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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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New Delhi in India, Cairo in Egypt, Lagos in Nigeria). Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. New York in US, Tokyo in Japan). 340 cities (40.4%) from upper-middle-income countries (e.g.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

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Eni discovers a supergiant gas field in the Egyptian offshore; largest ever found in the Mediterranean Sea

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Eni has made a world class supergiant gas discovery at its Zohr Prospect, in the deep waters of Egypt. Zohr is the largest gas discovery ever made in Egypt and in the Mediterranean Sea. The discovery, after its full development, will be able to ensure satisfying Egypt’s natural gas demand for decades.

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Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

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With the decrease of wettability (moving left to right), the gas-evolving electrode transitions from an internal growth and departure mode to a gas-filled mode, associated with a drastic change of bubble behaviors and significant increase of overpotential. Credits: Courtesy of the researchers. Article Ryuichi Iwata, Lenan Zhang, Kyle L.

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IEEE President’s Note: Making IEEE a Force for Change

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These offerings include unparalleled networking opportunities at more than 2,000 international IEEE conferences—both face to face and virtual—as well as access to the finest technical literature, massive resources for upskilling, and innovative collaboration facilities with colleagues worldwide.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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In total, the International Energy Association reports , 6.6 Consumer solutions Without a doubt, the biggest steps to helping consumers adopt EVs are government-backed programs like tax credits for EVs, funding for EV charging infrastructure expansion, enacting bans on internal combustion engines, and setting goals for EV adoption.

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Celanese sees new TCX ethanol process as key component in future growth; a paradigm shift in ethanol production

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from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology noted that anhydrous ethanol and other oxygenates of C 2 could be produced “quite competitively” from low-grade carbonaceous resources in high yield via gasification, methanol synthesis, carbonylation of methanol and hydrogenation consecutively. Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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