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SpaceX to launch quartet of mini geostationary satellites in 2023

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While it’s not clear that Astranis is actually selling its MicroGEOs for “1/20th the cost of traditional GEO communications satellites,” as they claim, the startup has found plenty of customers. For twice the price, a prospective customer could easily buy a satellite with at least five to ten times the throughput.

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Omnitek Enters Peruvian Market with $4.5M CNG Conversion Contract

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Omnitek Engineering Corporation is entering the market in Peru with an exclusive distribution agreement and a $4.5 as the company’s exclusive agent in Peru. The conversion project, which is expected to commence in April and be completed over a two-year period, is being financed by the natural gas supplier GNC Energia Peru S.A.

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BYD will sell EVs in Brazil

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EV sales for the first half of 2022 from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru showed a growth that was driven by a number of factors, including government incentive programs and the cost of fuels. His program calls for industries focused on a green economy and the need to modernize the automotive industry with hybrids.

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Omnitek Sets High Altitude Record with CNG-Powered Truck at 4814 Meters

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Omnitek Peru has driven a natural gas powered heavy-duty commercial truck to a record altitude of 4,814 meters (15,800 feet) over the Ticlio Pass high in the Peruvian Andes, the highest paved road in the world. The tests were co-sponsored by Peruana de gas Natural SAC (PGN), a Peruvian natural gas supplier and Omnitek Partner.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. Everything that we do has the patient in mind.".

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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There are two drivers to the cost of production: the feedstock cost and the yield of product. Military personnel from Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Republic of Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom will also participate. On the diesel side, that’s going to be hard to do.

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