Important Innovations

Free 5-star Rated Book Special Limited Promotion on Amazon Source:  Amazon Kindle   amazon.com/author/ekane Free Promotion Wanted to let you know US business journalist Edward Kane's e-book "List of Top New Environmental Innovations" is available for free on Amazon and Kindle Friday July 10, 2020. After that you can access it for $.99 5-Star Rated The book is 5-star rated and showcases the top new innovations addressing Climate Change and the latest science on Global Warming.  For a preview, go to  https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07MNJL5J1&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_XwEaFb31WFQYB&tag=ejkane2-20     I co-authored the book with Ed, my fellow business journalist and brother.

DARPA'S Impressive Tech R&D Project for US Navy Super:  DARPA Linked Autonomous Ships This is a highly impressive and innovative new project by DARPA, the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA is developing unmanned surface ships (USVs) that would physically link together like train cars to cross the ocean as a sea train.  Linking the ships together lets them overcome wave resistance and make much longer trips with much greater efficiency.  The Sea Train concept envisions many unmanned ships physically linked together to traverse oceans and grow the US Naval fleet.  Naval Force of Unmanned Vehicles The Navy is investing in all sizes of USVs, including large 300 ft. ones and medium sized ones of 39 to 154 feet.  DARPA's Sea Train project is focused on the medium sized USVs that are more efficient, more difficult to detect but less capable of making long journeys.  The Sea Train concept should extend their travel distances across

Partnering with EnBW to Power Grids with Used EV Batteries Source:  MIT Green on Green Power An environmentally friendly, innovative undertaking by German automaker Audi and utility EnBW to recycle and reuse old EV batteries has just been announced.  They'll use the old batteries to help power the grid.  By the end of this year, they will have completed a new electric car battery operation at EmBW's Heilbrom plant to build scalable energy storage facilities.  E-battery recycling and reuse are the holy grail for car and battery manufacturers.  And the storage of energy is another big priority for industry. Energy Recycling, Reuse, Storage For renewable energy companies, storing excess, unused surplus energy of solar and wind power generation is an urgent need.  So, Audi wants to develop what they're calling  a "plug and play" battery storage system for the energy industry.  Audi says this system will be a blueprint for a scalable product that they inte

UK Commitment to Developing Zero Emissions Aircraft Concept Long Range Electric Plane  Greener Skies The United Kingdom wants to be the first to develop a commercial jet plane to fly across the Atlantic without any carbon emissions.  UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps made the pledge today.  He was re-enforcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson promise on Tuesday that the UK would produce the world's first zero-emissions, long haul passenger plane. JetZero The British government has set up the JetZero Council to specifically move their program forward.  A lot is entailed including sustainable aviation fuels, electric planes, hybrid planes and hydrogen planes. Global Goals There is a global goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.  That is a key goal that Prime Minister Johnson has in developing the world first zero emissions, long distance passenger planes.

Most Valuable Automaker in the World Source:  Tesla Sportscar Share Price Surges Tesla, the global electric car company founded by CEO Elon Musk, is now worth triple the combined share price value of GM and Ford.  Today, Tesla's stock price hit a record of $1,133.  And the market cap climbed in late morning to $209.47 Billion.  That is $6Billion more than Toyota is valued by investors. Big Vote of Confidence in Tesla and Electric Cars The stock market is giving a big vote of confidence in the global growth of electric cars and Tesla's strategy and technology.  Tesla is the global leader in EV sales.  After several years of losses, Tesla has delivered three profitable quarters since the 3rd quarter of 2019. CEO Elon Musk says despite disruptions from the COVID-19 virus, Tesla is on track to deliver 500,000 new vehicles in 2020.

Surprise:  It's Not the Center of the Sun Source: Stock image of Solar System International Astronomers Nail It An international team of astronomers have narrowed down the center of the Earth's Solar System to within 328 feet. It is not dead center in the Sun as had been commonly thought. Instead, it's located just outside the surface of the Sun.  The astronomers pinpointed the surprising location by monitoring the emissions of pulsars. Join Prime Video Channels Free Trial   Pulsar Monitoring This finding was not an easy task.  There are a lot of gravitational forces influencing the calculation.  The team used specially designed software to monitor pulsars.  Pulsars are highly magnetized dead stars that emit electromagnetic radiation.  Through the North American Observatory for Gravitations Waves, they were able to observe regular pulses from the pulsars and gravitational waves.  Using that data, they were able to locate the center of the Solar System.  Books

Looking to Invest Billions SOURCE:  ESA Rocket Launch with Satellite onboard New Tech, New Satellites, New Innovations The European Union is accelerating the investment of more money into its space explorations, satellite communications and rocket launches.  Europe and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been very successful in space.  They want to increase their efforts and keep pace particularly with the US and Chinese space programs.  This, according to European Commissioner Thierry Breton in a conversation with Reuters. EU Space Innovations For the first time, the EU budget will be used to develop new technologies to launch rockets, including reusable rockets like SpaceX has developed.  Breton has several novel ideas to spur space innovation: $1 billion euro Space Fund to support space startups $16 billion euros targeted just for space in the next EU budget Competition to provide free access to launches and satellites for startups. Bold Space Plan This is