Germany Has Passed Japan for Third Largest World Economy

Official data has reports Japan economy in 2023 was $4.2 trillion in 2023, while Germany’s was $4.5 trillion. The U.S., the world’s largest economy, is expected to grow 5.8% to $26.94 trillion. China’s economy, the world’s second-largest, is forecast to shrink 1.0% to $17.7 trillion. Germany tripled from the 1990s to today. The Japan and …

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2028 Airbus – Voyager Space Starlab Space Station Cutaway and Interior Plans

Airbus and Voyager Space are working together to launch a three deck space station by 2028. It will be launched by the SpaceX Starship. The planned space station will have three decks and the design merges Voyager Space Starlab with the Airbus Loop. The Airbus LOOP Multi-Purpose Orbital Module is designed to be 8 meters …

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War Over India Trade and Trade Routes

India is an emerging economic superpower and there is increasing trade between India and Europe, the US and India and trade with China. The Biden administration in September announced the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. This would have moved a lot of trade between Europe to India through Israel and Saudi Arabia. One-third of world trade …

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Sweden’s Northvolt Will Mass Produce Sodium Ion Batteries

Northvolt announced a state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery, developed for the expansion of cost-efficient and sustainable energy storage systems worldwide. The cell has been validated for a best-in-class energy density of over 160 watt-hours per kilogram at the company’s R&D and industrialization campus, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, Sweden. Northvolt’s validated cell is more safe, cost-effective, and sustainable …

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The Official Global Nuclear Energy Revival is Getting Serious

The official IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Nuclear energy forecast, which gets insider information on all of the funded nuclear energy projects and national programs, has increased its 2050 projections low-medium and high cases by about 12%. Europe has to get reliable energy and cannot use Russian oil and gas. This has led to an …

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Copenhagen Atomics Progress to Mass Manufacturing Thorium Reactors and First Reactor in 2028

Copenhagen Atomics has raised over 25 million euros and has developed full scale reactor hardware for molten salt thorium nuclear reactors. Almost a decade ago Copenhagen Atomics was founded based on a dream dream of a world powered by scaleable and green energy more affordable than coal; a thorium molten salt breeder reactor. They are …

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Voyager Space and Airbus Joint Venture to Make Commercial Space Station

Voyager Space is joining forces with Airbus Defence and Space on a joint venture for the development of the Starlab commercial space station. Aug. 2, they announced the creation of a joint venture, also called Starlab, that will be responsible for the development and operation of the station. The joint venture builds upon an agreement …

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