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Ballard and Anglo American Platinum partner on a range of fuel cell applications in South Africa

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Anglo American Platinum is also beginning above ground testing of five fuel cell-powered locomotives at its Dishaba mine in Limpopo province, South Africa. of Golden, Colorado, USA and are ultimately intended for use in transporting equipment underground at mining sites.

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What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology and How Does It Work?

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Department of Energy (DOE), the growing demand from plug-in electric vehicles and many other technologies that require electricity could increase the load on our power grids by up to 38% by 2050. Power companies and government agencies are working hard to meet this demand, but it’s a challenging task. How Does V2G Work?

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DOE awarding $35.4M to 13 projects to advance deepwater drilling technologies

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Colorado School of Mines — Hydrate Modeling & Flow Loop Experiments for Water Continuous & Dispersed Systems. It will also decrease the need to build and use hubs and platforms, since more efficient power transmission will allow for a subsea option as opposed to a platform option in some cases.

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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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will conduct a one-year “proof-of-concept seedling” program. Hydride Thermal Storage for High Temperature Power. to demonstrate proof of concept for hydride-based thermal. Robust Adaptive Topology Control (RATC) Historically, the electric grid was designed to be passive, causing electric power to flow along the path of least.

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