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New updates about the e-REX and REX-b engine from the company INNengine.
These are new Internal Combustion Engines that are very lightweight, high efficiency and yet deliver a lot of power.


See post#13 for background information.

And the youtube channel from INNengine :


 
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How Solar inverters in the Netherlands fail Electromagnetic Interference Compliance and are easy to cyber hack...

When you buy solar panels, you are not finished. You have to buy a solar inverter as well. An solar inverter turns the DC voltage from the solar panels into 230V AC typical @ 50 Hz (If you live in the Netherlands and other European countries).
Those inverters are as it turns out , not always as reliable as they seem.
Radiated emission and radiated immunity as wel conducted emissions and conducted immunity, all 4 parts of the EMC ElectroMagnetic Compatibility Compliance...
it means that the inverter can disturb the surroundings through radiation or conductive through cables or be disturbed and stop functioning properly.
Often these inverters contain a means of digital communication to display produced power , through wireless like wifi or wired through a network CAT cable ethernet connection.
It seems that a lot of the solarinverters are not hacking proof as well and sensitive to DDoS attacks...

Smal excerpt from text :
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Dutch regulator warns of EMC issues, hacking risks for solar inverters​


Most solar inverters in the Netherlands fail electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements, posing interference risks and raising the threat of hacking, says the National Inspectorate for Digital Infrastructure (RDI).
RDI published a report this week stating that most solar inverters in the country do not meet its EMC requirements. Solar inverters in the Netherlands pose risks of interference and hacking, it warned.
RDI's investigation reveals non-compliance of inverters from nine manufacturers, posing risks of interference and hacking. While all inverters meet minimum cybersecurity standards, they could be easily hacked and used for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, said RDI.
Inverter manufacturers have a legal obligation to prevent the sale of disruptive products. Malfunctions related to electromagnetic compatibility have significantly increased in recent years, likely due to the growing number of PV installations, with 113 reports between 2020 and 2022, said RDI.
The Swedish Electrical Safety Agency conducted a similar investigation in 2021.
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That is also an idea, to reduce CO2 emissions , we could use natures CO2 scrubbers. These cyano bacteria capture CO2 at a very high rate.

This bacteria could help us with developing better and faster CO2 scrubbers. Turning CO2 intho alkanes like hydrocarbons again.
See post #378 from the "Phage , the virus that cures "thread


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The island of Vulcano is surrounded by underwater hydrothermal vents, which are rich sources of CO2. These vents are located in shallow water, which means they are exposed to sunlight (unlike vents in the deep ocean). All this has created the perfect environment for the evolution of microbes that use CO2 as a food source.


The microbes found here in September 2022 are "hyper-efficient at consuming CO2 through photosynthesis", says Braden Tierney, a data scientist focusing on microbiology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Harvard Medical School, and executive director of the Two Frontiers Project, which led the research. The project was funded by US biotechnology company Seed Health, which employs Tierney as a consultant.
Together with a team of researchers from Harvard and Cornell universities in the US and the University of Palermo in Sicily, and with help from the Vulcano community, Tierney isolated a microbe that converted CO2 into biomass faster than other known cyanobacteria. A study outlining the results will be published later this year.
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Cyanobacteria are a type of bacteria that use photosynthesis to obtain energy, capturing carbon in the process, and the new strain is "one of the fastest growing cyanobacteria… ever reported", says Tierney. He describes cyanobacteria as "nature's little alchemists" as they absorb large amounts of CO2 and can convert it into useful resources, such as fuels or biodegradable plastics.
"Early data showed [this new strain] generated 22% more biomass than the other fastest growing strains out there," says Tierney. As it grows denser and heavier, the microbe sinks in the water, which helps it sequester the CO2 it absorbs, he says.

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