September, 2022

• 19 September

  Musk enters in-flight Wi-Fi market with small satellites

  

    Bloomberg SpaceX wants to show the world its Starlink satellite system can deliver Netflix and YouTube at 30,000 feet. So it recently held a demo for the media aboard a jet operated by its first airline customer, regional carrier JSX. The short jaunt from Burbank to San Jose, California marks the start of Elon Musk’s bid to seize in-flight …

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• 19 September

  GM’s Cruise maps robotaxi expansion

    Bloomberg It was a bit surprising when Cruise, the autonomous vehicle startup that’s 80% owned by General Motors, said it planned to expand its robotaxi service to Phoenix and Austin over the next three months. The company had just recalled a previous version of its self-driving software that was in use when a car got in an accident with …

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• 17 September

  Saudi Arabia discovers new gold and copper ore sites in Madinah

  

    JEDDAH / WAM The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the discovery of new sites for gold and copper ore deposits in the Madinah region. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi Geological Survey, represented by the Survey and Mineral Exploration Centre, said that the discoveries of gold ore were within the boundaries of Aba Al-Raha, the shield …

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• 17 September

  Oil strives for weekly advance as economic growth fears mount

  

    Bloomberg Oil edged higher in uneven trading, remaining within a narrow price band as traders weighed a souring US economic outlook against risks of supply disruptions from Russia. West Texas Intermediate futures traded near $86 a barrel, struggling to hold onto gains while under pressure from equity markets. Equities slid as Fedex Corp. withdrew an earnings forecast, in what …

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• 17 September

  Seoul to deepen cooperation with high-tech sectors in Middle East

  

    South Korea / WAM South Korea wants to strengthen its relations with the Middle East with a focus on high-tech industries, according to Seoul’s top diplomat. “In the Middle East, we hope to deepen cooperation in high-tech industries,” said Park Jin, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, while hosting a dinner for invited guests, during Jeju Forum for …

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• 17 September

  Germany seizes assets of Russian oil giant Rosneft

  

  Bloomberg Germany is taking control of Russian oil major Rosneft PJSC’s German unit, including stakes in three oil refineries, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacts to the unprecedented energy crisis sparked by the invasion of Ukraine. Grid regulator BNetzA will become trustee of RN Refining & Marketing GmbH and Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, which account for around 12% of Germany’s oil processing …

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• 17 September

  Eskom CEO sees South African gas as key in transition from coal

  

    Bloomberg Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa’s state power utility, favors burning more domestically sourced gas as it transitions away from coal, its CEO Andre de Ruyter said. With the structure of the nation’s demand changing and more renewable technology being added to the grid, additional storage in the form of batteries will be needed along with power that can …

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• 17 September

  European gas declines as bloc prepares details for intervention

  

    Bloomberg Natural gas prices fell as the European Union started outlining details of its intervention into an unprecedented energy crisis, including a proposal for targets to reduce electricity demand. Power prices also slumped. Benchmark gas futures declined as much as 9.3% to the lowest in a month. Still, prices remain almost eight times higher than normal for the time …

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• 17 September

  Xi’an Longi Green Energy to send solar panels into space

    Bloomberg Longi Green Energy Technology Co, the world’s biggest solar technology manufacturer, will send panels into space as the first step in plans to test the feasibility of harnessing the sun’s power in orbit and transmitting it back to Earth. The Xi’an-based clean energy giant, which has helped China dominate the solar industry and drive down costs, will also …

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• 17 September

  Biden pledges $50m for floating wind turbines

    Bloomberg The Biden administration set a new goal for deploying floating wind turbines in deep waters off US coasts and unveiled nearly $50 million in initiatives designed to propel the nascent technology. The effort is aimed at positioning the US to be a world leader in selling and using floating wind turbines that can generate electricity in deep waters …

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