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Tokuyama and Toyota start verification tests in Japan for stationary fuel cell generator that uses by-product hydrogen; Mirai FC system

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Tokuyama Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have commenced verification tests, using by-product hydrogen, of a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) installed in the Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).

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UNSW team demonstrates high reversible hydrogen storage capacity under mild conditions for sodium borohydride using novel core-shell nanostructure; potential for vehicles

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The core-shell NaBH 4 @Ni nanoparticles show high reversible hydrogen storage under reasonable conditions. The results could create an opportunity for the use of borohydride materials for hydrogen storage in vehicles. mass %), sodium borohydride is a promising hydrogen storage material. Click to enlarge.

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New solid hydrogen-on-demand fuel cell from HES Energy Systems flies UAV for record 6 hours

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Besides achieving a significant technical and performance milestone for hydrogen-on-demand enabled fuel cells, it is also the first time that a fuel cell has moved beyond the prototype stage and entered the standard products list of a UAV manufacturer. It took HES several years to achieve this performance.

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CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

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Reversible hydrogen storage cycle based on the redox system bicarbonate/formate. Researchers at the Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis (Rostock, Germany) have introduced a new approach to hydrogen storage that is based on simple salts of formic acid and carbonic acid. Source: Boddien et al. Click to enlarge. wt % (FA) and 2.35

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Mercom Capital Group: Battery storage, smart grid & efficiency companies raise $3.2B in funding in Q3 2020; up 165% QoQ, 777% YoY

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VC Funding in Q3 2020 was spread across five categories: Lithium-based Batteries, Sodium-based Batteries, Metal-Hydrogen Batteries, Energy Storage Systems, and Thermal Energy Storage. In a YoY comparison, there were four transactions in Q3 2019. In a YoY comparison, there were four transactions in Q3 2019. Smart Grid.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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So as you can see there is absolutely no comparison, an ICE car emits insane amounts of GHG’s compared to EV’s and we have not even featured ICE car manufacturing emissions in the discussion. 9,10,11,12] LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) and Sodium-Ion battery packs will not use Cobalt and Nickel.

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LanzaTech Pulls in $18M in Series B Funding; Qiming Ventures Leads

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ljungdahlii can be used as a unique microbial production platform based on synthesis gas and carbon dioxide/hydrogen mixtures. Experimental data and in silico comparisons revealed a third mode of anaerobic homoacetogenic metabolism. A paper just published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that C.