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Elon Musk shares insights during World Water Forum in Indonesia

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Elon Musk spoke at the World Water Forum in Indonesia this week, following a trip to the country in which he debuted SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet. Following the debut of Starlink in Indonesia on Sunday, Musk spoke at the World Water Forum in Bali on Monday, sharing a few insights on solving the water crisis.

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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

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SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. The syngas is converted into methanol, which is then processed to make transportation fuels—in the case of the DARPA challenge, JP-8 (military distillate fuel).

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Molecular shuttle speeds up hydrogen production by the photocatalytic splitting of water

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The fast hole transfer confers long-term photostability on the system and opens new pathways to improve the oxidation side of full ?water water splitting. One approach is to utilize incoming solar radiation for the photocatalytic generation of molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) from water. 1 , respectively. —Simon et al.

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CPT launching water-cooled electric supercharger for commercial diesel engines

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At the 17 th Supercharging conference this week in Dresden, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will launch what it says is the first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for “quasi-continuous” boosting of commercial diesel engines, including those developed for off highway applications. Cobra electric supercharger.

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Year-long testing of Leclanché 60 Ah G/NMC cells shows high energy density, high cycle life

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LeclanchĂ© SA reported that year-long testing of its 60 Ah G/NMC battery cells has shown them to be both high energy density and high cycle life—critical characteristics for a wide range of automotive and e-transportation energy storage solutions. Automotive and e-Transportation Commercialization Opportunities.

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When will SpaceX’s Starship fly its fourth test flight?

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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell, speaking at the Satellite 2024 Conference, said the fourth test flight of the Starship rocket could come in as little as six weeks. When will SpaceX attempt to launch its fourth test flight of Starship? One bit of hope from the licensing side is that the FAA is looking at adjusting the licensing process.

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