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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Cars That Think

One will provide Internet to rural Peru, two will service airplanes and cruise liners, and the final satellite’s use is yet to be disclosed. It’s meant to improve convenience for the consumer, as well as cut down on electronics waste generated by different chargers, which is currently responsible for an estimated 11,000 tonnes per year.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. Earlier post.)

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Adani Group’s USD 1.2-bn copper plant to boost India’s metal production – ET Auto

Baua Electric

“Its waste-to-value strategy envisages tapping into adjacencies and creating markets for copper slag in road construction, cement, and other applications,” the second source said. Globally, copper production is more concentrated than oil. million tonnes.

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