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The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the British company Rolls-Royce and the Finnish fuel company, launched a project to study the impact of biofuels on the fuel systems and engines of passenger aircraft. According to Airbus, as part of the project, participants will also assess the amount of emissions from aircraft engines running on biofuels.

The first satellite images have appeared on the Internet showing the consequences of the drone attack on the Saudi Aramco oil refinery, located near Riyadh.

Russian troops took control of the Al-Thawra oil block, located in the south-west of the Syrian province of Raqqa, after the Iranian-backed Fatimiyoun militia abandoned their positions in the area, the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat (headquarters in London) reported.

The Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation has delivered to the customer a pilot set of equipment for a fiber-optic system for transmitting and converting optical signals (SPOS). Signal transmission equipment for controlling the subsea infrastructure of offshore oil and gas production is planned to be installed at the Russian production complex at the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye field on the shelf of Sakhalin Island. 

US Naval Research Laboratory (US NRL) scientists led by Paul Jaffe have successfully tested a prototype solar panel that is theoretically capable of relaying "solar" electricity from space to anywhere on Earth.

The Slovenian company Pipistrel has completed research work on the project of the Miniliner hydrogen passenger aircraft, which is planned to be used on short-haul routes. According to the company, the work was carried out on the project UNIFIER19, which also involved the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Delft Technical University.

The Russian Armed Forces received tankers with a special bulletproof coating. They joined the logistics brigades of the operational-strategic commands and individual battalions of tank and motorized rifle divisions.

From the Russian air base "Khmeimim" in the Syrian Latakia, rocket attacks were carried out on militant targets in the province of Aleppo.

Neutron research reactor PIK, which is Gatchina near St. Petersburg, went to the next stage energy start — his power has begun to raise the level of 10 MW, and the output of the reactor operating power of 100 MW is planned EN 2022. The conclusion of the reactor on the energy mode of operation is stated in the message on the website of the Kurchatov Institute.

Mass production of biofuels for aviation is less cost-effective compared to the production of aviation kerosene from oil. Therefore, without the introduction of a carbon tax, it is not able to compete with traditional jet fuel, said Jay D. Kiesling, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, deputy director of the Biological Sciences Laboratory at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, chief Executive Officer of the Joint Institute for Bioenergy, in an interview with Global Energy.

Almost all of the oil produced in eastern Syria is being stolen by US troops in the region and their allies in the face of Kurdish paramilitary groups. This was stated by the Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Syria Bassam Tuome, speaking at a meeting of the People's Council (Parliament) of the Arab Republic.

In the Russian Arctic and the Far East, thermal power plants will be built that run on waste from the woodworking industry.

JSC "UEC-Gas Turbines" completes the order for the supply of four gas pumping units GTN-16R to Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, LLC, the press service of the United Engine Corporation, which includes the company, reports.

Acting Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University Andrey Yakovlev and Head of the NTI Competence Center "New and Mobile Energy Sources" at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Chernogolovka) Yuri Dobrovolsky paid a working visit to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna last Friday.

In the next decade, the volume of production of thin-film solar modules in value terms will grow by about 10% per year. In gigawatts of power, the increase will be comparable to the rate shown by the rapidly developing solar power generation based on crystalline silicon.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proposed the use of catalysts in aircraft engines. According to Aviation Week, it is assumed that in this way it will be possible to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides that affect global climate change.

Chinese scientists have developed a technology for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, which allows you to extract fuel from the atmosphere without any energy costs. This is a passive system that only needs a water source and an open space to work. The main secret is to use the daily temperature fluctuations on Earth, when the heat of the day replaces the cold of the night.

The Lebanese media "Al-Masdar News" denied the information that Russian fighters were involved in the destruction of oil tankers in Syria.

Russia can become a major global producer and exporter of hydrogen – one of the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. Nobel laureate Rae Kwon Chung is sure of this. What is his forecast based on, what is happening in the hydrogen fuel market today, and under what conditions is Russia's hydrogen breakthrough really possible?

NASA will install additional solar panels on top of the existing ones on the ISS. They will partially replace the old ones, which have degraded over time, but due to high efficiency, they will increase the available electric power from 160 to 215 kilowatts. The new batteries are made of a flexible film that is rolled into a scroll for easy transport.