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European aerospace and defence group Airbus (EPA:AIR) will partner with a joint venture of General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) and Safran Aircraft Engines to develop a hydrogen-fuelled aircraft engine that should be put into operation in zero-emission aircraft by 2035. As part of a demonstration programme, the partners will ground and …

Iranian scientists succeeded in breaking the US monopoly in producing electron accelerators, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said. “A while ago I wrote about the important role of electron accelerators in this Instagram page and pointed to inspiring research and activities of nuclear scientists …

A team of scientists in China and Britain have made what they say is a breakthrough in the quest to use sunlight to produce hydrogen, which can be used as a power source or in industry. In a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications last week, the scientists …

South Korea will strengthen cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in major technologies related to the hydrogen economy, President Moon Jae-in said Sunday. The president, who is in Dubai for a three-day visit as part of his trip to the Middle East, made the remark at a business forum attended …

Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) has opened the books to investors to raise up to $10.8 billion in the country’s largest initial public offering (IPO), according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. The shares will be sold in a price range of 257,000 won to 300,000 won …

The Energy Efficiency Hub – a global platform for collaboration aimed at delivering the social, economic and environmental benefits of more efficient use of energy – has been launched at an event hosted at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. The Hub’s initial 16 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, …

On November 10, San Jose, California-based electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive Inc. became the latest name to join the ever-growing list of EV manufacturers going public. As widely expected, Rivian’s IPO was another blockbuster after the company managed to raise about $13.5 billion by selling 175.95 million shares at $78 …

NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade. The two, on Friday, put out a request for proposals for the fission surface power system. “Providing a reliable, high-power system …

Tech giant pledges to help communities affected by climate change access clean power through new initiative The number of Apple’s suppliers committed to using 100 per cent clean energy has more than doubled in the past year, the tech giant announced late last week, as it simultaneously launched 10 new …

Apple has more than doubled the number of its suppliers committed to using 100 percent clean energy since 2020, according to the company’s first update on its progress toward reaching complete carbon neutrality by 2030. These 175 suppliers will create 9 gigawatts of clean power, which Apple says is similar …