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Great Britain - Laser weapon successfully tested

Great Britain - Laser weapon successfully tested

Gepostet von | 25 Jan 2024 | , , , | 1

London - The UK has moved a step closer to the military use of lasers after successfully trialling its new laser project. The UK Ministry of Defence announced that the "DragonFire" energy system has shot down several drones with laser beams while flying off the coast of Scotland for the first time. Joint project The UK military is pursuing this project with UK industry (MBDA UK, Leonardo UK and QinetiQ) as an effective and cost-efficient way of countering the growing threat from drones and drone swarms. The exact range of DragonFire has not been disclosed, but according to the UK Ministry of Defence, it could provide a...

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Shipping company and sailors develop unique concept

Shipping company and sailors develop unique concept

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2024 | , , , | 0

Hamburg: The merchant shipping industry is under pressure. The EU wants the European fleet to be climate-neutral by 2050. To achieve this goal, shipping companies are experimenting with innovative forms of propulsion. These include hydrogen-based fuels, but also age-old methods such as sail propulsion. The long-established Hamburg shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently developing a container ship with sail propulsion. Marineforum.online reported on this on 18 December 2023, but now further details have been announced and the internationally renowned sailing professional Boris Herrmann from "Team Malizia" is now a partner of Hapag-Lloyd. Concept The plan is to build a new ship with a load capacity of 4,500 standard 20-foot containers. According to the current design, the freighter will be 261 metres...

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Russia's LNG projects make progress despite sanctions

Russia's LNG projects make progress despite sanctions

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2024 | , , , , | 0

Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Novatek, has completed the first line of its "Arctic LNG 2" project despite US and EU sanctions. The first LNG deliveries are scheduled to be shipped in the first quarter of 2024. PROFILE Arctic LNG 2 will have three production strings that can produce a total of 19.8 million tonnes per year. Each line will therefore have a capacity of 6.6 million tonnes. The other two production lines are expected to go into operation by 2026. Special feature: each production line will not be firmly founded in the permafrost, as is usually the case, but will be floating on gravity-based structures (GBS) in the Gulf of Ob....

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Seabird of the year 2024: the red-throated diver

Seabird of the year 2024: the red-throated diver

Gepostet von | 14 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

Every year since 2014, the "Jordsand Association for the Protection of Seabirds and Nature" from Ahrensburg (Stormarn district) has chosen a seabird species that exemplifies a particular problem. In 2024, it is the red-throated diver, which, like many other seabirds, is particularly threatened by the numerous wind turbines in the sea. Red List The red-throated diver is the smallest representative of the loon species and is listed as critically endangered as a migratory bird species in Germany. The intensive expansion of offshore wind power over the past ten years has been a "serious burden" for the red-throated diver, as it has to avoid wind farm areas within a radius of around ten kilometres...

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Norway: Will offshore gas deposits remain unutilised?

Norway: Will offshore gas deposits remain unutilised?

Gepostet von | 23 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

At the end of 2022, there were over 80 gas discoveries off the Norwegian coast covering an estimated area of more than 1.2 billion square metres. Although many of these deposits have considerable value potential, it is highly uncertain how much natural gas can actually be extracted, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The challenges cited by the NPD include complex deposits and high production costs. Around two thirds of the country's gas reserves have not yet been extracted. And although production is expected to remain high over the next five years, it is expected to decline "quite rapidly" thereafter, according to the authority. Therefore, it makes...

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