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EC approves second major battery innovation project; €2.9B (US$3.5B) from 12 member states

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The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The twelve Member States will provide up to €2.9 billion (US$3.5 billion) in funding in the coming years. Background.

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European Commission approves up to €5.4B of public support for IPCEI Hy2Tech; 41 hydrogen projects

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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The Portrait Artist

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Perry wrote her first article for Spectrum in 1980. journalism, Michigan State University Family: Eric Nee (husband); Alex, Nadya, and Mischa Nee (children) First job: Community datebook writer at WBRW Radio in Somerville, N.J., It’s a rite of passage, a vital part of the process of being selected by IEEE as a Medal of Honor recipient.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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Egbert Adriaan Kreiken , a professor of astronomy at Ankara University , convinced the teenager that electronics engineering was going to be the “next big thing.” Gelenbe has spent his entire career in academia, and he has established a computer research lab at just about every university where he taught. That was in the late 1950s.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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With the conclusion of the 14 th Congress in Poznań, Poland a year later and little progress made, member delegates, some of who had been showing signs of pessimism and fatigue in their statements to the press, were left with just four second-level meetings at which to resolve major outstanding differences.

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Standards Certification Testing: Bringing Order to the Internet of Things

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by Comarch. Comarch —the $500-million IT company with headquarters in Krakow, Poland, and offices in 100 countries—is playing a leading role in developing automated standards certification systems. Without them, there is only noise.