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There is a place where renewables are gaining the game left over fossil fuels: patents

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Thanks to a new project of GLOBAL RENEWABLE Watch It can be observed The rise of renewable energiesspecifically, solar and wind. However, this considerable increase in clean sources has managed to displace fossil fuels, and much of this advance is due to technological patents. The initiative. An analysis of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has detailed How renewable energy patents have increased 4.5 times faster in the last two decades, surpassing fossil fuel -based patents in number. Global policies. This increase is observed in the growth of renewable capacity and the policies focused on the commitment to achieve the Carbon neutrality. According to the study, support with public policies and public and private financing have managed to reach 60,000 million dollars in large -scale technologies, but some of these projects face challenges such as inflation and political uncertainty. A global movement. Now if you want to have a more open overview about which country has invested, the king is undoubtedly China. The country that has been leading the energy transition It has allocated half of its energy patents and more than 90% of its financing of risky capital to mass technologies, such as batteries and electrolyters. For its part, Europe follows a similar path, focusing on scale engineering projects and renewables have overcome coal. However, the United States has so far maintained a diversified portfolio that covers fossil energy technologies such as clean, but this can change the future By the current Trump administration. Other emerging sources. An area that promises according to the study is hydrogen. Patents related to the production and use of this new source increased 47% in 2022, with an approach to industrial applications such as transport and manufacturing steel. Particularly, in Spain hydrogen is taking the front as A future gas source and be able to export it through Europe. Future investment. From the study They have remarked The need to increase public investment in energy R&D, because currently the financing of the member countries of the IAE does not reach 0.04% of GDP. Researchers have pointed out that the future path is an international collaboration in development plus solutions. In addition, they have focused on other emerging technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), intelligent electrical networks and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in energy management. But there is a bottleneck. On the one hand, long -term shortage of the strategic material supply chain and the lack of infrastructure in some countries. On the other hand, the withdrawal of some large -scale projects focused on clean sources, as the case of BP. Finally, in recent days a tariff war has begun by Trump, so It will be to see how markets open. Image | Pxhere and Pexels Xataka | Now we can see the rise of renewable energy in the world: we just needed the satellite images

The “natural wine” has become fashionable. There is a place where he takes centuries without so much hype: Mass

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In 83, Juan Pablo II visited the prison of Rebibbia, in Rome, and hugged Mehmet Ali Agcathe man who had tried to kill him a couple of years before the Plaza de San Pedro. In 89, a crowd accompanies the coffins of Jesuit parents killed in El Salvador. In 2016, in the middle of Holy Thursday, Francisco washed the feet of a group of refugees from the center of Castelnuovo di Porto … There are many iconic images around the Catholic Church. But for me the image that has impacted me the most happened a couple of years ago: when I saw the priest of my town, dressed in its clerriman, buying a tetra brick of red wine in the Mercadona. Had he found the origin of Mass wine? I had never wondered where the wine that was used in the Eucharist came from and, I suppose that for that reason, that image left me completely out of charge. And as normal, a question immediately approached me: “Was it possible that this was the wine that was used in Mass?” The answer, in case there is any questions, is: no. And here this article could end: with an anecdote of Berlanga that ends “fish -shaped“But no. Because, little by one that one starts to investigate, the history of sacred wine is really interesting. Sacred wine? Although it is true that the Catholic Church (and Christianity in general) has done a lot to take wine to any corner of the world, the sacred history of this type of broths is very long. In fact, Jesus of Nazareth came to ‘resignify’ a good handful of religious signs of common use. What is true is that it is not causality that most historical vineyards are on ecclesiastical terrain. Nor is it a coincidence that the development of the wine industry is intimately related to the comings and goings of the missionaries. Nor that the Vatican is the country that consumes the most from the world (about 45,000 liters a year for its 800 inhabitants). Wine and church have always been closely linked. And, for that reason, not any wine is worth it. Over the centuries, different criteria have been developed to know if a wine was likely to be used in the Eucharist. It is something that has been discussed extensively even in councils Like Florence of 1438. However, it was not until the nineteenth century when the Church (with the industrialization of the world of wine) began to take the idea of ​​establishing criteria that ensure the liturgical purity of wine. In fact, until 1959, as was the case with other things such as togas or candles, there were ecclesiastical certificates very difficult to achieve. The first certified wine was, in fact, Spanish. Prepared by Augusto de Müller Ruinart de Brimont, an Alsacian Even today is a reference in the sector. Maybe Do not be the best sellingworse is the one who has the most history (and It costs less than seven euros). In search of purity. The current Roman Missal is quite clear Around the wine that can be used: “It must be the result of the mature or passage grapes and without artificial additions such as preservatives, dyes, sugars, clarifying or juices. On the other hand, sulphites such as antioxidants or wine distilled to increase alcohol content, which should not exceed 18 degrees,” are allowed to add. The idea is to produce a wine that looks, in one way or another, which it has been using since time immemorial. The problem is that this means challenges that new wine techniques and enologies try to solve: The natural wine boom is part of the same game. Innovation that a bottle of natural wine can be surprising is still surprising. The color and taste depend on the winery. And from which he buys it. A background lesson. Because beyond the curiosity of who produces a product like this, the history of Mass wine tells us about how technological development is truffled with values, ideologies, religious beliefs and social configurations. Here it is seen in a simple way (the composition of the wine consumed by millions of people is discussed in ecumenical councils), but it is not so different from what operates in the natural wine that so fashionable has been put. Not many of the technological decisions of our day to day. History is always more complicated than it seems. Image | Mateus Campos Felipe In Xataka | Andalusia is very proud of its Holy Week. So much that he wants to start teaching it in schools

In 2007, Better Place said to recharge an electric car in five minutes. This is the story of a loud failure

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Nio and Catl have reached an agreement to implement the largest battery exchange network in the world. “The most extensive and advanced,” Catl announced in a statement collected by The avant -garde. The project comes from afar. In 2020Nio already presumed that he could change the battery of his electric cars in three minutes. Since then, we had not known the project beyond In 2022 The electric cars company made noise with this issue. By then, the competition seemed served. The Geely Group, also Chinese, assured that In 2025 5,000 stations would have deployed of battery exchange. But, again, little has been known again on the matter. Until Catl has decided to trust the child project, investing 314 million euros in its battery exchange system. But although they explain that they aspire to have the “most extensive” network, the truth is that no stations numbers data have been provided. However, Nio and Catl’s proposal is not alone. In China, other companies have also tried to standardize this system and Bloomberg He calculated in 2022 that for this year some 26,000 battery exchange stations in the Asian country would have available. It is clear that there is some interest in China in keep investing in the system and technology. However, everything indicates that if there are certain recharge times of byd and are economically viable their stations, A 400 km load in five minutes You can kill the concept. If so, the system would go to a better life. A system that has already been touched almost 20 years ago and that failed irremediably when, ironically, more fault. A little context with a battalion When a person tells me that an electric car does not serve to travel and, above all, he tells me that they will not be in a long time, I usually tell an experience. At the end of 2019 I participated a project to join all the provincial capitals of the Iberian Peninsula by electric car. It was about demonstrating that the network had advanced and that the second generation of Nissan Leaf was a much more capable car. Turning among colleagues, it was late as little as possible. We get it yes, but it is also true that the challenge took us Almost seven days Although we stopped just and necessary to recharge the car. We ate as the car was loaded and slept while the car drank from the plugs. I remember calling a gas station to ask please open a plug even though we arrived after the service station had closed. We had no choice. For Todo Teruel there was only one public charger available. That charger had to open with a key the employees of the gas station. They asked us that at the end we would leave the hidden key. Once the load was finished, Nissan’s electric should have almost 400 kilometers available on a 62 kWh battery. The truth is that we stopped every 200-250 km to take advantage of the fastest part of the recharge unless we would like to sleep in the middle of the trip. Today, in Teruel and its surroundings, there are More than 25 public plugs available according to Electromaps. A few kilometers from the city, next to the highway, one carries 100 kW. Two other closest plugs can load a maximum of 350 kW if your car admits it. That Nissan Leaf, tells us Km77it would have taken 90 minutes to go from 0 to 80% of the battery charge. Today, most cars with 60-70 kWh battery capacity would recover the load up to 80% in about 20 minutes. I count all this battalion because, believe me, if I had had a Better Place battery exchange station on hand, I would have used it. Too bad that when we got into that jaleo, the project had been dead for six years. In just over a five years, the electric car market in Spain has changed completely. And although the recharge network You have to keep improvingright now it is easy to travel to any point in the country if the car has more than 60 kWh battery capacity. The minimum required to travel if we are going to make the recommended stops every two hours or 200 kilometers. What happened to Better Place? We explained all this because it is important to know the context. Having an electric car and traveling with him makes just over a five years ago was a real headache. Now, imagine that you are in 2007 and someone has said that those cars that barely do 200 kilometers in the best case and take a whole night to load are the future. What would you think? You have to look for ways to reduce loading times. And that same idea had Shai Agassi. This Israeli businessman saw that there was a business road. The electric car began to make its way but without recharge points and with times of the same too extensive, the project was unfeasible. He decided that he would create something as simple and as groundbreaking as a battery exchange station. The theory was perfect on paper: you arrive with your car and you don’t have to worry about standing for hours. In a few minutes the car would be ready to travel another 150-200 kilometers. In practice, the car was something like taking it to a wash tunnel. You entered the station after saving a barrier. Inside, The machine extracted the car battery and “sealed” it with another already loaded. An auxiliary space was needed to recharge the batteries that were interspersed. The proposal received immediate support. Different investors came to put 650 million euros in total. In 2013 the company declared bankruptcy after raising just over five million euros. Along the way, yes, I had attracted Renault’s interest. The French company adapted its Renault Fluence to function as an electric car. He put the surname ZE and the car was compatible with the battery … Read more

Madrid only produces 4.8% of the energy it consumes, but has found a place to solve it: the subsoil

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In 1980, a group of geologists set out to investigate the depths of Madrid and I did not speak of the Movebut discover if under its soil there was oil. The black gold fever had reached the Castilian plateau. However, what seemed like a dream of energy self -sufficiency ended up opening the door to unexpected energy. Today, that story continues to be written, but with a turn that nobody anticipated. The search. One of the first and most serious drilling attempts was the one made by Shell in 1980 in the well known as “El Pradillo-1” where no hydrocarbons were found. At that time the Spanish capital dreamed of becoming an oil city attentive to the prevalence of fossil fuel above other alternatives at that time not yet sufficiently exploited. More than 3,500 meters deep, engineers did not find oil but very valuable data about the subsoil temperature, which gave rise to the exploration of geothermal energy. Thus, They found a geothermal aquifer with temperatures between 70ºC and 90ºC at depths that range between 1,500 and 2,150 meters. Over the years, More perforations were performed In nearby areas, such as three songs, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Geomadrid-1, where multicapa aquifers found with temperatures to produce geothermal energy. Although exploitation has not yet been developed on a large scale, investigations continue, and this renewable resource is expected to be used in the future as an alternative energy source in Madrid. Among the pros of this discovery, intrinsic characteristics of this type of clean energy that are based on the use of heat stored in groundwater stand out to generate electricity and for homes. But why isn’t it exploited? Despite the discovery of a significant geothermal potential in the Madrid subsoil, the exploitation of this energy source has not yet developed on a large scale Due to several factors Among those that include, in the first place, the high cost of initial investigations and perforations, the infrastructure necessary to take advantage of the heat of the subsoil efficiently, such as the construction of geothermal plants and water reinjection systems. Energy comes from other communities. Madrid only produces 4.8% of the energy it consumes. This fact only represents the urgency that the Autonomous Community should have to resolve the scarce of alternatives to meet its domestic demand. At present, the ranquin between the communities that more depends on the energy of other areas. If the Madrid region will diversify its energy mix through the use of geothermal energy, not only would it increase its self -sufficiency, but also contribute to a more balanced energy model between the different autonomous communities with economic redundancies throughout the country. In addition, it would lead to rethinking The installation of data centersamong other alternatives, and would reduce Energy generation concentration In certain areas of the country, the pressure on energy transport and distribution infrastructures, which would benefit the entire national energy system by reducing the carbon footprint. The forecasts. With the progress of drilling technologies and improvements in thermal use systems, such as geothermal heat pumps, Madrid could already be able to begin to take advantage of their geothermal resources more efficiently. This is what the Basque Country has done with Geothermal rings at the university. Another possible alternative is to take an example to Iceland, which has turned geothermal energy at the base of its energy model, representing 66% of the total primary energy consumption of the country. Image | Unspash and Unspash Xataka | Huelva has been the forgotten industrial pole of Spain for decades. We are realizing the consequences

“All his life takes place from a position of insecurity”

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Personal relationships between Elon Musk and Sam Altman do not go through their best time since, in 2018, Musk decided disconnect from OpenAI For disagreements with Altman. Since then, Elon Musk Musk has tried to take control of Openai, or at least, prevent Altman With different demands. The last one has been to launch a hostile bid to buy Openai for 97.4 billion dollars. Altman’s response has not been expected: “Probably his whole life takes place from a position of insecurity. I’m sorry for him.” War is unleashed with the OPA. The last step in the escalation of this personal war between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has come from the presentation of a hostile OPA offer worth 97,400 million. Musk made it public from its X profile, to which Openai’s CEO He replied pulling irony. “No, thanks, but we will buy Twitter for 9,740 million dollars if you want,” pointing out the loss of value of the Musk social network. Provocation to which Tesla’s CEO He simply respondedwith a “Sam scammer.” In one recent interview for Bloomberg on the occasion of the Paris Action SummitSam Altman responded about the intentions of Elon Musk’s offer, noting that he suspects that Musk really seeks with the proposal is not to buy OpenAi, but to prevent his company from expanding its advantage in the development of AI. Referring to Musk’s mood For braking OpenaiAltman pointed out that “probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity. I feel empathy for the guy who feels like me, in reality. I don’t think he is a happy person.” Sam Altman is no longer cut. For many years, Sam Altman has elegantly endured Elon Musk’s constant envito recognition words for Musk. In An interview In the podcast The Free Press, Sam Altman acknowledged that Elon Musk, with whom Openai co -founded, “did a lot to help OpenAi in the first days,” and said Musk is a “legendary entrepreneur.” However, he was no longer going to tolerate more direct attacks of the millionaire of South African origin, which he described as “thug.” Throwing firewood. The presentation of Stargate project, Led by Altman, he again enervated a Musk that was relegated to a secondary role in AI. The owner of X, attacked Altman From your profileaccusing him from x of lying and not having enough capital to carry out that project. On this occasion, Altman’s response was not as calm as other times, and sarcastically invited him to visit the first Stargate data center and reminded him that “this is good for the country. I realize that what It is good for the country, it is not always optimal for its companies, but in your new role I hope you put the US first. “ In Xataka | How much money Elon Musk has: how the fortune of the man who plans the colonization of Mars from a social network is distributed Image | Flickr (Ted Conference, Techcrunch)

Germany was the great European automobile power. Now, more and more manufacturers are clear that it is the place to avoid

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“Germany is the place where the car was invented.” This clear and forceful are shown in the Verbandes Der Automobilindustrie (VDA)the German automobile industry association. An organization that estimated that in 2023 they worked in this sector 779,700 employees throughout the country. To get an idea of ​​the size of the automobile industry in Germany, in 2023 they manufactured 4.1 million passenger vehicles and almost 200,000 commercial vehicles. In Spain, the second largest vehicle producer in Europe, we manufactured half a million commercial vehicles but we stayed at 1.9 million passenger cars, according to data collected by Expansion. In fact, Germany is also the first country in Europe and the second largest producer in the world of electric cars. In 2023 they manufactured 1.27 cars moved by this technology. It would be expected, therefore, that with this experience it would attract more and more interest of new companies that intend to settle in Europe. Nothing is further from reality. A gigantic problem However, Germany faces a huge restructuring problem in the automobile industry. Their companies are in a process of conversion to the electric vehicle that points to thousands of layoffs but, in addition, the new companies seem clear that Germany is already the place where not to mount their factories. The last to position has been controversial. Asked about a possible polestar factory in the country, Michael Lohsccheller, general director of Polestar, responded to the newspaper Welt that “Germany It is not precisely the cheapest place For car production. Everyone knows what the general conditions are at the moment. “ With that last sentence, Lohscheller referred to the loss of German competitiveness in the automobile industry. Stefan Bratzel del Center of Automotive Management (CAM) I pointed to DW This same month of January that the country suffered with “high labor costs, including medical care expenses and extensive holidays” of its workers. To that same medium, Dirk Dohse, of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW) made it clear that German engineers were still among the best in the world but that the lack of flexibility prevented them from attract new talentsespecially from Asia. The country has been in a Institutional and economic internal crisis which is being deeper in the automobile industry. This loss of competitiveness has led manufacturers to warn that There are 190,000 jobs at stake If the industry does not find a solution. An output that looks more and more complicated if you consider that its manufacturers are drawing much more exports performance to China of electric cars than of combustion vehicles. This is a problem because the latter can get much higher per yield per vehicle sold than to electricity but also have a much lower competition than in the electric car market where the customer is turning to the local product. With the pressures of European policies to hug the electric car, the industry has undertaken a conversion in its factories. However, until 2024 technology Keep growing at a paid in EuropOh In China they see the European car as a outdated product. The latter is especially important in a country that houses a huge labor force of Volkswagen, Mercedes or BMW, whose world sales volumes They are especially sensitive to Chinese purchases. With bad results, Volkswagen has tried to fire tens of thousands of employees In Germany but, above all, the country sees How are production of vehicles or batteries to places like Spain, with lower labor and energy costs. A good example is the plant of Volkswagen in Sagunto to nurture Ford and Martorell. But, in addition, Germany is not attracting new investments. Northvolt’s project in Germany did not go from the theory while Spain has received Catl’s support, Byd has settled in Hungary and Leapmotor already produces cars in Poland and, It is rumored, that in Spain. Besides, Morocco and Türkiye They press to show themselves as especially attractive countries to produce cars as cheap as possible. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | Germany demonstrates the dependence on the aid that the electric car has: 100,000 vehicles are taking dust

Frank Black celebrated the anniversary of an album that sounds better than ever now

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Regarding the grooves of his first album, Black changed things a bit in relation to what he had offered a couple of days before at the Fillmore in San Francisco; not in terms of the presence of the chosen songs, but in the order in which he presented them, because instead of performing “Los Angeles” in the first part of the concert, before launching into the entire “Teenager of the Year”, he left the piece for the closing segment. He did so with full knowledge that this is a cut that, for natural reasons, occupies a special place among his local fans, even though the lyrics seem to hint somewhat maliciously that he is referring to “another Los Angeles.” Before playing it, the host of the evening, who keeps his distinctive voice intact, introduced the musicians who accompanied him, almost all of whom came from our city; and at other times, he mentioned some of the experiences he has had in Southern California, implying the appreciation he has for a place where he has spent a lot of time. But he did not talk about the current fires, which could have left any casual viewer stunned, but which makes sense when it comes to an artist little inclined to public sentimental manifestations and even physical movement on stage. It was also appropriate that he ended the concert with “I Heard Ramona Sing”, another song from the debut album that attracted attention from its premiere for its catchy nature, and which once again achieved notoriety seven years later due to its inclusion in the band. soundtrack of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”, a film with which it had nothing to do (beyond the fact that the main character was in an ‘indie’ band), but whose female protagonist was precisely named Ramona. Made up mostly of the personnel who recorded “Teenager” – that is, bassist and keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman (who also produced the work), guitarist Lyle Workman and drummer Nick Vincent -, and with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Rob Laufer , Black’s band for the occasion naturally offered a particularly faithful interpretation of the plate; and he did the same with the cuts from the first album that were heard, in which Feldman and Vincent also participated. Aside from one mistake or another, the musicians established an impressive unity that was even more remarkable given that, outside of the two previous dates in the city of San Francisco, they had not really played together in a long, long time. And all they had to do was dedicate themselves to their thing, without fuss of any kind, to give life to an unforgettable night.

Man City is on the brink of elimination from the Champions League after losing to PSG

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PARIS — Manchester City are on the brink of a humiliating exit from the Champions League after a shock defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, and Real Madrid are no longer at risk after sweeping Salzburg. Manchester City blew a two-goal lead in a high-stakes clash between underperforming millionaires that PSG won 4-2 in Paris, and could still be eliminated alongside the English champions after the final round of matches next week. Only the top 24 in the 36-team standings will advance and Manchester City, the 2023 champions, will start in 25th place needing to beat Club Brugge to enter the elimination round. PSG, now in 22nd place, will play at Stuttgart, which is in 24th place. Reigning champions Real Madrid are safe, rising from 22nd place at the start of Wednesday to 16th place after thrashing Salzburg 5-1. Arsenal and Inter Milan earned expected wins to move up to third and fourth place respectively, although they are still unsure of joining Liverpool and Barcelona in advancing directly to the round of 16. Arsenal beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 and Inter won 1-0 at Sparta Prague. Bayern Munich was defeated 3-0 at Feyenoord, with a pair of goals from the Mexican Santi Giménez, and dropped to 15th place in the mid-table tangle of historic clubs—including Madrid and Juventus—that run the risk of facing each other in the elimination rounds in February. Every question of qualification and elimination will be decided in a likely frantic eighth and final round of matches next Wednesday. All 36 teams will be in action in 18 matches that will begin at the same time, with only the first 24 advancing to the elimination phase. Manchester City looked set to bring PSG closer to elimination by taking a two-goal lead early in the second half. Jack Grealish, a half-time substitute, scored in the 50th minute and then set up Erling Haaland for a second four minutes later. Within six remarkable minutes, PSG were level, with goals from Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola, and a stunning comeback was completed in the 78th when Joao Neves headed the decisive goal. Goncalo Ramos added a fourth in stoppage time. AC Milan quietly climbed to sixth place with a 1-0 win against Girona at the San Siro, and Celtic advanced by winning 1-0 against Young Boys, who lost a seventh game in a row. Sporting Lisbon faces possible elimination next week after losing 2-1 to Leipzig, ending a six-match losing streak, and Shakhtar Donetsk stayed in contention – just barely – with a 2-0 win against the emerging Brest, which will be in the elimination phase. ___ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.

Aberg shoots a 63 in the first round and leads by two at Torrey Pines

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SAN DIEGO — Ludvig Aberg shot a 9-under 63 Wednesday at what he calls his favorite place in the world, taking a two-shot lead over Danny Walker and Hayden Springer in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open in Torrey Pins. Aberg took the lead in a PGA Tour first round for the first time, after posting the best opening score of his young career. The 25-year-old Swede took advantage of playing the easiest North Course at Torrey Pines, hitting 16 of 18 greens while notching eight birdies and an eagle on the coastal course. “I like when you hit a lot of drives, and I feel like I did that a lot today, and I’ll probably do the same thing tomorrow,” Aberg said. “I love any golf course when it looks like that, when you have the views, and Torrey Pines is a really great place.” Walker, 25, was outstanding in his fourth appearance on the Tour. He recorded the best round of the opening day on the more difficult South Course, where the stroke average was 72.487 compared to 70.218 on the North. Walker and Springer finished one stroke ahead of Lanto Griffin, Zac Blair, 48-year-old Zach Johnson and 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter. They all played on the North Field. The Japanese Hideki Matsuyama, the highest ranked among those present at the tournament and winner at The Sentry in Kapalua, shot a 68 in the South. Aberg, who finished ninth last year in his debut at Torrey Pines, began the new season with a fifth-place finish at Maui after undergoing knee surgery last fall. After earning the Tour’s rookie of the year award in 2023, he went winless last year despite placing in the top five six times, including runner-up finishes at the Masters, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the BMW Championship. The Farmers Insurance Open begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Saturday to avoid a final-round conflict with the conference finals in the NFL. ___ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.

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