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thyssenkrupp to perform green hydrogen & ammonia technical study for Helios US$1B UAE plant

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It will be the first commercial plant to produce CO 2 -free green ammonia from renewable resources in the UAE. This project is another important milestone for in the UAE’s shift to a lower carbon renewable energy future. It can also be used as emission-free transport fuel and in the fertilizer and chemical industries.

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ICCT: aviation emissions increasing 70% faster than UN projections

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The ICCT paper, “CO 2 emissions from commercial aviation, 2018,” summarizes the first detailed, global CO 2 inventory for aviation in 15 years, with emissions and traffic by country (domestic vs. international) summarized for 100+ countries plus route-based carbon intensities. Two-thirds of those emissions came from domestic flights.

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Energy ministers agree to help speed up global deployment of carbon capture and storage

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Energy Ministers from around the world have agreed to proposals to help speed up the global deployment of carbon capture and storage. At a meeting in the United Arab Emirates, Ministers at the Clean Energy Ministerial endorsed recommendations from the Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group chaired by Australia and the UK.

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Singapore Company Trialing Natural Gas Econic Waste Collection Vehicle

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Fueled with biogas from renewable resources, the Econic is even carbon-neutral. More than 1,000 of the 12,000 Economic units sold over the last 12 years have natural gas drive. The M 906 LAG natural gas engine has a displacement of 6.9 liters and develops 205 kW (279 hp). .

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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NO 2 is just one component of air pollution, which is made up of many pollutants (including particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide), which are known to have numerous adverse effects on health. NO 2 is a pollutant formed mainly from fossil fuel combustion, and traffic emissions can contribute up to 80% of ambient NO 2 in cities.

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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

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To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit , held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Farmers can make more informed decisions about managing crops, optimizing resource usage, and predicting yields.

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Boeing, UAE partners make progress with oilseed halophytes as feedstock for renewable jet fuel; desert plants fed by seawater

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Boeing and research partners in the United Arab Emirates have made breakthroughs in sustainable aviation biofuel development, finding that desert plants fed by seawater (the oilseed-producing halophyte Salicornia bigelovii ) can produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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