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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). Earlier post , earlier post.). ( Earlier post , earlier post.). —“BIOjet Abu Dhabi”.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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Some of the restrictions of the challenge are that you can only have between 5 and 20 UAVs, you can have only one USV (provided by ASPIRE), and you cannot use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation. The participants now have six months to develop their simulations.

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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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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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from a market for Russian crude and natural gas (via LNG) to a global competitor. into a major (potential) LNG competitor in global LNG import markets, and, via the U.S. The emergence of the U.S., along with Canada, as powerful crude, NGL, and natural gas producers is also a major concern for the Russian economy.

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