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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

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Flows through the Strait in 2011 were roughly 35 percent of all seaborne traded oil, or almost 20 percent of oil traded worldwide. ”. They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their narrow straits. The United Arab Emirates is also completing the 1.5

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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. In a first for commercial Fresnel projects, this installation uses molten salts—not thermal oil—in the pipes. Dubai, United Arab Emirates The massive US $4.4 Massive solar-thermal arrays require steep upfront investment.

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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. In a first for commercial Fresnel projects, this installation uses molten salts—not thermal oil—in the pipes. Dubai, United Arab Emirates The massive US $4.4 Massive solar-thermal arrays require steep upfront investment.

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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). bio-oils and fats) are fed into a reactor catalytically de-oxygenated. Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ).

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