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When decision makers seek to integrate new hardware into their automation process, they are often looking at a few key areas – the ease of use, price point, features, and the ability to utilize the hardware at multiple points throughout their system.

Oilsands producer Suncor Energy Inc. is partnering with utility ATCO Ltd. on a "multibillion-dollar'project to produce more than 300,000 tons of hydrogen per year.The Calgary-based companies say the project will help Canada reach its 2050 target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions – and aid their own GHG reduction goals – by capturing and storing more than 90% of the carbon dioxide produced from energy required to make the hydrogen.The project would reduce Alberta's CO2 emissions by more than two million tons per year, they said.

Environmental regulations are changing at a rapid pace, but many emissions monitoring systems are still operating with obsolete instrumentation, increasing system availability risk, non-compliance penalties, operating costs and shutdowns.

Valve World will organize a live webinar on the 31st of May on counterfeiting. This session, moderated by Alexander Gangnus (see image, Dennemeyer Consulting), will address this challenge from various angles and geographies.B2B counterfeiting is a big problem, leading worldwide to billions of euros in damages.

Cheniere Energy and Sempra Energy, two of the largest American exporters of liquefied natural gas, announced they are looking to add carbon capture and sequestration capabilities to their projects.Sempra is looking at adding technology that would capture and store carbon at its proposed Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas and its Cameron LNG plant in neighboring Louisiana.

Emerson reminds U.S. college students to apply, by May 31, to its 2021 ASCO Engineering Scholarship Program.The merit-based scholarships reward excellence in education and service, and the potential for leadership and contributions to the engineering, instrumentation, systems, and automation professions.

Outokumpu, a world-leading stainless steel manufacturer, has updated its sustainability strategy and aims to become the industry benchmark for sustainability.

The market outlook is generally positive for the U.S. Unlike Europe most people will soon be vaccinated and business will return to normal.

President Biden last week pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 50-52% by the end of the decade, as part of an aggressive push to tackle climate change in the United States and persuade other major economies around the world to follow suit.The announcement was made at a virtual summit of 40 world leaders, aiming to increase international climate ambitions and reestablishing the United States as an environmental leader and activist.The pledge represents a near-doubling of the target that the nation committed to under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, when Barack Obama vowed to cut emissions by 26 to 28%, compared with 2005 levels.The administration is likely to first offer broad strokes rather than a detailed breakdown of how it will meet the more ambitious target.

The FLIR® Vue® TZ20 is the first high resolution, dual thermal sensor gimbal built for the DJI® Matrice V2 200 Series and Matrice 300 airframes.