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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. The report was formally handed over to partners on 20 December.

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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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As water-splitting technologies improve, often using porous electrode materials to provide greater surface areas for electrochemical reactions, their efficiency is often limited by the formation of bubbles that can block or clog the reactive surfaces. As a result, there were substantial changes of the transport overpotential.

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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 could hold a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of lean gas in place covering an area of about 100 square kilometers.

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Belching Volcano and Flowing Lava Dent Tourism in Icelandic Region

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The Blue Lagoon resort in the south of Iceland is a scenic network of steaming azure pools surrounded by dark rocks, where tourists dip in the geothermal water, have spa treatments and enjoy what the resort advertises as “a universe of radiant well-being.” They accused the news media of “alarmism.” “In The spa is now protected by barriers.

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Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

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Since its formation in 1952, CCC has become one of the leading international contractors with a worldwide turnover of more than US$4 billion and managing 60,000 personnel composed of more than 80 nationalities. It can be combined with a high-efficiency solar cell and attached to a specifically designed concentrated photovoltaic solar panel.

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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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Drawn by clear turquoise waters and miles of white-sand beaches, around seven million travelers visit the Bahamas each year, but a new warning about increased violence on the island nation has raised alarm over the safety of visiting there. 24, the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, issued a security alert advising U.S.

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IHS Markit identifies 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in short-cycle opportunities outside North America

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The IHS Markit report, entitled: “Back to the Basins: International Shorter-Cycle Opportunities,” initially assessed five, short-cycle projects outside the US in mature, late-life basins in Mexico, Nigeria, Egypt, Brazil and the North Sea, and included both shallow water and mature, onshore areas that break even at per-barrel costs under US$40.