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Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

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Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Ravi Prasher is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.

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Remembering IEEE Director Emeritus Theodore W. Hissey

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To honor his mentoring activities within IEEE YP, in 2017 the IEEE Theodore W. A jet-setting career After receiving his bachelor’s degree in power engineering in 1948 from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Hissey joined Leeds and Northrup (L&N) in Philadelphia as an applications engineer.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. An expert in power electronic converters, electrical machines, and novel grid components, he spent almost his entire career in academia, conducting research in power electronics. from the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia, in 1959.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Will we have a universal standard for charging? Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. We live in a townhouse in a row of townhouses. What exactly is fast charging?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Will we have a universal standard for charging? Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. We live in a townhouse in a row of townhouses. What exactly is fast charging?