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Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

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A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design. Vegetation appears red, grassland is light brown, rocks are black, and water surfaces are green. electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars). NASA’s Terra satellite acquired these false-color views of the mine in the Nei Mongol Autonomous Region. Image: NASA.

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SITA UK and Cynar to build UKs first commercial plants to convert waste plastic to diesel

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SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. Cynar’s first plant is built and operating in Portlaoise, Ireland.

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Air pollutant emission 2010 limits exceeded in twelve EU Member States; road transport NOx a main factor

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Twelve European Union Member States exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive, according to recent official data for 2010 reported to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The ceilings set in the NEC directive were designed to reduce such adverse impacts by an agreed amount.

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QUB spin-out to commercialize to technique for production of MOFs; storage for natural gas vehicles

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Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Most of the activity is in Europe , where there are at least 10 major offshore wind and hydrogen projects , including demonstration systems being built or planned in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and off the coast of Ireland. The technology to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water has been around for more than 200 years.

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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But they have worked just as hard at advancing a wide array of radar, sonar, and other technologies designed to detect, target, and eliminate enemy submarines. This timing is particularly significant because the enormous costs required to design and build a submarine are meant to be spread out over at least 60 years. It may come.

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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The message above was sent through the first transatlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundland and Ireland, way back in 1858. million km of submarine cables (Figure 1) in service, ranging from a short 131 km cable between Ireland and the U.K. Installation and maintenance is easier to accomplish in shallow waters. and Norway.

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