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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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Google’s Equiano runs from Portugal down Africa’s west coast, landing at Lagos and Cape Town. For comparison, Google’s Durant , from Virginia to France, has a record-holding capacity of 250 terabits per second.) After SAEx was first announced in 2011, that was the initial plan: connect South Africa to Brazil.

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Tesla Model 3, Model X are Google’s Most Searched for EVs globally

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The Tesla Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Model X SUV are Google’s most searched for electric vehicles globally, according to new data from a price comparison website. The Model X claimed notable areas like Elon Musk’s home country of South Africa and other regions like Egypt, Kazakhstan, Guyana, and Nambia.

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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.

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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. For comparison, today the Earth is estimated to have warmed by approximately 1 ?C, The narrower ends of the clouds are youngest, while the broader, wavier ends are older. 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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Audi introducing supercharged gasoline engine version of SQ5 SUV at Detroit Show

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As a comparison, the Audi SQ5 TDI produces 230 kW (313 hp), with peak torque of 650 N·m (479 lb-ft). The Audi SQ5 has been designed specifically for the following markets: United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and the Ukraine.

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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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