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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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This master station clock kept a very particular type of time: It used a synchronous self-starting motor in conjunction with a pendulum to help maintain the station’s AC electricity at a steady 60-cycle-per-second frequency. Warren sought a better approach and suspected electric motors might be the answer. electricity lines.

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

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8" GaN-on-Si Super Junction Devices for Next Generation Power Electronics - $4,521,601. The MIT will develop a new generation of power electronics based on vertical gallium nitride (GaN) superjunction diodes and transistors that can vastly exceed the performance of today’s GaN power devices. Stanford University.

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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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contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. Motors Research and. structure with powerful magnetic properties. Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp. IEEE EDISON MEDAL Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Co. , VINCENT W.S.

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