Новости за 12.05.2024

Baghdad (AFP) May 11, 2024
Iraq, one of the world's biggest oil producers, aims to boost its crude reserves to more than 160 billion barrels, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani said on Saturday. The minister's comment came during the launch of new licensing rounds for 29 oil and gas fields. According to the World Bank, Iraq has 145 billion barrels of proven oil reserves amounting to 96 years' worth of production at th

Paris, France (SPX) May 08, 2024
Elsight's (ASX: ELS) Halo connectivity platform has been successfully integrated with the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Indago 4 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), allowing it to perform beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights with increased capabilities and extended operational range. Central to this integration is Elsight's Halo, a robust communication system that aggregates various IP link

Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 10, 2024
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has urged domestic manufacturers of electric mopeds and scooters to integrate the BeiDou high-precision satellite positioning system into their products. This initiative aims to enhance the technological advancement and efficiency of these vehicles. The ministry emphasized the importance of electric bicycle producers increasing their

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 10, 2024
Researchers at Cornell University have unveiled a robotic feeding system designed to aid individuals with severe mobility limitations, such as those affected by spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. The system leverages advanced technologies including computer vision, machine learning, and multimodal sensing to deliver food safely and effectively. "Feeding individua

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) May 8, 2024
The chief executive of German luxury carmaker BMW on Wednesday warned the European Union's investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies runs counter to free trade. The EU launched the inquiry last year, fearing that Chinese subsidies are a threat to Europe's own vast automotive industry. The move enraged Beijing, sparking fears of a trade war between the bloc and the world's second-

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 10, 2024
NASA has entered a new phase of economic impact by licensing an advanced superalloy, named GRX-810, to four US companies. This move leverages NASA's research and development investments funded by taxpayers. GRX-810, a superalloy designed for the demanding conditions of aerospace environments, promises enhanced durability and strength for parts used in airplanes and spacecraft, potentially

Boston MA (SPX) May 10, 2024
America's first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry's future in the U.S. Several big hitters, including Orsted, Equinor, BP and Avangrid, have canceled contracts or sought to renegotiate them in recent months. Pulling out meant

Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 10, 2024
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), key contributors to air pollution and climate change, have seen a consistent decline in emissions in China from 2020 to 2022, despite an increase in fossil fuel consumption, a recent study reveals. China has historically been the largest emitter of NOx, which forms aerosols and ozone in the atmosphere. Researchers at the Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua

Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2024
China has released draft guidelines aimed at reining in the country's lithium battery industry, which has been in Western crosshairs over fears subsidised overproduction could flood global markets with cut-price exports. Lithium-ion batteries are a form of rechargeable energy storage used in everything from electric cars to scooters, laptops and motorised wheelchairs. China is the world'

Greensboro, United States (AFP) May 9, 2024
Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay put. The 28-year-old from Greensboro is among students of an apprenticeship program at Guilford Technical Community College, working three days weekly with the automaker with an eye on future employ

Washington (AFP) May 10, 2024
The United States and China promised Friday to work together on reduction of methane, the second most abundant greenhouse gas, after talks between the climate envoys of the world's two largest emitters. Chinese climate envoy Liu Zhenmin and White House climate advisor John Podesta met for the first time since the departure of their predecessors, whose unusually close relationship helped brin

London (AFP) May 10, 2024
Two environmental activists in their 80s were arrested after glueing themselves to the case containing the historic Magna Carta document at the British Library in central London Friday, the Just Stop Oil group said. Anglican priest Sue Parfitt, 82, and retired teacher Judy Bruce, 85, held a sign saying "The government is breaking the law", the group said. Magna Carta is seen as a precur

Washington (AFP) May 10, 2024
The United States is planning to increase tariffs on Chinese clean energy goods, news reports said Friday, with levies on electric vehicles expected to roughly quadruple. The move, reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes at the end of a long-awaited review of tariffs that were imposed during a trade war between Washington and Beijing. Then-president Donald Trump imposed tariffs on som

Grunheide, Germany (AFP) May 10, 2024
German police on Friday drove back several groups of environmental activists who tried to enter Tesla's factory outside of Berlin, a spokesman said. The spokesman said there were injuries among protesters and police but could not provide figures. Activists have been protesting plans to expand the factory, which opened in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and construction proces

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 11, 2024
Amid growing demands for sustainable energy solutions, scientists have developed a novel method to repurpose chicken fat, an abundant waste product, into valuable components for energy storage devices. This new approach, documented in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, involves converting chicken fat into carbon-based electrodes that can effectively store energy and power electronic devices s

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 11, 2024
As kimchi gains popularity worldwide, cabbage, a key ingredient, sees high wastage rates during its production and distribution, with over 30% discarded annually. This contributes significantly to environmental pollution and incurs substantial disposal costs. Addressing this issue, Hae Choon Chang, President of the World Institute of Kimchi, a research entity funded by the Ministry of Scie

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 11, 2024
GE Vernova's Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), has delivered high burnup fuel rods to the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for post-commercial operation analysis. The rods have completed three full cycles at a U.S. nuclear facility. "This shipment of these rods is another milestone in the drive to develop the next generation of even safer and

New York (AFP) May 10, 2024
The share price of nuclear energy start-up Oklo, chaired by OpenAI boss Sam Altman, fell sharply Friday on its first day of trading on Wall Street. At around 3:40 pm (1940GMT), the stock was down 53.9 percent to $8.40. Founded in 2013 by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Oklo went public by merging with AltC Acquisition Corp, a listed company. The latter i

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 11, 2024
In a rapid response to public outcry and mounting pressure, California lawmakers have taken decisive action to amend Assembly Bill 1999 (AB 1999), aiming to cap the controversial Big Utility Tax. This legislative effort follows closely on the heels of the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) decision to impose a $24/month Utility Tax starting in 2026, which would affect approximately

Washington (AFP) May 10, 2024
Most of Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits are now law and are unlikely to be reversed by Donald Trump if he wins November's presidential election, a senior administration official said Friday. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - one of Biden's most significant policy achievements as president - contains tax credits, subsidies and grants worth hundreds of billions of dollars design

Washington (AFP) May 10, 2024
A huge solar storm has begun pummeling Earth, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids - and stunning auroras - as it intensifies Friday evening. The first of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun - arrived in the early afternoon, US eastern time, the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic a

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 11, 2024
Researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Nagoya University have developed a method to convert iron-based amorphous alloys, commonly used in soft magnets, into efficient thermoelectric materials. This conversion is achieved through a brief, three-minute heat treatment, introducing a method to manipulate materials at the microstructural level for improved energy con