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Qatar invests US$112M for a 10% share in Rolls-Royce’s small modular reactor business

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Rolls-Royce Group has reached agreement with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, to invest £85 million (US$112 million) in Rolls-Royce SMR Limited (Rolls-Royce SMR). Factory production of modules removes the cost and schedule risks of on-site manufacture on large-scale projects.

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Qatar University provides first update on R&D on sustainable aviation biofuels; scaling up production

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Qatar University (QU) provided the first public update on the progress of its work on developing sustainable alternative biofuels for aviation on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference COP-18. million) biofuel project, in collaboration with Qatar Airways and Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), is now in its third year.

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Qatar Airways Becomes First to Operate Commercial Flight on GTL Jet Fuel Blend Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight o

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Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on a 50:50 blend with synthetic GTL Jet Fuel. In September, ASTM International released a new specification that fully and unconditionally approved the use of Gas-to-Liquids Kerosene blends for powering commercial aircraft. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Qatar and Shell sign Heads of Agreement for the development of a ~$6.4B petrochemicals complex in Qatar

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Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of the State of Qatar, and Peter Voser, CEO of Shell, signed a Heads of Agreement that sets the scope and commercial principles for the development of a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

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Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

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Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of renewable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus. Ongoing market and strategic analysis.

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Qatar Airways looking to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet company Byogy, along with off-take agreement

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Bloomberg reports that Qatar Airways Ltd. In March, Byogy announced a joint venture with Qatar Airways as well as other partnerships including a feedstock agreement with Brazilian sugar cane ethanol producer Itapecuru Bioenergia and fuel off-take terms with Brazil’s Azul Airways. petroleum-based products continues to climb.

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SpaceX’s Starlink provides free internet to passengers on Hawaiian Airlines

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Hawaiian Airlines is launching complimentary Wi-Fi to its passengers on board commercial flights this week. SpaceX Starlink available on Qatar Airways SpaceX officially launched Starlink Aviation in October 2022, with a few airlines already interested in the new production.

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