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Sandia Labs project team building fuel cell cold ironing system for deployment at Port of Honolulu in 2015

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A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. Future deployments and other ports. Earlier post.). The project’s other partners include Hydrogenics Corp.,

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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

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Heath has great job security: half of Phoenix residents are at risk of an emergency room visit or worse if their electricity fails during a future heat wave, according to a recent study. Department of Energy tightened efficiency testing standards for air conditioners for the first time since 2015. This year, the U.S. Still, in the U.S.,

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Volkswagen Group to build own engine plant in Russia; production to begin in 2015

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liter gasoline engine from the EA 211 series will be produced locally as of 2015. As of 2015, the engine plant will supply engines for the vehicle production of the Volkswagen Group Rus in Kaluga as well as the contract production in the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The capacity is set at 150,000 engines a year.

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New GaN diodes can serve as building blocks for future GaN power switches

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The work is significant because many researchers around the globe are working to find ways to make GaN materials reliable for use within future electronics. An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Applied Physics Letters.

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Driving Towards a Sustainable Future: The Rise of Electric Autos in India

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As the demand for electric autos continues to rise, it’s clear that India is driving full-speed towards a sustainable future, setting an inspiring example for other nations to follow. One of the key measures is the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, launched in 2015.

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Oil price tumbles after OPEC releases 2015 forecast

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The demand for oil in 2015 will drop to its lowest level since 2002 because of an oversupply of crude and stagnant economies in China and Europe, according to OPEC’s latest forecast. Futures for US crude also are down dramatically. And the cartel’s next meeting to discuss production levels isn’t scheduled until June 5, 2015.

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DiDi enters JV to build out own EV charging network

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DiDi Chuxing has entered a joint venture to build its own charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs). We have started new joint venture projects to build our own EV charging systems. The future of transport is new energy vehicles, and ridesharing will be a key link in promoting new energy on the road.

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