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SoCalGas & UC Irvine show power-to-gas technology able to boost use of intermittent renewable energy significantly

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Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) announced that new research on power-to-gas technology shows the technique holds the ability to significantly increase the use of intermittent renewable energy. The finding came out of ongoing research conducted at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and funded by SoCalGas.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Longer term, California, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Japan, and Western Australia are all looking to the sea to help meet their demands for hydrogen. Because there’s no grid connection, the platforms will basically operate as small, isolated power grids and therefore have to handle any sudden surges in power.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Sunnyvale, California). Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Marrone Bio Innovations (Davis, California). Framatome Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Breaking the Board: Bringing Three-Dimensional Packaging and Thermal Management to Power Electronics - $2,746,501. Stanford University.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. University of California. deliver high power to a car or truck. California - San Diego, Moog Inc., conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. The team will.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

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EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. Hence, with the Biden administration’s encouragement, ICE-vehicle sales will be banned in 2035 in California and several other states.