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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).

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Global Bioenergies, Clariant and INEOS in €16.4M EU-funded project to demonstrate the production of isobutene derivatives from straw

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Global Bioenergies is partnering with Clariant, INEOS, IPSB, TechnipFMC and Linz University in a €16.4-million assessment of the sustainability and environmental benefits by the Energy Institute at the University of Linz (Austria). Global Bioenergies will receive funding amounting to €4.4 million (US$10.7 million (US$4.8

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Inaugural meeting of Volkswagen Sustainability Council; Group makes €20M available for projects

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The Council elected Georg Kell, Founding Director UN Global Compact, as its chair. The first areas of focus in 2017 for the body will be the challenges of global CO 2 emissions and the corresponding regulations post-2025, plus the company’s transformation process. Dr. Gesche Joost – Professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin.

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Global Ice Age Climate Patterns Influenced by Bering Strait

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In a vivid example of how a small geographic feature may have far-reaching impacts on climate, new research shows that water levels in the Bering Strait—which separates the US and Russia by only 90 kilometers (56 miles)—helped drive global climate patterns during ice age episodes dating back more than 100,000 years. Aixue Hu, Gerald A.

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Video Friday: No Pilot Needed

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Inventia ] In Spring 2022 our group demoed ANYmal and Spot carrying out automated inspection at Chevron’s Blending Plant in Ghent, Belgium. [ Sanctuary AI ] Meet the Software Development Engineers from Amazon’s Global Ops Robotics who are working together to deliver innovations that will shape the future of Amazon operations.

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Ford and Schaeffler demonstrate Fiesta-based e-WheelDrive car; follow-up research project in the works

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At Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground in Belgium, Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car. This technology could in the future support the development of a four-person car that only occupies the space of a two-person car today. Earlier post.) billion to 6.4

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The Dutch Tax Authority Was Felled by AI—What Comes Next?

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We need to define what ‘fair’ is,” says Yong Suk Lee , a professor of technology, economy, and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame in the United States. So, what might stop future wayward AI implementations from causing harm? But that process did not exist.” Postmortems of the affair showed evidence of bias.

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