Sago and New Guinea and is the primary source of sago. It tolerates a wide variety of soils and may reach 30 meters in height (including the leaves). Several other species of the genus "Metroxylon", particularly "Metroxylon salomonense" and "Metroxylon amicarum", are also used as sources of sago throughout Melanesia and Micronesia. Sago palms grow very quickly, in clumps of different ages similar to bananas, one sucker matures, then flowers and dies. It is replaced by another sucker, with up to 1.5 m of vertical stem growth per year. The stems are thick and are either self-supporting or have a moderate
Mátra Power Plant a height of 203 meters is the 8th tallest buildings in Hungary. The power plant has been operating for more than 40 years. The lignite is extracted from the opencast mines in Visonta and Bükkábrány. The original construction project was started in 1965, when lignite field was discovered near Gyöngyös. Between 1986 and 1992 the plant was first modernized. The company was then privatized and subsequently a controlling interest was acquired by RWE in 1995. The entire power station required an upgrade and retrofit programme. As it emitted high levels of sulphur, flue-gas desulphurisation units were equipped to comply with