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German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

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million) STORE&GO research project. Construction on the methanation plant began in July 2017. This stored energy is then available as backup whenever there is an insufficient supply of solar and wind power. The wind-to-gas pilot plant “WindGas Falkenhagen” was constructed in 2013 to store wind energy in the natural gas grid.

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WinGD, Wärtsilä and GTT collaborate to advance use of LNG in ships

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Headquartered in Switzerland since its inception as the Sulzer Diesel Engine business in 1893, WinGD is a leading developer of two-stroke gas and diesel engines for marine propulsion. Wärtsilä is a leading provider of ship machinery, propulsion and maneuvering solutions. LNG fuel is considered a key enabler of greener propulsion for ships.

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Leclanché, eCAMION and SGEM to build and operate network of 34 fast-charging stations along Trans-Canada Highway

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Leclanché North America, part of Switzerland's Leclanché SA; eCAMION, based in Toronto; and SGEM, based in Geneva; will partner to develop and to install a network of 34 fast-charging stations along the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). The project, designed to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in Canada, entails an investment of C$17.3

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Finally, Tesla Confirms The Wireless Charging & A Little More On Wireless Charging of EVs

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These problems can be counteracted by wireless charging because they have these advantages Advantages of Wireless EV Charging Lack of charging wires: cables do not need to be kept safe or stored. Two Kangoo ZE cars were outfitted with Qualcomm Technologies wireless chargers by Renault Group in 2017.

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The X-Ray Tech That Reveals Chip Designs

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That was done at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland, where one of us (Aeppli) works. To see what we could do with the SLS, our multidisciplinary team bought an Intel Pentium G3260 processor from a local store for about US $50 and removed the packaging to expose the silicon.

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Adgero signs €3.5M deal with ultracap manufacturer Skeleton for road freight KERS

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During braking, the unit becomes a generator, recovering kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost as heat and storing it in the ultra-capacitors. Under the deal for 2016 and 2017 Adgero will purchase hundreds of SkelMod units in a deal worth approximately €3.5

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How Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn

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But as immigrants themselves (from Guatemala and Switzerland, respectively), they recognized that not everyone has access to great teachers. Around 2017, the company started to make a more focused investment in machine learning, and that’s when coauthors Brust and Bicknell joined the team.

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