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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 The 2016 Sonata PHEV features a 9.8 kWh Li poly pack.

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Major power and gas company E.ON splitting in two; focusing on renewables, spinning off conventional power generation

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will place a particular emphasis on expanding its wind business in Europe and in other selected target markets. New setup to be implemented by 2016. will therefore take the necessary legal steps to combine these units. Shareholders Meeting in 2016. For this purpose E.ON billion (US$0.62 billion (US$5.4 In 2014 and 2015 E.ON

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Arctic oil on life support

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ExxonMobil is prohibited from working with Rosneft, and had to wind down its operations shortly after the discovery was announced. Reuters reported on January 30, 2015 that Rosneft would have to delay drilling until 2016 at the earliest. ExxonMobil has already pulled its platform out, and has it under contract until July 2016.

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nanoFlowcell planning entry into FIA Formula E with flow cell and 48V drive

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A solid aluminium mesh structure replaces the complicated copper windings found in conventional electric motors. One new feature in the nanoFlowcell 48VOLT drive is the innovative 45-phase low- voltage motors that deliver high power paired with a minimal cross-section for the electric wiring.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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Key applications for long-duration energy storage include counterbalancing the intermittency of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power; leveling the loads and time-shifting periods of peak demand on the grid; and avoiding or delaying the construction of costly transmission and distribution (T&D) assets, among others.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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No one at Asahi Chemical knew how to build production batteries at commercial scale, nor did the company own the coating or winding equipment needed to manufacture batteries. The Atomic Energy Research Establishment paid only legal fees for what turned out to be a valuable patent and later had to be reminded that it even owned the patent.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017. from 2016 to 2017. compared to 2016. percent and 0.1 million tons of waste, up 7.4%