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Consortium developing green hydrogen megaproject in Oman

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The consortium has been collaborating on the project for more than three years, which will consist of 25 gigawatts (GW) of renewable solar and wind energy at full capacity to produce millions of tons of zero-carbon green hydrogen per annum. Green hydrogen is expected by some to grow into a US$2.5-trillion trillion market by.

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AMSC Power Electronics Support Nearly 10% of Global Wind-Generated Electricity

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American Superconductor Corporation ( AMSC ), a global power technologies company, announced in conjunction with Global Wind Day 2010 on 15 June that it has achieved a significant milestone by supporting the production of more than 15,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power worldwide with its proprietary power electronic solutions.

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BMW and SGL to triple production capacity at Moses Lake carbon fiber plant with $200M expansion; world’s largest carbon fiber plant

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A production line for carbon fiber takes the PAN precursor through two stages (stabilization/oxidation and carbonization) and then to winding. This converts the meltable and flammable PAN fibers into non-meltable and non-flammable fibers. Source: SGLACF. Click to enlarge. This enables a self-contained production cycle.

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ARENA awards A$22.1M to 16 projects to accelerate exporting renewable hydrogen

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Electrical energy can readily be converted into hydrogen via electrolysis. Renewable or green hydrogen involves producing hydrogen from renewable sources for example via electrolyzers powered by solar and wind.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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And yet this transformative invention took nearly two decades to make it out of the lab, with numerous companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia considering the technology and yet failing to recognize its potential. This article appears in the August 2023 print issue as “The Lithium-ion Battery’s Long and Winding Road.”

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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to the 20,000 km cable that connects Asia with North America and South America. Moving Wind Power Offshore The offshore wind (OFW) industry is one of the most rapidly advancing sources of power around the world. It makes sense: Wind is stronger and more consistent over the open ocean than it is on land. and Norway.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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After Sorbom’s experiments—which became the basis for his doctoral thesis—confirmed that the YBCO tape could withstand the pummeling of fast neutrons squeezed from fusing atoms, a joint MIT/CFS team began the tricky process of acquiring the expensive, brittle HTS tape and winding it into coils.

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