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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

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It is operated by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, which has the electricity it produces sustainably certified by third parties, ensuring that it can supply EGA with power that is traceable and transparent. We are delighted to have the BMW Group as our first customer for low-carbon CelestiAL aluminum from EGA. In 2019, EGA sold 2.6

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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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Boeing and research partners in the United Arab Emirates have made breakthroughs in sustainable aviation biofuel development, finding that desert plants fed by seawater (the oilseed-producing halophyte Salicornia bigelovii ) can produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Researchers identify two novel ways bubbles form in foam; potential benefit for enhanced oil recovery

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Normally, gas has very low viscosity and it tends to flow through rock and not displace oil and water. They filmed what happened under a range of pressures at either end of the channel at 10,000 frames per second. Once it finds a path, usually along the top of a reservoir, the rest of the gas tends to follow.

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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). Further hydroprocessing and fractionation produces jet range hydrocarbon molecules.

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Report for IPCC finds renewables could supply up to 77% of global energy by 2050 under most optimistic scenario; need for enabling public policies and investments

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Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. Note that the figure is presented in logarithmic scale due to the wide range of assessed data. These four were chosen in order to represent the full range. Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge. Source: SRREN.

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