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Technip-led consortium awarded contracts worth $1.23B for the ultra-deep TEN project in Ghana

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Tullow Ghana Limited has awarded two contracts for the TEN Project, located offshore Ghana at a water depth reaching up to 2,000 meters (6,562 feet), to Technip, leader of a consortium with Subsea7. Tullow Ghana Limited (a subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc) is Operator of the Deepwater Tano Contract Area with an interest of 47.175%.

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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to set up a mobile physician’s office or a water treatment station. However, to make sure the aCar also meets all the demands placed on it on location, they shipped the vehicle to Ghana, where they tested the technology and concept under local conditions in July 2017. The two-seat aCar is EU-classified as L7e—a heavy quadricycle.

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Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide

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In late 2022, I was invited to go to Ghana with a friend researching work by the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who first made a splash at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. We were going to Ghana to learn about the context of his work and also to understand the emerging contemporary art scene in the country.

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Global Bioenergy Partnership publishes report on 24 sustainability indicators for bioenergy: electricity, heat and transport

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In the meantime, the Partnership is proceeding with piloting projects in Indonesia, Colombia and Ghana. Water use and efficiency. Water quality. Japan has already tested the GBEP indicators, and other Partners have expressed a willingness to do the same. Click to enlarge. Environmental pillar. Social pillar. Economic pillar.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Joint biodiversity conservation activities with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Association to Save Shallow Water and Tidal Flat in Asia. Trial operation of buses with the goal of operating the first community buses in Vietnam, and conducting educational activities. Car Free Day Japan. Biodiversity Conservation. The Rainforest Alliance.

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The Top 20 NREL Stories Of 2022

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Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, was drilled in a water depth of 28 meters (92 feet) and encountered a significant wet gas and light oil accumulation in the pre-salt clastic sequence, outlining a significant extension to the west of the reservoir and its hydraulic continuity. miles) offshore Congo.

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