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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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The Hyundai Fuel Cell also won this year’s Wards “10 best engines” which is a first for this technology. When the competition is 150+-year-old internal combustion engine technology, rapid learning cycles are a critical success tool for fuel cell powertrains. Europe and Asia-Pacific are seeing faster growth. Earlier post.).

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Sandia-led team designs feasible hydrogen fuel-cell coastal research vessel; implications for large hydrogen-fueled vessels

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The situation is dramatically improved using renewable hydrogen, such as that made from biogas, or by water electrolysis using wind or low-carbon nuclear power. According to Sandia chemist and project lead Lennie Klebanoff, it is impossible to have a polluting hydrogen spill on the water. This WTW CO 2 (eq.) This is 91.4%

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Engineering Advantages of PHEV. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that. Table of Contents. Conclusions.

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Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies Developing Utility-Scale Wave Power System

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OPT) have signed a commercial engineering services agreement to develop OPT’s wave energy systems for use in future utility-scale power generation projects. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., and Japan Wind Development Co. Individual PowerBuoy and undersea substation. Source: OPT. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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After earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York in 1960, Kahn had joined Bell Telephone Laboratories , working at its headquarters in Manhattan, where he helped to analyze the overall architecture and performance of the Bell telephone system. And he is still involved in networking research today.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

My wife, Zan, and I were recently on the Big Island, Hawaii, and while there we toured the state’s only geothermal plant. Hawaii's 30 megawatt geothermal control room. Here’s the scoop: Engineers drill a hole about 6,000 feet down where the magma has heated the surrounding area to about 400-500 degrees Farenheit.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. “We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. Are electric cars really green than combustion engine cars? “There’s a relationship of trust already.

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