international expansion of Chinese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) has been relentless. The global consulting firm details that orders from these companies outside their borders skyrocketed by 66% year-on-year, tripling the volumes of 2023. The dominance is almost absolute: eight of last year’s top ten global manufacturers are Chinese, with Goldwind, Envision and Windey crowning the list. But this industrial power cannot be understood without the colossal infrastructure that supports it. China has carried out an engineering feat unprecedented: in 2025 alone, the Asian giant added 542.7 GW of capacity to its electricity grid. In less than half a decade, Beijing has built more energy infrastructure than the United States has deployed in its entire history. From imitation to innovation. The narrative that China only competes by price gouging has expired. The country has made a qualitative leap towards cutting-edge innovation. In these last months we have collected in Xataka the milestones of the Asian country in terms of the construction of large wind turbines in the middle of the sea. This certifies the end of the Western monopoly in emerging markets. While European manufacturers such as Vestas or Nordex maintain leadership in their natural territory, they are losing ground globally to Asian offers with high technical specifications and low costs. For Beijing it is not just about ecology; It is a national security strategy to guarantee the supply of intensive industries, such as Artificial Intelligence, and free ourselves from dependence on imported fossil fuels. This is how they conquer the Global South. Faced with a domestic market that is beginning to mature, the Asian giants have set their eyes on the Middle East, India and Latin America. Finlay Clark, principal analyst of Wood Mackenzie, gives the key to this expansion: Chinese manufacturers are making waves thanks to the rapid deployment of giant platforms of more than 10 MW. These megaturbines allow developers to minimize costs on gigawatt-scale projects. The result is devastating: in 2025, Chinese companies will capture the 95% of regional capacity in the Middle East and Africa. The symbol of this surprise was planted in Saudi Arabia, where the Goldwind company achieved a historic order of 3.1 GW to supply two sites. Furthermore, in its ambition to dominate deep waters—where wind potential is multiplying—China is already manufacturing fully domestic all the key components of its floating platforms. An imminent train wreck. Geopolitics has fully entered the spreadsheet of energy promoters. Wood Mackenzie warns that the policy It is making acquisitions drastically more expensive and complicated. Barriers such as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the expansion of US tariffs costs are skyrocketing import of steel and heavy components. The market is facing critical tension. On the one hand, regulatory pressure pushes costs up; On the other hand, the profitability of the projects requires increasingly cheaper turbines. Despite this panorama, there are reasons for optimism in the Old Continent: although the intake of offshore wind orders fell by 17% in 2025 due to the restructuring of European tenders, analysts They predict a strong rebound by 2026, boosted by new grant schemes such as the UK’s round 7 auctions. The Western Counterattack. However, China’s apparent invulnerability has cracks. As we detail in Xataka, Beijing suffers from a silent but critical dependence on Western technology. The Chinese wind industry has the muscle to assemble like a beast, but it lacks the “brain”: it needs to import 100% of the logic modules that control the turbines in real time and 70% of the transistor modules for the electrical grid. However, the real obstacle for the West, experts warn, is no longer just capital, but “human bottleneck”: Decades of offshoring have emptied the United States and Europe of engineers and specialized industrial labor. Condemned to understand each other. The energy transition has ceased to be an environmental mission and has become a total geopolitical battlefield. China dominates scale, speed and execution, while the West still holds the keys to critical technological innovation and capital markets. The great irony is that this trade war of tariffs and blockades risks slowing down decarbonization at the most critical time for the planet. At the end of the day, the interdependence between both blocks is their greatest weakness, but also the only guarantee that, sooner or later, they are condemned to understand each other. Image | Land Rover Our Planet (CC BY-ND 2.0) Xataka | China dominates the world of renewable energy, but it has an Achilles heel: it depends on the West more than it admits

lack of electrical capacity

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For decades, the major obstacles to housing construction in Spain have almost always been the same: land, permits, financing or administrative deadlines. Today, a new limit has been added to that list, less visible and much more difficult to overcome. In many parts of the country, promotions with approved planning and projects ready to start are stopped before moving a single machine. Not because of a lack of buyers or because of urban problems, but because they cannot connect to the electrical grid. Without this permit, there is no development or work possible. What seemed like a technical procedure has become an unexpected wall. And it happens more and more frequently. The grid says “no”: the collapse of electrical capacity. The data confirms that this is not a one-time problem. Spain is going through structural saturation of its electrical distribution network, which is blocking new residential developments in much of the territory. According to the electrical employers’ association Aelecin 2024 the urban sector requested around 6.7 gigawatts (GW) of access and connection to the electrical grid for new housing developments. At the end of the year, only a very small part of those applications were approved. Around 40% were directly rejected due to lack of capacity, and another significant percentage was still in process. The traffic jam was not corrected in 2025. On the contrary, according to the employeronly 12% of requests for access and connection to the electrical grid have been granted. In total, around 40 gigawatts have been requested, of which 66% could not be met due to lack of capacity, a fact that reinforces the idea that the problem is no longer temporary, but structural. The diagnosis is clear for the promoter sector. The Association of Real Estate Developers of Madrid, ASPRIMA, estimates that the capacity corresponding to the applications denied in 2024 is equivalent to approximately 350,000 homes throughout Spain that are at risk of not being able to be urbanized, at least within the planned deadlines. The situation did not improve the following year. Although the data disaggregated by sector is not yet known, as El Mundo has detailedthe rejection rate for all applications for network access – including industry, urban planning, data centers or electric mobility – has increased to 66%, compared to 49% the previous year. A problem that spreads throughout the territory. The electricity blockade especially affects large cities, where the demand for housing is higher and residential developments are concentrated. Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Seville are among the areas with the highest volume of rejected urban planning applications, as El Mundo has had access. But the problem is not limited to large urban centers. Entire provinces have critical levels of saturation. The capacity maps of the distribution network confirm this x-ray. The latest update shows that more than 88% of electrical nodes medium and low voltage networks are already saturated, which prevents the connection of new residential consumers. Why has it reached this point? The causes of the collapse are multiple and have accumulated over time. One of the main ones is the mismatch between urban planning and electrical planning. As ASPRIMA explainedresidential developments advance on paper without the network being prepared to absorb the new demand, forcing developers to assume unforeseen reinforcements or wait for network expansions that can take years. Added to this imbalance is a simultaneous increase in electricity demand coming from several fronts: industrial electrification, data centerselectric mobility, self-consumption and energy rehabilitation of the housing stock. According to Endesa datamore than 50% of connection requests are being rejected due to insufficient capacity. Regulation is another link in the traffic jam. The current system prioritizes the order of arrival (“first come, first served”), regardless of the degree of maturity of the projects. There are also long and rigid power reserves, as well as points with physically available capacity that are not used due to regulatory barriers, what is known as “idle capacity”. All of this is based on an infrastructure designed for an energy system very different from the current one. As We have pointed out in several analyzes in Xatakafor every euro invested in electricity generation, barely 40 cents are allocated to networks, when the energy transition requires just the opposite: strengthening transportation and distribution. A lot of land, little capacity to connect it. The contrast between potential and reality is striking. Spain has classified residential land with theoretical capacity for up to seven million homes, but only a minimal fraction is in a position to be developed in the short term. According to the Atlas Reanalytics report87% of potential homes lack immediate access to the electrical grid, which limits their viability even in advanced phases of urban management. The average time to transform land into housing exceeds twenty years in most provinces. In other words, the problem is not just how much land is available, but what infrastructure goes along with it. Unlocking the bottleneck. Given this scenario, ASPRIMA has prepared a report with 16 measures to unlock thousands of homes through regulatory and operational changes in the electrical infrastructure. The proposals are grouped into five large areas: network planning, optimization of existing capacity, administrative streamlining, certainty in the execution of infrastructure and review of cost distribution. From the electricity sector they agree that the problem requires an urgent response. Aelec, together with Deloitte, calls for more investment in networksmore advance and flexible planning and a stable regulatory framework that facilitates the financing of new infrastructures. It also proposes taking advantage of underused capacity in the transportation network and accelerating permits and reinforcements. An impact that goes beyond construction. The saturation of the electrical network not only affects the promotion of new housing. It also threatens electrification and improving the efficiency of the existing residential stock. Today, the residential sector concentrates the 18% of final energy consumption and continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels for air conditioning. Without a network capable of absorbing new demand, it will be difficult to deploy technologies such as … Read more

more than 30 meters long and capacity for 350 people

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The DAF Super Citytrain seems to the story of a mythological creature, an assembly with metal sheets, equipped with motor and tires and designed to move on the asphalt with hundreds of accommodated people inside. Little has been published about its history and even less about what its destiny has been, achieving an image of yours is almost an impossible mission and its origins date back a few decades ago, but nevertheless there it follows, in Guinness Record pagesholding the longest bus title ever manufactured. Although There are those who point That the world’s largest service record is already held by other more recent models, their data continues to impress. Don’t say bus … No, I gave better DAF Super Citytrain, the biggest bus ever built, at least according to the Guinness World Records registration, than so much in Its web edition as in The printed one Published in 2015 it presents it as the longest coach in the world. Bazas has to be. According to the British publicationthese huge articulated buses of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reach 32.2 meters long with an empty weight of 28 tons and can transport comfortably inside about 350 passengers. His size is so stunning that In 2015 They still presented themselves as the longest buses ever built, with a length and capacity that exceeded the Extra Grand German Auttram or the Chinese Youngman Jnp6250G. And that the DAF Super Citytrain is not exactly a novelty of the automotive industry: Guinness Data His record in 1989, more than 30 years ago. What is your story? It is not easy to spin it. Very little has been written about the DAF Super Citytrain. One of the most complete chips on the articulated vehicle and its chronicle was de facto a company in the sector that is far from the Congo: the Transport Firm Slovaca Zvolen. On your website rescue A brief article Posted in September 1989 by the magazine Commercial engine In which it is explained that the manufacturer Daf International had just closed the sale of the “largest bus in the world” to a Kinshasa coach company, the largest capital and city in the Congo, then known as the Republic of Zaire. Although brief, The article It is interesting because it gives us an idea of ​​what the DAF Citytrain was like: “It consists of a standard DAF power unit coupled to a local manufacturing stepped structure trailer with a special bus body.” The chronicle points out that the capacity of the vehicle was 450 travelers – higher than that indicated by Guinness – and among other curiosities indicates that a company in the country was responsible for blocking the two upper marches of the model to limit its speed to less than 42 kilometers per hour. Is there more data? Yes. And quite interesting. The review of Commercial engine It reveals that the bus measured 18 meters long and slides an important idea: given its success, in 1989 the company proposed to deliver 55 extra units and already worked in “an ‘Super’ version”, a vehicle equipped with a second trailer that would offer capacity for more than 500 travelers. That coletilla, that of “Super”, is the one mentioned by the Guinness World Records in its texts, although the English publication reduces its places. As neededit can transport “comfortably to 350 passengers.” We also know that for the same datesin the fall of 1989, a semi -trailer bus began to circulate that took the name City Train of its operator. When a trailer was added, the last name “Super” was added, which indicated that his capacity had been expanded: on board 170 people sitting –110 in the first section and 60 in the trailer – and 180 standing, most also in the first section of the vehicle could travel. That on paper, of course. Given the population of Kinshasa, there are those who assure that the Super Citytrain traveled more loaded. An obsession that remains alive. The use of extragraduate articulated motor skills – or rather of bus trailers, for the photos we do of the CityTrain, without the extra section of the “super” -, is greatly explained by the need for displacement in the metropolitan area of ​​Kinshasa, where According to Macrotrends data around 16.3 million people reside today. The obsession with the XXL coach is not however exclusive to the Congo of the late 80s: years before Wyane Corporation had produced in Indiana A huge model Of 23 my during the last decades different companies have announced huge models. The sector has launched surprising designs, such as Great Arte 300, Yongman JNP650g o Autotram Extra Grand, which He appeared in Germany with a length of 30.7 meters and For some You can boast of being today the largest bus in the world. Its dimensions do not reach however, which the emblematic DAF Super Citytrain reached. In Xataka | It is not a ship, it is a floating “Empire State”: the one overcoming the container record on board In Xataka | If you always dreamed of having your own cold war plane for 30 euros, we have good news for you

Now you can get the Google Pixel 9 at a good price, with greater capacity, thanks to this Amazon offer

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Within the high range of mobile, the Google Pixel 9 It is one of those that has triumphed since the market was launched. If you have taken your eye but, until now, you had not considered buying it, this Amazon offer is sure to interest you. Specifically, you have this terminal available, in your 256 GB version Already a fairly attractive price. Specifically, it is available for 649 euroscompared to the almost 1,000 euros that usually cost. * Some price may have changed from the last review A top mobile now at a very attractive price Although the Google Pixel 9 It was launched in 2024, today it remains a reference within the high game. In addition, it is a safe bet, since it has guaranteed operating system updates For about six years. It has numerous features that stand out and one of them is its screen. This is of type Super acts OLED of 6.3 inches with resolution of 2,424 x 1,080 pixels. Its refresh rate is 120 Hz and is compatible with HDR10+. It works with pure Android operating system and the brain of this terminal is the G4 Google, accompanied by 12 GB of RAM and a Internal storage capacity of 256 GB. As for its photographic system, it is formed by a double rear camera of 50+48 MP. Finally, it can be noted that it has IP68 certification and admits fast charge to 45 W. Some accessories to protect this mobile that may interest you Jetech founded for Google Pixel 9 * Some price may have changed from the last review Jotech screen protector for Google Pixel 9 with camera lens protector * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Pepu rica (Xataka Android) and Google In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here

Large basins already have their reservoirs less than 80% of their capacity

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Summer is affecting Spanish reservoirs. After almost a year of Hydrolyogical recoverysummer goes to the amount of reservoir water, which has been especially reduced in the downtown and north basins. Two months. Since reaching its annual peak before the start of summer, the amount of water retained in Spanish swamps has descended significantly. If at the end of May the Spanish Water Reserve It was 77.5% of its capacity, nine weeks later It is 68.4%. At a light pace. The speed at which the swamps are emptying this summer It’s somewhat faster that the average of recent years and considerably faster than in the last two summers. If in their peak the Spanish reservoirs accumulated 43,407 cubic hectometers (HM³), now they have 38,311 hm³, a decrease of 11.74% compared to this maximum (9.1% less compared to the total capacity of the system). This fall is somewhat greater than usual in this period. If we took the same dates last year, the fall was 8.88%, while the average of the last 5 years was 11.18% for the same dates. 10.98% if we consider the last 10 years. Different basins, different falls. The basin most affected by this fall is that of the coast of Galicia. The reservoirs of this basin have passed to save 548 to 417 hm³or what is the same, 23.91% less water. Among the big basins, the largest falls have been seen in the Duero, which went from 7,040 to 6,031 hm³ (a 14.33%drop); and of the Guadalquivir, which passed from 4,905 to 4,206 hm³ (14.25% less). Less restrictions. Part of the difference can be explained with the end of the drought that threatened our reservation last year at this point, a drought that affected all the basins of the Peninsula. The lack of water led the administrations to introduce Measures to limit consumption water. Some measures that, as the rains arrived, were being lifted by the different administrations that introduced them. Now, After relaxing the measureswater consumption has been able to increase and, with it, the speed at which our swamps empties. A June of the most anomalous. Summer is always a time of water stress: rainfall is usually minor and water consumption is greater. This year this is especially true, especially during the month of June. The summer of 2025 began strongly. June was not only an extremely warm month (the warmest since we have records), it was also a drier month than is usually common on dates. Precipitation was about 68% of the usual in peninsular Spain. Heat implies greater Evaporation of reservoirs water. A study Posted in 2000 It estimated at 1,400 hm³ the evaporated water in reservoirs and wetlands of Spain. This figure, of course, depends on factors such as temperature, but also on others such as the filling of the reservoirs (more water, more surface; already more surface, more evaporation). Heat makes more water to refresh us, also through greater energy consumption, and the lack of rains in some contexts must be supplied with water from reservoirs. In Xataka | The next great drought is a matter of time. It is the one we have to solve the problem of sediments in reservoirs Image | Pedro Luis Domínguez Ruiz

Heat, pests and a problem of productive capacity

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The production of olives, and therefore that of olive oil, has been living a turbulent years. The drought in 2023 put the harvest in check but the return of the rains last year gave the producers a respite. Now the agricultural sector in Jaén has expressed concern about what comes in front. Crisis or regression to the average? Pessimism in forecasts. The coordinator of organizations of farmers and ranchers of Jaén (Coag Jaén) has shown her Concern for this harvest of the olive. Although the association indicates that it is still early to talk about forecasts for harvest, some areas of the province already estimate crops between 30% and 40% below the views last year. Producers They point out several causes Behind this pessimistic forecast, which cover warm episodes as well as the risk of pests, but also the natural phenomenon known as the olive grove. A little propitious meteorology. One of the factors that concern the coordinator is in meteorology. Specifically, the warm episodes we have been living since the end of May. The heat has advanced this year in which the thermometers in several areas of Andalusia came to exceed 40º before the end of the spring month. Of course, this problem may not be extensible to other regions. The rains in the mediterranean environment They could have a positive impact in the crops of the area. Farmers now expect temperatures not to fall during the beginning of the summer in order to reduce the risk of the arrival of Prays. And the pests. There are several pests that threaten the oil harvest this year and among them the most popular is perhaps that of Prays (Prays Oleae), also the so -called olive moth. Already in May, the Junta de Andalucía He warned of “algal levels of attack” associated with this plague. The life of this insect is closely associated with the olive grove and has several annual generations that can affect this plant. The data of the Board are based on the animal’s philophagous generation, which affects the plant leaf. Now the experts They follow the Antophagous Generationwhich affects the plant of the plant. The algodoncillo (Euphyllura Olivina) It is another pest that concern producers. It is another insect whose name derives from the “cotton” appearance that surrounds the nymphs of this invertebrate. The olive grove. Voccas or contracting is a natural phenomenon that occurs in numerous crops. The vocation occurs when crops have difficulties in producing for full performance for two consecutive years. As explained by the coordinator, although in some Jienenses areas the production of last season was “average”, some olive trees “already accuse the verter.” Looking for clues. As Coag Jaén points out in its statementit is still early for truthful estimates of what this year’s harvest will be. As indicated by the Agrarian Association, the olive grove has two “critical” moments for the demand for culture water. The first is the flowering that usually occurs between April and May; The second is maturation, in September. There will be so much to wait a few months before having a definitive idea about what the Cosecha will be like, but what do we know exactly about flowering? The pollen can give us a track. According to Coag Jaén’s own data, the pollen concentration peak in the air occurred on May 19, with 7,711 grains per cubic meter, “far from the maximum peaks of other years when 15,000 grains were exceeded”, in the words of the association. In Xataka | More and more giants get into the Andalusian field and in the olive oil industry. The last: Pepsico Image | Natalia Gusakova

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