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Aqueous hybrid-ion battery company Aquion completes $55M financing round

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a developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and stationary energy storage systems, recently completed the closing of a $55-million Series D financing round. Aquion spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. Aquion Energy, Inc., Earlier post.). Aquion Technical Presentation.

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Niron Magnetics raises $21.3M to commercialize rare-earth-free iron-nitride magnets

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million in new financing. The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. As part of ARPA-E’s REACT program, the University of Minnesota (UMN) developed an early stage prototype of an iron-nitride permanent magnet material. Background. 2019.165962.

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Researchers find capillary-fed electrolysis cell can deliver hydrogen at 98% cell energy efficiency

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In an open access paper published in Nature Communications , researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia report that their capillary-fed electrolysis cell demonstrates water electrolysis performance exceeding commercial electrolysis cells, with a cell voltage at 0.5 2 and 85 °C of only 1.51 kWh/kg hydrogen (vs. Hodges et al.

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$100 million Toyota funding finances proceed on robotics and controls

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universities has led to trends in complicated robot functions, gas mobile catalyst sturdiness and computational governance. The post $100 million Toyota funding finances proceed on robotics and controls appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Toyota Analysis Institute stated its partnership with lead U.S.

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Shell partners with UT Austin to pursue new solutions to unlock gas resources

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Shell and The University of Texas at Austin signed a five-year agreement to invest $7.5 The new Shell-UT Program on Unconventional Resources will be managed by the university’s Bureau of Economic Geology with participation across the campus, including geoscience, engineering, economics, business, environmental and regulatory affairs.

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Direct lithium extraction company EnergyX secures $20M in funding commitments

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EnergyX) has secured commitments of $20 million in financing. On 19 April, Orocobre announced a $4-billion merger with Galaxy Resources to create a lithium major. Direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology company Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. Earlier post.) EnergyX and Orocobre plan to deploy their pilots in the near future.

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

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Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles.

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