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Boeing, UAE partners make progress with oilseed halophytes as feedstock for renewable jet fuel; desert plants fed by seawater

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The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium ( SBRC ), affiliated with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, will test these findings in a project that could support biofuel crop production in arid countries, such as the UAE. The water will next flow into a field of mangroves before returning to the ocean.

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Etihad Airways and partners launch roadmap for sustainable aviation biofuels in UAE

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Etihad Airways, together with Boeing, Total, Takreer and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, launched a joint industry roadmap for the sustainable production of aviation biofuels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The slaughter industry in Abu Dhabi is not currently large enough to generate sufficient tallow supplies.

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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But Saudi Arabia and the UAE can draw on expertise in handling oil brine and wastewater at oil production sites. Concentration and price collapse For now, global economic weakness has depressed buying of new vehicles and led lithium prices to dive.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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These challenges are essentially opening up to competition the development of solutions to key industrial and societal problems and offering prize money to the winners. After the simulations are judged, approximately five teams will need to put their solutions to the test on the water off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the summer of 2023.

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IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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State officials should take this opportunity to regroup and consider a deep water wind farm that will allow the Commonwealth to remain a national leader in renewable energy — and keep its competitive edge. Solar power prices are dropping rapidly in the Middle East, with a recent tender in Dubai, UAE, falling to US$0.06/kWh.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Putin has highlighted on various occasions the contribution Russia’s mineral wealth, in particular oil and natural gas, must make for Russia to be able to sustain economic growth, promote industrial development, catch up with the developed economies, and modernize Russia’s military and military industry. Live by Energy….

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