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PG&E, Calif. Energy Commission launch 4MW sodium-sulfur grid storage pilot in San Jose

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S&C Electric Company is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the project and supplied the storage management system and power conversion equipment that control the battery’s AC input/output and its interface with the electric grid. EPRI’s reports will be made available to the public.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.

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High-Speed Rail Finally Coming to the U.S.

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Brightline has chosen Siemens American Pioneer 220 engines that will run at speeds averaging 165 kilometers per hour, with an advertised top speed of 320 km/h. Philbrick , executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University in California says that’s beside the point. And yet, in the U.S.,

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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The following projects were selected under Topic 2: Novel Methods for Deconstructing and Upcycling Existing Plastics: IBM Almaden Research Center (San Jose, CA) - Upcycling PET via the VolCat process – DOE Funding: $2,495,625. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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Velodyne introduces new low-cost fixed-laser solid-state LiDAR for autonomous driving and ADAS applications

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Velodyne LiDAR’s new approach to the development of solid-state LiDAR sensors reflects the application of a monolithic gallium nitride (GaN) integrated circuit, developed in partnership with Efficient Power Conversion (EPC). It will be produced in scale at the company’s new Megafactory in San Jose.

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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

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The engineering team has particular strengths in control systems, high-reliability software, and high-power analog electronics. Wrightspeed is using an open generator architecture; a Route system can use any number of on-board power generation options, including micro-turbines and piston engines. Geared Traction Drive.

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How the Inventor of DSL Altered the Course of Connectivity

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John Cioffi Employer Stanford Title Professor of electrical engineering Member grade Life Fellow Alma maters University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford “That memory always stayed in the back of my mind,” Cioffi says. “As Fighting for copper in a fiber-obsessed world Cioffi arrived at engineering by way of his love of mathematics.

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