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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers.

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ABB E-mobility opens its largest DC fast charger production facility in Italy

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ABB E-mobility employs more than 350 R&D experts globally and has a portfolio of more than 350 granted patents. The Valdarno facility also aims to achieve gold level LEED certification—the globally recognized independent standard for the design, construction and operation of eco-friendly buildings.

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2nd Time Programs for Impaired EV Batteries – E-Vehicleinfo

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The foundations serve as in response to the concept that of Prolonged Manufacturer Accountability (EPR) the place the manufacturers (together with importers) of batteries are liable for assortment and recycling/refurbishment of misuse batteries and worth of recovered fabrics from wastes into pristine batteries.

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UW-Madison engineer collaborating with entrepreneur on 6-cycle, external combustion engine; could be up to 30% more efficient than standard diesel

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The pair has received $850,000 in grants to support the fabrication and testing of a prototype of the K6 engine; Shedd says he expects to have a prototype running by late fall or early winter. Slowly decompressing the gases would waste less of that energy and make for a much quieter engine. —Timothy Shedd. —Tim Shedd.

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Coskata Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility; Springboard for Full-Scale Commercial Rollout

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By comparison, the theoretical yield of ethanol from a dry ton of corn is 124.4 Sorted waste (construction and demolition). 9-10 for every one we build. Actual production cost will vary, either below or above $1.00 per gallon, based on the cost of feedstock and the cost of power for the specific plant, he noted. Wes Bolson.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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million) grant from the UK government, and $21.4 Charged : You’ve done some pilot programs with battery-electric planes, but your long-term idea is to build fuel cell aircraft, correct? The idea from day one was hydrogen fuel cell-based drivetrains, but it’s hydrogen-electric, so you have to build the electric part.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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And that includes academia, which historically has had a very vibrant role in this field, but since 2014, what we’ve seen is this slow decline of academia in the space in comparison to where industry’s really taking off. At the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, we are a grant-making organization internally for our faculty.

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