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DSD to reveal low cost 48V e-drive architecture concepts at CTI Symposium

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John Reeve, DSD UK Chief Engineer, will present a paper entitled “A study of compact architectures using multiple 48V e-drives to create a low cost 30–45 kW full hybrid system.”. As 48V electrical components become available in automotive production quantities, such concepts will need to be both technically and economically attractive.

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Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

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In the event of an extended power outage, such as a public safety power shutoff, electricity stored in the microgrid’s battery storage system can provide back-up power at VTA’s Cerone bus yard to allow the agency to continue operating battery-electric buses, serving riders and providing emergency transport if needed.

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Sandia researchers developing new family of metal-based ionic liquids for low-cost, efficient flow batteries

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Sandia researchers have developed a new family of electrochemically reversible, metal-based ionic liquid (MetILs) that could lead to non-aqueous redox (reducing-oxidizing) flow-battery energy storage systems ( earlier post ) able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries. agricultural industries.

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Waste Management and Renmatix to explore conversion of urban waste to low-cost cellulosic sugar via supercritical hydrolysis

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The strategic investment and alliance aims to expand the feedstock flexibility of Renmatix’s proprietary Plantrose process beyond rural biomass to include materials derived from cost-effective and readily available urban waste material such as that managed by Waste Management.

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GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

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The availability of these sources is not always commensurate with demand for power. Hydrogen serves as one of the leading alternatives for energy storage and seems to be favoured as a low-cost alternative for storing huge quantities of electricity over days, week and also months.

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GEV and Pacific Hydro sign MoU to explore export of green hydrogen using new compressed H2 ship

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The location provides a suitable opportunity for hydrogen production, utilizing low-cost, high-availability, dispatchable renewable generation and abundant access to water. Location of the Ord Hydrogen Project & proximity to export markets. This greatly improves the safety of the tank.

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Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

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The gases can then be collected and stored in their pure form. Water is fed in the anodic side, where it is oxidized and oxygen molecules are generated; the simultaneously produced protons migrate across the membrane to the cathode, where they are reduced into molecular hydrogen. Schüttauf et al. Click to enlarge.

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