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Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

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Global aviation data firm Cirium released its new Airline Insights Review 2020 which reveals the deep impact on aviation of worldwide travel restrictions to curb COVID-19. In comparison to last year, passenger traffic is estimated to be down 67% in 2020. This marks an extraordinary 86% reduction in flights. Flights flown plunge.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best.

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Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

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The GTL pathway model they used is based on global current or imminent GTL production, representing “ an industrially relevant average ” of the GTL process (the model GTL facility is located in Qatar). The net effect is an increase in the overall efficiency of the entire system relative to the GTL process alone.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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In comparison, Soviet (Russian) gas was available in huge volumes, and it came from some of the world’s largest reservoirs, guaranteeing reliable long-term deliveries. When Europe first began to import Russian gas it seemed the obvious choice. In recent years Russia has been the source of about 40 percent of the E.U.’s

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ABB charges into the future with Formula E

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The global electric racing championship Formula E has been a huge success by any measure. A lot of what we do with Formula E, we’ll pull the lessons learned and the improvements to our mass-market chargers or equipment,” ABB Global E-Mobility Executive Stephanie Medeiros told Charged. From the racetrack to the street. “A