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Brussels, Sep 25 (EFE), (Camera: Leo Rodríguez).- Dozens of people gathered in Brussels to protest on the occasion of the Global Day of Climate Action.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN BRUSSELS.
Amazon chief Jezz Bezos pledges the retail giant will meet its emissions targets taken under the Paris climate accord 10 years ahead of schedule. We want to use our scope and our scale to lead the way," Bezos told a news conference in the US capital, announcing the firm would acquire 100,000 electric delivery vans to help cut its carbon fooptprint. The world's richest man, Bezos said Amazon would be the first signatory to the 2015 Paris deal to commit to meet its targets, a decade early, with other companies to follow suit. SOUNDBITE
This array of 149 Xenon short-arc lamps is called Synlight, and it's designed to be an artificial sun. Invented by the German Aerospace Centre, or DLR, Synlight can produce up to 10,000 times the intensity of natural sunlight experienced on Earth. Researchers and scientists turned on their machine for Ruptly in Juelich on Monday. The Synlight array measures 45 by 52 feet but all the powerful bulbs are designed to concentrate their light radiation on a small space which measures just 8 inches by 8 inches. Its inventors claim that the synthetic sun can generated temperatures up to 3000 degrees Celsius and beyond. Synlight was created with a specific purpose in mind. Hydrogen fuel, considered by many to be the fuel of the future because it emits no carbon when burned, is derived by breaking water down into its base atoms. However, this process requires a huge amount of heat energy. Synlight is meant to power the reaction to obtain hyrdogen fuel in a way that uses as little fossil fuels as possible. The high power array also has potential uses in other fields as well, including scientific research and commercial applications which require an intense source of heat. The project cost about 3.5 million euro to buid, funding which was provided by the German government and automaker BMW.
This portable hydrogen fuel cell prototype could be the next generation of portable chargers for phones, laptops and other electronic devices. Called HandyPower, the new fuel were tested at the Institute of High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences. HandyPower is resident at Skolkovo Innovation Centre and is financed by the Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE).
Nikola Motors unveiled its zero-emission hydrogen-powered electric semi-truck called the Nikola One, which aims to compete against the largest truck manufacturers in the world and fight climate change at the same time. Unveiled at the company's headquarters in Salt Lake City, the class 8 semi-truck will be powered by both lithium batteries and hydrogen fuel cells which generate over 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 ft-lbs of torque and enable the truck to travel up to 1,200 miles on a single charge. Leasing the Nikola One will cost customers between $5,000 and $7,000 per month for a 72 month term and includes unlimited hydrogen fuel at their network of stations. Nikola Motors have already received pre-orders worth $3 billion and plans to build a network of fuel stations across the US and Canada starting in January 2018.
Hundreds of tractors block streets around the EU's headquarters in Brussels as ministers met to seek ways to streamline farming rules and red tape that have fuelled protests around the bloc. IMAGES
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