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Liquid metal battery company Ambri raises $35M in Series C

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The round was funded by new investors KLP Enterprises, the family office of Karen Pritzker and Michael Vlock, and Building Insurance Bern (GVB), the Swiss Insurance company, as well as existing investors, including Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates and the energy company Total.

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737 Max Inspections Delayed as Boeing Revises Guidance

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The Federal Aviation Administration said the company would change the instructions it had released on Monday based on feedback, but the agency did not provide more details. had said that it would require inspections of the planes after one such panel was blown out during an Alaska Airlines flight that had taken off from Portland, Ore.,

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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In subsequent years, the Far North Fiber project will lay down a cable through the Northwest Passage, connecting Iceland to Greenland, then Canada, Alaska, and finally Japan. This first microGEO will launch in early 2023 , and start providing service to Alaska, tripling the state’s satellite bandwidth while cutting its cost.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory will expand its open-source Wind Energy with Integrated Servo- control (WEIS) toolbox to include control co-design capabilities of tidal and riverine hydrokinetic turbines. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc. Optimized Hydrokinetic Systems - $3,676,997.

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Rosneft touts major light oil find from “northernmost well in the world” in the Arctic

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The drilling was completed in record time: one and a half months, the company said. In August, Rosneft and ExxonMobil joint venture company Karmorneftegaz began drilling of Universitetskaya-1 using the West Alpha rig. All activities related to the wind down will proceed as safely and expeditiously as possible, the company said.

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Boeing in Talks to Buy Spirit AeroSystems, a Struggling Supplier

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Both companies have faced intense scrutiny since Jan. 5, when a panel on a 737 Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight shortly after takeoff, exposing passengers to deafening wind at 16,000 feet. The biggest aerostructures companies are losing copious amounts of money.” It’s kind of a failed market,” he said.

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Arctic oil on life support

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Oil companies have eyed the Arctic for years. As drilling technology advances, conventional oil reserves become harder to find, and climate change contributes to melting sea ice, the Arctic has moved up on the list of priorities in oil company board rooms. That leaves Shell, the company with the spottiest Arctic record.

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