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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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Photo-electrochemically rechargeable zinc-air batteries. The mineral perovskite is a promising, low-cost material for enhancing the efficiency of silicon solar cells. efficiency, low-cost silicon solar cells. Investigators: Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering; Yi Cui, Materials Science and Engineering.

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ABB launches automated fast charging system for electric buses; inverted pantograph

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After all safety checks are performed the system will provide the bus with a powerful fast recharge. (A The inverted pantograph connection makes it possible to use a low-cost and low weight interface on the roof of the bus, consisting of 4 simple contact bars with a weight of around 10 kg. Click to enlarge.

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