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WIND TECH-<\/p>\n

Airseas <\/strong>sets up shop in Morocco to advance its fuel-saving kite tech for <\/strong>ships: <\/strong>French wind tech company Airseas<\/a> has opened a MAD 50 mn (c. USD 5.1 mn) research and testing center in Morocco to advance its automated kite sail tech that can help ships reduce fuel consumption by 20%, Morocco World News<\/a> reported last week. The facility \u2014 located 60 kms from Dakhla \u2014 features a vast hangar for launching, landing, repairing, and refueling ships, and a navigation simulation center.<\/p>\n

About the tech:<\/strong> The 1k sqm kite \u2014 dubbed Seawing<\/a> \u2014 is equipped with an AI-powered autopilot system to optimize trajectories and maximize efficiency for various ships. It can be easily and quickly installed to adapt to different applications, and has a simple control panel installed in the bridge of the ship that is used to deploy, operate and store the Seawing, its website<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

Not the first to go with the wind:: <\/strong>The UK\u2019s Smart Green Shipping was eyeing a new fundraising round for an additional EUR 6 mn following the development of their FastRig wind sail technology<\/a> which aims to reduce fuel consumption in the shipping industry by up to 30%. A dry cargo ship fitted with sails that can harness wind power<\/a> also set sail from Singapore to Brazil in August to study how wind energy can cut carbon emissions last August. <\/p>\n

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CARBON CAPTURE-<\/p>\n

KSA <\/strong>+ Uplink launch global carbon capture challenge: <\/strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Energy Ministry and Economy and Planning Ministry have launched a global challenge inviting startups to present new carbon capture technologies, according to a statement<\/a> published last week. Winners of the challenge \u2014 launched in collaboration with the World Economic Forum\u2019s UpLink platform \u2014 will receive up to CHF 300k (c.USD 327k) as well as mentorship and guidance to scale up their ideas. <\/p>\n

This comes as no surprise:<\/strong> Uplink is providing<\/a> Saudi early-stage startups with advanced technologies to help \u201creduce, recycle and remove carbon from the atmosphere.\u201d They also launched a competition for local startups to help source technology to preserve marine diversity among other initiatives in April. Saudi\u2019s Economy and Planning Ministry also signed two agreements<\/a> with UpLink to mobilize global solutions to critical environmental and sustainability challenges in January. <\/p>\n

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SUSTAINABILITY-<\/p>\n

Emirates Transport is rolling out EV charging stations: <\/strong>The Energy and Infrastructure Ministry \u2014 through UAEV, the first state-owned EV charging network in the country \u2014 has partnered with Emirates Transport<\/a> (ET) to install and operate EV charging stations across ET\u2019s buildings, Wam<\/a> reports. The ministry and ET will aso work together to set policies incentivizing private-sector EV adoption. UAEV aims to install 100 chargers in 2024, and 1k chargers by 2030 across the UAE. <\/p>\n

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