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EDF Sets World Record with Demolition of Eight Cooling Towers at Cottam Power Station

(IN BRIEF) EDF has demolished eight cooling towers at Cottam power station in Nottinghamshire, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest number of cooling towers taken down at once. The 114-metre structures, part of the coal-fired plant that operated … Read the full press release

Stadler’s FLIRT H2 Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Hydrogen Train Journey

(IN BRIEF) Stadler proudly announces that its FLIRT H2 has secured a place in the Guinness World Records database for traveling the longest distance (1,741.7 miles) by a hydrogen fuel cell electric multiple unit passenger train without refueling. This achievement … Read the full press release

Sir Lenny Henry Inspires Over a Thousand Artists to Set New Guinness World Record in Portrait Painting Event

(IN BRIEF) Sir Lenny Henry posed for over a thousand artists during a live portrait painting event, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most people painting online and in a single venue simultaneously. The event, hosted by … Read the full press release

Guinness World Record for SAP® Sybase® IQ Software

1-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that version 16 of SAP® Sybase® IQ software has achieved a Guinness World Record® for loading and indexing big data. In cooperation with BMMsoft, HP and Red Hat, SAP Sybase IQ 16 achieved an … Read the full press release

93,307 LEGO railway elements long enough to be awarded a Guinness World Record

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — 93,307 LEGO elements. That’s what it took to build a LEGO railway long enough to be awarded a Guinness World Record for the longest plastic toy train track – precisely 4000.25 meters long. More than 80 LEGO enthusiasts … Read the full press release