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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). NH 3 -poor for PM). coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass).

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M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

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Due to the conversion to renewable energy sources in Germany, smart grids and large-scale energy storage technologies are getting ever more important. Batteries Power Generation Solar Wind' Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2014; the utility-scale storage system is planned to enter service in 2015.

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Symbio FCell delivers first 5 Kangoo ZE electric utilities with fuel cell range extenders in La Manche

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This technology recharges the battery when it drops below a certain level and permits the vehicle to be refueled with 1.8 Symbio FCell provides mobility solutions based on the conversion of hydrogen to using PEM Fuel Cell systems, with power rating from 5 kW to 300 kW. Fleets Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4orce is a taste of EV-lite

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power e-4orce. The route included motorway, major arterial and winding mountain roads, gravel-surfaced forest tracks and narrow village streets. It’s exactly the same as the unit in the new Qashqai e-Power that will go on sale soon after the X-Trail e-Power, including its maximum outputs of 116kW and 250Nm.

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Forecast: Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015

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As government support for the sector winds down, demand from consumers and businesses will need to pick up the slack, or the industry faces the risk of oversupply. of the world’s fleet in 2015 will be driving at least part of the time on battery power only, according to the forecast.

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ARPA-E launches PNDIODES program to boost power electronics work

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Success in this area will allow further development of a revolutionary and powerful class of vertical GaN power electronic devices suitable for 1200V to 10kV broad range of applications (consumer electronics, power supplies, solar inverters, wind power, automotive, motor drives, ship propulsion, rail, and the grid).

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