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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. Moreover, it provides for unrestricted use of the natural gas infrastructure, including for transport and storage.

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New electric MINI Countryman E to begin production in November in Germany

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From 2017, the second-generation MINI Countryman featured the MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 as the first plug-in hybrid MINI model to offer an additional 65 kW/88 hp electric motor on the rear axle. This could generate more than 20 GWh of electricity from wind energy per year.

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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. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5

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2017 Zero electric motorcycles: more range, more power, better options

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Autumn is here, the leaves are changing and as the riding season winds down we continue our annual tradition of discussing what’s new for the Zero Motorcycles lineup of electric motorcycles. This year Zero has a few surprises in store to broaden their bikes' appeal to new riders.

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Toyota and partners launch low-carbon hydrogen supply-chain project in Japan

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The Association was established in October 2017 to promote the commercialization of a low-carbon hydrogen supply chain and to bridge entities including industry, academia, and government throughout the prefecture in order to achieve this. Background. Hydrogen is a useful energy source for realizing a low-carbon society.

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IBM Research launches 10y project to support China in transforming national energy systems; “Green Horizon”

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The city of Beijing will invest more than $160 billion to improve air quality and deliver on its target of reducing harmful fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 ) particles by 25% by 2017. The Chinese government recently announced increased investment in solar, wind, hydro and biomass energy in a bid to decrease its dependency on fossil fuels.

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Daimler partnering to transfer its latest generation of automotive fuel cell technology to stationary applications

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The novel concept of a “hydrogen-based” carbon-free data center utilizes hydrogen fuel cells, electrolyzers, storage, solar (photovoltaic) cells and wind turbines. The idea is to have the basic power supply of the data center covered by solar power stations and wind turbines.

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