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By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Inspenet, March 14, 2022.
Inspenet, the knowledge and professional connection network, was at the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) Annual Conference and Expo 2022, where Dr. Carlos Alberto Palacios, was kind enough to grant us an exclusive interview.

By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, March 11, 2022.
Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC, USA) demonstrated that an easily produced compound of gallium and aluminum creates aluminum nanoparticles that react rapidly with water at room temperature to produce large amounts of hydrogen, without the need for having no power input.

By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, March 11, 2022.
State oil company Petroecuador presented a plan to double its oil production from the current 395,000 to 804,000 barrels a day by 2025. In 2022, Petroecuador plans to incorporate an additional 100,000, with an investment of USD 437 million.

By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, March 11, 2022.
Construction of the first offshore wind farm servicing vessel, named Eco Edison, has begun in the US. and is expected to be completed by 2024.

By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, March 11, 2022.
A group of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in Spain, has carried out an analysis on the efficiency of an integrated biorefinery model to produce biofuels for jet aircraft, which has alcohol and vegetable oil (from waste agricultural oilseed plants) as raw materials. The analysis will also be useful to identify innovations capable of making the process technically, economically and environmentally feasible.

By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, March 10, 2022.
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday that any oil and gas company that can increase supplies must do so quickly because of the growing energy crisis.