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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004.

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Renault and Powervault in EV battery “second-life” partnership trial

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Powervault is an innovative home battery system, which enables homeowners to increase their ability to store and use the solar energy freely-generated from their own solar panels. The Powervault second life trial will start in July 2017 and last 12 months.

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First snapshots of CO2 molecules trapped in MOFs shed new light on carbon capture

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Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a molecular cage—part of a metal-organic framework (MOF), with great potential for separating and storing gases and liquids. The MOF they studied is called ZIF-8.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. … 2017) “One-Step Reforming of CO 2 and CH 4 into High-Value Liquid Chemicals and Fuels at Room Temperature by Plasma-Driven Catalysis,” Angew.

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Jülich, ORNL researchers advance high energy density iron-air batteries

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In addition, their main constituent—iron—is an abundant and therefore cheap material. The oxygen required for the reaction can be drawn from the surrounding air so that it does not need to be stored in the battery. In this process, the iron oxidizes almost exactly as it would during the rusting process. 2017.10.023.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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. – Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. Most countries regards Gas as strategic and store plenty of the stuff to cover supply disruptions. Centrica closed the vast Rough storage facility in 2017 prompting concerns about gas pricing. No Storage. Who is in charge?

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