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Tesla receives massive fleet order from the UAE

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Still, the automaker has also grown in popularity in the commercial space, especially from customers looking to cut operating costs while reducing their carbon footprints. According to the announcement from Arabia Taxi Dubai, it will buy 269 Tesla Model 3s to become part of its taxi fleet in the United Arab Emirates.

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Petrixo selects UOP Green Fuels technology for renewable jet and diesel in UAE

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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its green fuels process technology has been selected by Petrixo Oil & Gas to produce renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel at a new refinery to be built in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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The addition of four countries—Chad, Kazakhstan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—to a previous assessment covering 42 countries has resulted in a 13% increase in the global assessed total resource estimate for shale oil and a 4% increase for shale gas. The United Arab Emirates increased oil production by 21% to 3.7

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Dow to invest in water desalination and reuse technologies in Saudi Arabia

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Additionally, these water membrane technologies promise cost-savings through reduced energy usage and operational efficiencies for customers in desalination, industrial, municipal, commercial and residential sectors, according to Dow. Ilham Kadri, commercial director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Dow Water & Process Solutions.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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In recent years, however, CSP development stalled amid the rapidly falling cost of solar PV. Bottom line: Among CSP, molten-salt power towers have the greatest cost-reduction potential, thanks to higher operating temperatures and improved efficiencies, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA ).

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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In recent years, however, CSP development stalled amid the rapidly falling cost of solar PV. Bottom line: Among CSP, molten-salt power towers have the greatest cost-reduction potential, thanks to higher operating temperatures and improved efficiencies, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA ).

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Etihad Airways and partners launch roadmap for sustainable aviation biofuels in UAE

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Etihad Airways, together with Boeing, Total, Takreer and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, launched a joint industry roadmap for the sustainable production of aviation biofuels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The approval of the higher freeze point HEFA fraction would lower the cost of the fuel.

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