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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Achates Power, the developer of next-generation two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston (OP) engines ( earlier post ) announced that OGCI Climate Investments has invested in the company’s Series-D round. This investment closes the Series-D offering through which Achates Power has raised $29.8

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Achates Power, Inc., All existing Achates Power investors participated in the fundraising round, including Sequoia Capital Partners, RockPort Capital Partners, Madrone Capital Partners, InterWest Partners and Triangle Peak Partners. million in Series C financing. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based renewable energy generation company, and Xtreme Power, a provider of real-time power management and energy storage solutions, launched a joint venture to deploy a fast-acting energy storage system in Illinois. Xtreme Power’s 1.5

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Plug Power Inc., Plug Power Inc., Under the terms of the agreement, the three companies will collaborate to build electric vehicles equipped with Plug Power designed hybrid fuel cell engine systems and hydrogen fueling station solutions.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

The leading manufacturer of opposed-piston engines, Fairbanks Morse Engine (FME), an EnPro Industries company, has signed a joint development and licensing agreement with Achates Power, Inc., Achates Power began modernizing opposed-piston engines in 2004, inspired by the record-setting Junkers Jumo 205 diesel aircraft engine.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Since MY 2004, average fuel economy in the US has increased by 32%, or 6.1 Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 25%, or by 114 g/mi. These vehicles can use a larger battery to recapture braking energy and provide power when necessary, allowing for a smaller, more efficiently operated engine. SOurce: EPA.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Boston-Power, Inc. Long-standing Boston-Power investors Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Asset Management (FAM) also participated. '. Boston-Power recently broke ground on its new manufacturing site in Liyang. Concurrently, Boston-Power is establishing an R&D and EV battery engineering facility in Beijing.

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MAY 7, 2014

Lord Drayson has launched Drayson Wireless Limited , a new venture to commercialize technology developed at Imperial College London (ICL) for the efficient wireless transfer of power over longer distances. In addition, Drayson Wireless long distance power transfer system can transfer up to 10 mW at distances up to 5 m. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 7, 2011

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has introduced a new transfer molded power module (T-PM) mainly designed for hybrid and electric vehicle applications. Two carrier-stored trench gate bipolar transistor (CSTBT) IGBT chips are incorporated in a 600V/300A power module. Power chips were previously connected to terminals by aluminum wire.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. liter OM651 Euro 5 engine, said Fabien Redon VP, Technology Development at Achates Power, the OP4 design shows a modeled 13.5% Click to enlarge.

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JULY 22, 2013

Saft will produce an advanced high power battery that provides the back-up power for electro-mechanical actuation for the flight control surfaces. The battery will provide in-flight emergency backup power to the aircraft’s critical systems. The 28V battery has a capacity of 900 Wh, and power of 5.0

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JULY 12, 2021

Both primary energy consumption and carbon emissions from energy use fell at their fastest rate seen since the Second World War, while renewable energy continued its trajectory of strong growth, with wind and solar power recording their largest ever annual increase. bbl in 2020—the lowest since 2004. The US (-2.3 Source: bp.

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

Graphene is a graphite-like substance first isolated in 2004. As tough global emissions standards put more pressure on carmakers to produce larger numbers of zero-emission vehicles, the race is on to improve systems of electricity generation and storage.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Rheinmetall has been working on fuel cell technology in its research and development activities since 2004, accumulating extensive experience in the process. p>Daimler Truck AG intends to market serially produced fuel cell-powered heavy commercial vehicles for long-distance operations in the second half of the decade.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The Port of Los Angeles this month became the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power (AMP)—shore-side electric power, also called “cold ironing” (i.e., kilovolts (kV) or 11 kV electrical power distribution systems to plug into shore-side power; the Port of Los Angeles can now accommodate either.

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MAY 11, 2021

F-150 Lightning can power your home during an outage; it’s even quicker than the original F-150 Lightning performance truck; and it will constantly improve through over-the-air updates. A second-generation version was introduced in 1999 and was produced until 2004. Now comes the F-150 Lightning.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. The report recommended ways to characterize and define the problem.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 23%, or 108 g/mi, and fuel economy has increased 30%, or 5.8 Other highlights from the report include: Since model year 2004, technology has been used to increase fuel economy (up 30%) and power (up 14%), while maintaining vehicle weight and reducing CO 2 emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The articulated electric buses will be equipped with 182 kWh Solaris High Power batteries. This panel will constitute an additional source of power feeding into the passenger information system. Solaris has been collaborating with Szczecin since 2004. The electric buses will be delivered to Szczecin by the end of September 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Boston-Power, Inc., Existing Boston-Power investors Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Asset Management (FAM) also participated in the round. As part of its plans, Boston-Power is establishing an R&D and EV battery engineering facility in China. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 15, 2022

AISIN has developed and produced more than 5 million electric units since the launch of its first hybrid transmission in 2004. Meanwhile, DENSO has developed and produced more than 20 million inverters since the launch of the first Prius in 1997.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

DOE reviews in 1989 and 2004 both concluded that the evidence did not support the claim of D-D fusion, but that research proposals on deuterated heavy metals should be evaluated under the standard peer-review process. Multiple books recount the history of “cold fusion” (now known as LENR). technological leadership.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, recently completed a research project in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories that could significantly affect the design—and thus the noise and power output—of future wind turbine blades. In 2004, in partnership with Cray Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

VWG Oldenburg is one of the natural gas pioneers and has committed itself to sustainable mobility: In 2004, when the decision was made to put only natural gas-powered buses into service in the following years, MAN was already represented on the market with corresponding vehicles.

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APRIL 29, 2024

After all, Ford did something similar with the F-150 way back in 2004 when that model was extensively redesigned. Readers with a clue will have long identified that the Ram 1500 Classic is powered by either the 3.6-liter liter Pentastar or 5.7L Hemi, the latter of which isn’t long for this world.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the Santa Clara, CA, municipal electric utility, has selected the light-weight 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced ( 3M ACCR ) to boost transmission capacity on an existing line without having to enlarge the towers or the right of way. This is SVP’s second installation of ACCR. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

The two firms are also reportedly discussing expanding the cooperation to include other areas such as power electronics and electric machines (PEEM). was formed in 2004 as a joint venture between Hitachi, Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co. The Nikkei reports that Hitachi Ltd. will partner with Johnson Controls Inc. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 25, 2018

A study conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in Tongliang, China, found that children born before the closure had shorter telomeres than those conceived and born after the plant stopped polluting the air. In May 2004, high levels of air pollution in Tongliang prompted the government to shut down.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Moller - Maersk, the green e-methanol will be used to power the first container vessel that A.P. Founded in 2004, European Energy has a development pipeline of more than 20 GW of renewable energy projects. Under the terms of an agreement European Energy had previously entered into with A.P.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Achates Power and new development parter Aramco Services ( earlier post ) showcased a Ford F-150 fitted with a 3-cylinder, 2.7-liter —David Johnson, president and CEO, Achates Power. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The all-new Tucson is an important launch for Hyundai as the model is among its most popular, racking up global sales of more than 7 million units since its original launch in 2004. The new Tucson offers Smartstream 2.5-liter, liter, direct-injected, four-cylinder, gasoline powertrain and 1.6-liter,

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The new AGM battery will achieve four times longer cycle life, 20% more power and more than three times the charge acceptance of a standard conventional battery, according to Exide. Exide developed its first Start-Stop AGM battery in 2004 and the first EFB battery in 2008.

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JUNE 19, 2018

trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4 This investment will produce a 17-fold increase in solar photovoltaic capacity worldwide, and a sixfold increase in wind power capacity. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The grant is an add-on to the $8 million award from the DOE in August 2011 for converting thermoelectric heat to power for passenger cars ( earlier post ) and extends the technology to heavy military vehicles. TEG & Exhaust System in Lincoln MKT. Click to enlarge. That project, which received more than $7.1

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JUNE 4, 2013

One of her recent inventions is a lithium-ion battery powered by engineered viruses. The batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as current rechargeable batteries being considered to power plug-in hybrid cars, and they could also be used to power a range of personal electronic devices.

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