Mubadala, Siemens Energy sign hydrogen MoU
ABU DHABI, January 18, 2021 Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) and Siemens Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive investment and develop advanced technology, manufacture equipment, and green hydrogen and synthetic fuel production. The initial focus of activity will be in Abu Dhabi and it is intended this will be expanded to international markets over time, a WAM report said. Mubadala and Siemens Energy have a long-standing relationship based on the strong links between the governments of the UAE and Germany. Together with Masdar and other energy players in the Mubadala Group, the companies will work closely towards the following goals: utilising renewable energy to produce green hydrogen and synthetic fuels, providing clean and transportable energy to fuel new hydrogen-based ecosystems that are supplied from the UAE; establish an Abu Dhabi-headquartered world-class player in the synthetic
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Hoppy beers such as pale ales are becoming increasingly popular. One reason is their pleasant fruity aroma that partially stems from compounds called thiols. Brewers have been looking for an accurate way to track thiols in beer, but current methods typically are not sensitive enough or require use of potentially harmful substances. Now, researchers in ACS
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry present an automated, solvent-less process to assess thiols at very low concentrations.
Thiols, along with other compounds such as terpenes and esters, contribute to the enjoyable odors in hop-forward beer styles. Although very small amounts of thiols are present in beer, a little bit of these compounds goes a long way toward achieving a hoppy flavor and fruity aroma. Brewers would like more information about these volatile substances, but it s challenging to accurately detect such small quantities. Previous studies have reported complex, multi-step methods for thiol analysi
The Bartolomeo platform, with blue hinges centre-right of the photo, is at the end of the Dextre attachment that is part of Canada’s 16-m robotic arm for the International Space Station. (Credit: ESA/NASA)
Airbus’ novel payload hosting service enables the in-space technology demonstration of a multispectral camera for ConstellR, a Fraunhofer EMI spin-off
Bremen, 14 December 2020 – Airbus and Fraunhofer EMI have signed a contract for an in-orbit demonstration mission on the Bartolomeo platform of the International Space Station (ISS). With this mission, Fraunhofer EMI enables its spin-off ConstellR to demonstrate the core measurement technology required for highly accurate land surface temperature (LST) monitoring on a global scale.
23 European nations launch IPCEI Hydrogen
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has just announced the launch of the IPCEI Hydrogen. This is a joint European project (Important Projects of Common European Interest, or IPCEI) analogous to the two initiatives already launched in the field of battery cell manufacturing.
Twenty-two EU member states and Norway have signed a declaration of intent stating their willingness to support the development of a European value chain for green hydrogen in particular and to invest billions of euros accordingly. The participating countries describe the commitment to hydrogen as a technology of the future as crucial to making Europe a climate-neutral continent by 2050.
The positioning and drilling end effector developed by Fraunhofer IFAM in Stade during the automated positioning of a cleat on the CFRP integral frame. Photo Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM
Automation is one of the most important strategies for increasing efficiency in production. A new positioning and drilling end effector has been developed within the “Impulse” project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the “Tempo” (“Technologies for the efficient assembly and production of CFRP fuselage components”) sub-project.
This end effector automates the pre-assembly of stiffening elements (cleats) on CFRP integral frames for the manufacture of aircraft fuselages. The previous manual production also required more process steps. Alternatively, the compact end effector can also be picked up by standard industrial robots. This enables production rate increases, both with constant quality and at lower costs.