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Study confirms €1T green hydrogen potential for Africa

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Africa can produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035, according to a new study by the European Investment Bank (EIB), International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal and UCLG Africa.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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A large part of this potential comes from six relatively standardized categories: solar and wind energy; efficient appliances; efficient passenger cars; afforestation and stopping deforestation. The 1 Gigaton Coalition is supported by UN Environment and the Norwegian Government.

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The Coming Construction Boom

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Many of the construction techniques we use today were invented in ancient Egypt or Rome. It is now used on construction sites to reconstruct a full three-dimensional model of an environment, just by walking around with one of the latest smartphones, which incorporate depth sensors.

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MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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The Levant Basin contains the activity closer to Cyprus, while the gas production offshore Egypt is a part of the Nile Delta Basin. A major joint research project has therefore been investigating the use of concentrated solar power to produce both electricity and desalinated seawater. Click to enlarge. Background.

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