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New solid hydrogen-on-demand fuel cell from HES Energy Systems flies UAV for record 6 hours

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The Skyblade 360 fuel cell system developed by HES and DSO is extremely lightweight in comparison to lithium batteries that typically power this aircraft, and it is also extremely compact: its 1L fuel cartridge holds 1000 Wh of usable energy. In 2013 HES pushed forward with a new material and a highly simplified system.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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The new study uses observations from 2003 to 2015 in spring, the cloudiest season, over the shipping route between Europe and South Africa. This path is also part of a popular open-ocean shipping route between Europe and Asia. For comparison, today the Earth is estimated to have warmed by approximately 1 ?C, C, or 1.8 ?F,

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Even South Africa, by far the best-supplied country south of the Sahara, suffers from frequent blackouts. The urban-rural divide has been eliminated in North Africa’s Arab countries, but it remains wide in sub-Saharan Africa, where 78 percent of urban populations but only 28 percent of rural inhabitants have connections.

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BRIMCS countries, and especially China, outspending IEA countries in energy RDD

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In comparison, total national and regional government investments in IEA countries were $12.7 “ Governmental Energy Innovation Investments, Policies and Institutions in the Major Emerging Economies: Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, China, and South Africa. Click to enlarge. billion dollars. Anadon, and Jose Condor.

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Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

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For comparison, most current estimates of world technically recoverable natural gas resources include few if any of the resources assessed in this study and total about 16,000 Tcf. Estimates of shale gas resources in other parts of the world are highly uncertain, the EIA notes.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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Heavily polluted locations in parts of the East, Midwest, and West Coast in which ozone already frequently exceeds recommended levels could face unhealthy air during most of the summer. Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5. Preliminary global mean CO 2 concentrations in February 2014 were 398.06 Pfister, G. Walters, J.-F. Lamarque, J. Holland, and C.

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Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

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In addition, the report suggests that the US government as well as state and local governments should adopt a range of sector-specific policies to overcome market failures that are limiting the deployment of energy efficiency and clean-energy technologies as part of a coordinated energy strategy.

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