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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.

In December 2020, IEMZ Kupol (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region) delivered the first large batch of industrial refrigeration equipment to a special customer and launched a new product line.

He considers the bill a "gift" to Russia and China

Us President Donald trump on Wednesday used his veto power against the defense budget bill, which was previously approved by the US Congress.

Amazon recently announced plans to add 26 more wind and solar power projects with a total capacity of 3.4 GW to its assets. As a result, the number of such projects funded by Amazon in 2020 will reach 35, and the total capacity will exceed 4 GW.

the international association "global energy" presented the first annual report "10 breakthrough ideas in energy for the next 10 years", co-authored by scientists from around the world. The report reflects the main provisions of research aimed at combating global climate change, including through the development of energy efficiency and energy conservation, as well as renewable energy technologies.

An oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah suffered an explosion after being hit by an "external source," shipping company BW Rhine said, suggesting another vessel was attacked off the kingdom's coast amid its years-long war in Yemen, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

China has successfully launched its own "artificial sun" -the HL-2M thermonuclear reactor. This is a great achievement for the state and for the entire nuclear energy sector of the country.

Last week, it became known about the Chinese government's plans to dramatically increase the use of weather modification technologies, in particular, seeding clouds with silver microparticles.

A large batch of new ADCPT-10-53501 tankers has been delivered to the logistics support unit (MTO) of the Western military district stationed in the Voronezh region.

Team of the research center "Physical materials science and composite materials "(SIC FMCM) The research school of chemical and biomedical technologies of TPU conducted research in the development of new materials for renewable energy using nano - and microstructured flexible piezopolymer nano - and microgenerators, as well as bioactive materials based on RF-magnetron calcium-phosphate coatings.