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Moon landing seemingly doomed after private company’s Peregrine spacecraft suffers ‘critical’ fuel leak | Science & Tech News
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The first US moon landing mission in more than 50 years appears to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak just hours after it launched. Private firm Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology estimated the Peregrine lander would start losing power in about 40 hours. The company had managed to orient it towards…
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How the whisky industry could help provide sustainable fuel for the future | Climate News
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Scientists at a university in Scotland believe they have discovered a way to turn waste water from the whisky industry into sustainable fuel. A team from Heriot-Watt University has developed materials that can use waste water from distilleries to produce green hydrogen which, unlike fossil fuels, does not produce carbon when it is burned. Green…
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UK’s first air capture plant is turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel | Climate News
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The UK’s first-ever direct air capture plant has been turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel. The machine, developed by Mission Zero Technologies in partnership with the University of Sheffield, will run on solar power to recover 50 tonnes of CO2 from the air per year and turn…
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Vast scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfill sites exposed | Climate News
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The vast scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfill sites has been exposed by analysis carried out exclusively for Sky News. Around 1,300 “super-emitters” of the potent greenhouse gas have been identified so far in 2023 by the monitoring company Kayrros, which uses satellites to detect plumes of the gas. It looks…
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Pioneering flight to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel to cross the Atlantic | Climate News
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For the first time a long haul commercial aircraft is flying across the Atlantic using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Until now regulators have only allowed airlines to use up to 50% of eco-fuel to power their engines. But this Boeing 787 test flight from London Heathrow to New York’s JFK airport will be powered…
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Bangor University scientists design fuel for nuclear reactors on the moon | Science & Tech News
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Scientists at a Welsh university have designed fuel which could sustain life on a base situated on the moon. A team at Bangor University in north Wales has been conducting research which they say will make space travel safer and more efficient. Rolls-Royce was given funding earlier this year to build a nuclear reactor for…
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Crash landing for dream of ‘guilt-free flying’? Scientists find no clear green alternative to jet fuel | Climate News
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The quest for guilt-free flying may have been knocked off course by a broad study that has concluded there is “no clear or single net zero alternative to jet fuel”. The four most viable alternatives “offer some carbon savings but are not ideal”, according to the review by the Royal Society academy of scientists. Replacing…
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Virgin Orbit explains first satellite mission from UK failed to reach orbit due to rocket fuel error | Science & Tech News
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The first satellite mission from UK soil failed to reach orbit last month because a rocket fuel filter had become dislodged, Virgin Orbit has said. Virgin Orbit sent up a jumbo jet carrying the rocket from Cornwall on 9 January. But excitement turned to disappointment when the rocket failed to deploy its payload of nine…
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RAF completes first UK flight using 100% sustainable fuel | UK News
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) has successfully piloted the UK’s first flight using 100% sustainable fuel in a “breakthrough moment” for aviation. The RAF Voyager – the military equivalent of an Airbus A330 – has taken to the skies over Oxfordshire using waste-based fuels, including used cooking oil. Sustainable aviation fuels, known as SAFs, have…