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Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

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The production process—using only solar heat—was first demonstrated in 2019 in a mini-refinery on the roof of ETH Zurich. The reactor is fed with methane (CH 4 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) of biowaste origin from a local paper mill, as well as water (H 2 O).

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Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

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Existing water-splitting methods rely on highly purified water—a precious resource and costly to produce. Electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen fuel is an attractive renewable energy storage technology. Electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen fuel is an attractive renewable energy storage technology.

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Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

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The e-fuel production capacity will be significantly increased in 2019 with the addition to the Leuna Demo plant of a dedicated fuel production unit, which will allow the production of renewable gasoline batches. As in Werlte, green electricity supplied the energy, and water and CO 2 were also used as raw materials.

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Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully returns to flight 29 months after ill-fated debut

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The story of Starliner’s tortured orbital flight test (OFT) campaign began in earnest on December 20th, 2019, when an uncrewed prototype of the Boeing spacecraft first attempted to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. — Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) May 20, 2022.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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All told, UK motorists bought just 5,000 fewer BEVs in September than in all of 2019. million in the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project to develop the UK’s largest electrolyser, a system that converts water into hydrogen as a way to store energy and provide a zero-carbon fuel for local transport providers. BEVs accounted for 15.2%

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Boeing Starliner joins SpaceX’s Crew Dragon at the International Space Station

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“The story of Starliner’s tortured orbital flight test (OFT) campaign began in earnest on December 20th, 2019, when an uncrewed prototype first attempted to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The next OFT-2 launch attempt was delayed by almost ten months, as a result.”

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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s International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports 225,455 arrivals in 2014, and by 2019, numbers were below 125,000. Then European governments and Frontex began investing in tools to detect migrant boats before they reached European waters and calling the Libyan coast guard to pull back migrant boats. million people.

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