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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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Widely ignored, although gaining attention, is China’s strategic positioning as a crucial gatekeeper to several key “green” technologies, including battery energy storage to support electric vehicles (EVs)—specifically, battery electric vehicles (BEVs)—along with stationary storage for power grids.

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CoBank report finds that troubled US grid may need to use EVs for grid balancing

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However, as older centralized thermal resources are being replaced with more variable renewables and long-distance delivery systems are showing their age, that synchronicity appears to be declining. US power outages are up 64% this decade compared to the previous decade.

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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

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This improves the efficiency of housing association Viva’s own energy system as well as that of the city’s power grid. Use of the batteries in an energy warehouse gives them an extended service life which in turn means better resource utilisation and less environmental impact. —Ylva Olofsson, Project Coordinator at Volvo.

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Zero Carbon Lithium company Vulcan acquires geothermal plant; brine offtake agreement with geox

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Vulcan Energy Resources has agreed to acquire an operational geothermal renewable energy power plant in the Upper Rhine Valley at Insheim, Germany, through the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the entity which owns and operates the plant.

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Danish Parker project developing universal definition for EV integration with electric grid for V2G services

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Parker’s objective is to validate that series-produced electric vehicles—as part of an operational vehicle fleet—can support the power grid by becoming a vertically integrated resource, providing seamless support to the power grid both locally and system-wide. million) which is financed by ForskEL.

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US Army and Air Force planning to develop 1GW of renewable energy on installations by 2025

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Energy security drives the initiatives, Hammack said, adding that increased usage of renewable energy on military installations would enable them to operate even if local power grids go down.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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One main disadvantage to a public blockchain is the substantial amount of computational resources required to verify and record transactions at a large scale. To achieve a consensus, each node on the network must solve a complex, computationally expensive, cryptographic problem, called proof of work, to ensure that everyone is in sync.

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