Genetics

• [New] The amount of data in the world will grow 10 times by 2025 to 163 zettabytes, up from 16.1 zettabytes of data generated in 2016. / roboticstomorrow
• [New] Offshore wind powers over 7.5 million UK homes, and a planned fourfold increase by 2030 will generate more electricity than is currently used in UK homes.. / NERC
• [New] The Dogger Bank C, owned by SSE Renewables and Equinor, is being developed on a different timescale, but will also have a generating capacity of 1.2 GW, meaning the who wind farm will have an installed capacity of up to 3.6GW and will be capable of powering up to 6 million homes. / MarineLink
• [New] Fossil fuels fare better in the Gray scenario, which assumes cost competitive CCS offers a way forward for coal in power generation and industry, and reverses some of the decline seen in gas from 2030. / reneweconomy
• [New] The Finnish technology group Wartsila will provide engine generating sets running on a hydrogen and natural gas blend for Keppel Offshore & Marine's offshore floating testbed in Singapore. / Offshore Energy
• [New] 16 aircraft have now been ordered from the American company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) and are expected to enter service with the RAF by mid-2024, doubling the capability currently provided by Reaper. / myerson
• [New] Presently both the EU and US proposals would only initially consider heavily carbon-intensive goods such as iron and steel, cement, fertiliser, aluminium, and electricity generation with the US proposal to commence in 2024 and the European CBAM coming into play in 2026. / Michael West
• [New] The Digital Dairy Value-Chain could generate an additional £60m a year for a region which produces nearly two billion litres of milk a year. / all-news
• [New] 16 aircraft have now been ordered from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc and are expected to enter service with the RAF by mid-2024, doubling the capability currently provided by Reaper. / Royal Air Force
• [New] To be located in Donghae City, the power generated by Bloom Energy will produce 35,000-megawatt hours per year of highly efficient, clean and resilient electricity, while capturing 4 million megacalories of thermal energy through the Power Tower and SK ecoplant's heat recovery system. / FuelCellsWorks
• [New] Unhealthy plants can lead to biodiversity loss and potentially catastrophic consequences for the future of our planet, placing future generations at risk. / International Plant Protection Convention
• [New] Global development of offshore wind resources has accelerated as part of a broader shift to lower emissions energy sources, with combined global targets expected to drive the addition of 200 GW of offshore generation capacity by 2030. / reneweconomy
• [New] Putting renewable energy on land creates more American jobs, does not put commercial fisheries out-of-business, is more secure and does not come with all the environmental risks of offshore wind. / E&E News
• [New] According to the scenario projecting the largest reduction of CO 2 emissions, which features a dominant participation of renewable energies, up to 20,958 jobs can be created in the Chilean energy sector by 2026. / Science Direct
• [New] Improvement in charging infrastructure across U.S. could encourage more Americans to buy electric vehicles, giving General Motors and Ford Motor much-needed fuel in the battle against Tesla. / Reuters
• [New] As more wind and solar generating capacity comes online in the next decade to meet aggressive climate pledges, we will need more natural gas to serve as a power source - not less. / Marcellus Shale Coalition
• [New] The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF) will provide quick access to the latest technologies - such as cell and gene therapies to treat rare diseases - and is open to all therapeutic areas. / Politico
• [New] Musk will take Starlink public before SpaceX because Starlink could generate enormous amounts of money by selling internet service. / Liberated Stock Trader - Learn Stock Market Investing
• [New] Novartis US Foundation plans to invest $20 million to help prepare up to 1,200 Black and African American students to become the next generation of leaders in health, science, technology and business in collaboration with Thurgood Marshall College Fund. / Novartis
• [New] Despite launching an emissions trading scheme to control carbon output from coal-fired electricity generation, China opened mines in the first half of the year able to extract 140 Mt of coal, and is expected to add another 110 Mt before the end of 2021. / the weekly ledger
• [New] BMW asserts that the first noticeable effect will be the maximisation of any energy generated by a photovoltaic system, leading to a sizeable reduction in electricity costs. / Autovista24
• [New] Battery events kept coming, along with announcements of a planned rollout of some 100 new EV models by 2025: General Motors promoted its Ultium Battery, and longtime laggard Ford its Ion Boost batteries. / The Information

Last updated: 25 July 2021