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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

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So while researchers and companies large and small invest in the zero-carbon future of the field, others are beginning to study what supplies and infrastructure on the ground would also be needed to make hydrogen aviation a reality. Hydrogen may be a good thing, but you gotta look at it from the full system level, right?

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Wärtsilä in US customer collaboration to test hydrogen blended fuel as a step towards decarbonized power plant operations

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Although Wärtsilä engines can be operated on even higher hydrogen-blend levels, these tests will be restricted to the limit of 25 vol% hydrogen for natural gas systems, according to the international equipment standard IEC/EN 60079-20-1. Measurements of the engine’s performance will be made throughout the testing. In addition to the A.J.

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Neste, HERE and PTV study finds navigators do not always propose the CO2-friendliest route

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The Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT, then analyzed the data, after which HERE and PTV algorithms were used to scale and study the data further. The experiment was conducted in Finland in the Helsinki region. Based on these results, we hope to see that environmentally friendly routing becomes a standard offering.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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Security and communications researchers are working on defenses and countermeasures, mostly behind closed doors, but it is possible to infer from a few publications and open-source research how unprepared many LEO satellites are for direct attacks and some of the defenses that future LEO satellites may need. Satellites are becoming smaller.

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New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

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Pöyry Forest Industry Oy in Finland, noted that: The magnitude of the recovery process is often not fully appreciated. Since black liquor is derived from wood, it is the most important renewable bio-fuel, particularly in Sweden and Finland. tons of black liquor dry solids. Vakkilainnen, from. Globally over 1.3 Earlier post.)

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Researchers report first direct observation of anionic redox in a lithium-rich battery material

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Collaborating institutions included Carnegie Mellon University, Northeastern University, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) in Finland, and institutions in Japan including Gunma University, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Yokohama National University, Kyoto University, and Ritsumeikan University.

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Williams Advanced Engineering collaborates with Wille on zero-emission multi-function machines

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A total of more than 6,000 Wille multi-function machines have been sold so far with its main markets in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia and North America. The standard Wille 665 unit is currently powered by an 83 kW Caterpillar diesel. Click to enlarge.