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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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Widely ignored, although gaining attention, is China’s strategic positioning as a crucial gatekeeper to several key “green” technologies, including battery energy storage to support electric vehicles (EVs)—specifically, battery electric vehicles (BEVs)—along with stationary storage for power grids.

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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Moving Wind Power Offshore The offshore wind (OFW) industry is one of the most rapidly advancing sources of power around the world. It makes sense: Wind is stronger and more consistent over the open ocean than it is on land. Some wind farms are capable of powering 500,000 homes or more. and Norway.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Group) will invest a total of US$45.5 Geely Group will become a major shareholder of CRI and will gain representation on the company’s Board of Directors. Geely Group will become a major shareholder of CRI and will gain representation on the company’s Board of Directors. Earlier post.).

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Whilst hydrogen today is extracted from natural gas and is already a global, multi-billion dollar industry used in a wide range of industrial applications, it is also produced from renewable sources like solar, wind or biogas without the need to use fossil fuels. Of course, this also has the merit of producing so-called “green hydrogen”.

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Major study concludes achieving EU 2050 transport decarbonization goals will require portfolio of advanced powertrains; fuel cells, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids

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Industrial gas companies : Air Liquide, Air Products, The Linde Group. Industrial gas companies : Air Liquide, Air Products, The Linde Group. Wind : Nordex. In the study, the economic comparison between powertrains is based on the total cost of ownership (TCO). Utilities : EnBW Baden-Wuerttemberg AG, Vattenfall.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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In a talk on the eve of the opening of the show, Volkswagen Group CEO Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that the group has set its sights on global market leadership in electric mobility. “ By way of comparison: the most powerful conventional e-up! Eco-power tariffs for other group brands are in the pipeline.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. How about a car-mounted wind-generator?

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