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PEM electrolyzer company Ohmium closes $45M Series B; quadrupling manufacturing capacity

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PEM electrolyzer company Ohmium International closed a $45-million Series B financing round. The world is rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy, and recent events have only accelerated that move. —Arne Ballantine, CEO of Ohmium International.

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Successful first flight of the world?s largest all-electric aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan 208B

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The successful flight of the eCaravan, enabled by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place at the AeroTEC Flight Test Center at the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) in Moses Lake, Washington on Thursday. Features include: 4 x 3-phase architecture allows for graceful degradation should a fault occur.

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Fiat 875cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year 2011

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Fiat’s 875cc TwinAir engine ( earlier post ) was named the International Engine of the Year 2011. The other winners in this year’s International Engine of the Year awards were: Best Performance Engine. Cutaway of the 875cc TwinAir. Click to enlarge. litres/100km (54 mpg US) in the Fiat 500. 1-Liter to 1.4-Liter. Liter to 1.8-Liter.

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Leclanché advances safety of its Li-ion batteries with no compromise to cell performance; new electrolyte additive

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By adding a special fire-retardant additive to its electrolyte formula composition, Leclanché has lowered the risk of a thermal event by close to 80%. Despite the test cells being punctured with the resulting internal short circuit, the cells exhibited a far lower risk of fire than the same cells without the flame retardant additives.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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Let’s look at these two annual events and what they mean for current and future electric vehicle (EV) drivers. The US Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center also has a tool which compares the annual emissions of an EV versus internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle on a national or state level. Watch an EV parade.

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Eviation’s electric commuter plane Alice makes first test flight

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from Grant County International Airport (MWH), flying for a total of eight minutes and reaching an altitude of 3,500 feet. This allows a direct motor-to-propeller connection, eliminating the need for a heavy maintenance-prone gearbox. Alice lifted off on 27 Sep at 7:10 a.m.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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Projects are encouraged to apply concurrent (as opposed to sequential) design methodologies: control co-design, co-design, and designing for operation and maintenance. HydroMINE is a disruptive and elegantly simple system with an internal propeller driven by pressure from a stationary hydrofoil structure to a separate, internal flow stream.

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