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Electric or hydrogen cars – which makes more sense for NZ?

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Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) use Hydrogen to generate electricity, producing only water vapour as a byproduct. This electricity is then used to propel the vehicle’s electric motor and recharge its battery. Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen gas into electricity, the only byproduct being water vapour.

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ARPA-E to award up to $30M for intermediate-temperature fuel cell systems for distributed generation; exploring storage and power-to-fuels

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Renewable generation technologies, such as solar and wind, pose a fundamental challenge to centralized power generation due to variability and intermittency, ARPA-E noted. Examples could include conversion of methane or another hydrocarbon fuel to syngas, methanol, benzene, ethers, olefins, or other organics.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Water will be the primary byproduct. Johnson Matthey will investigate the catalytic conversion of this microbial biodiesel into additional fuel molecules, most importantly jet fuel. OPX Biotechnologies Inc. NREL, Johnson Matthey Catalysts).

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When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979.

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BMW unveils production i8 plug-in hybrid; 94 mpg; on sale in US in 2014 priced from $135,925

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It has a liquid cooling system, offers a maximum usable capacity of 5 kWh and can be recharged from a conventional 110 volt power outlet, at a BMW i charging station, or at a public EV charging station. When power demands allow, the high-voltage battery is recharged by the electric motor. Click to enlarge.

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