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Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S-Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California. At the site, landfill gas (LFG) will be the primary fuel to provide power for the non-combustion process that converts waste to hydrogen. Earlier post.). Jennbacher Type 4 Ready for H2.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen California Engine

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2020

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), Tohoku Electric Power Co., The FH2R can produce as much as 1,200 Nm 3 of hydrogen per hour (rated power operation) using renewable energy.

Low Cost

Low Cost Hydrogen Power Grid Japan

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

A consortium comprising Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities is implementing the HYFLEXPOWER project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Power Powered Gas

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

Grid

Grid Power Powered Vehicles

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. The resulting hydrogen will initially be used at the power plant, but it could eventually be sold to other industries. Earlier post.)

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Production Clean

Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have conducted a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a hypothetical large-scale solar-electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen. of hydrogen is currently produced via water electrolysis and only a fraction of this production is powered by renewable energy.

Solar

Solar Hydrogen Emissions Production

Rolls-Royce successfully tests mtu 250 kW fuel cell demo system for blackout case and peak power

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Rolls-Royce’s tests of its first mtu fuel cell demonstrator have shown that the system can provide uninterruptible power in the event of a blackout. During the blackout simulation, the system immediately and consistently provided the requested power.

Power Grid

Power Grid Power Powered Fuel

ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million to develop technology focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )from the US power grid. SF 6 has been the standard gas used inside high voltage electrical equipment as an insulating and arc-quenching medium. Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga.; GE Grid Solutions, LLC in Charleroi, Pa.; Georgia Tech.

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Grid Connecticut Georgia Gas-Electric

PNNL study finds 2028 grid resource adequacy likely sufficient for high EV penetration; managed charging strategies can double adequacy

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2020

A new study of the impact of high EV adoption on the Western US power grid by a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has found that 2028 grid resource adequacy—from generation through transmission—is likely to be sufficient for high EV penetration.

Grid

Grid Charging Power Grid California

DOE awards $2.4M to 3 projects for next-generation grid energy storage

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

The technologies will initially support transitioning of existing fossil assets to low carbon energy systems, with the long-term potential to support a fully decarbonized electricity grid by 2035. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. DOE Funding: $796,253; Non-DOE Funding: $199,063; Total Value: $995,316>.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Alabama

Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., Aligned with that vision, Air Products began work in 2018 on the core of this world-scale energy complex in Edmonton, which will begin with a transformative $1.3 Hydrogen-fueled electricity will offset the remaining five percent of emissions.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Production Energy Canada

DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2023

The project aims to accelerate the large-scale development and deployment of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) technology to produce green hydrogen for industrial decarbonization and electric power generation and storage. Redox materials are reactive materials that enable the chemical reactions in the reactor.

Florida

Florida Solar Hydrogen Production

Bloom Energy and Idaho National Laboratory to test use of nuclear generation to power solid-oxide electrolyzer for H2 production

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

This carbon-free hydrogen is obtained through electrolysis that is powered by nuclear generation. When the electric grid has ample power, rather than ramping down power generation, the electricity generated by nuclear plants can be used to produce cost-effective hydrogen in support of the burgeoning hydrogen economy.

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Idaho Power Powered Energy

Honda begins operation of stationary fuel cell power station on Torrance campus

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2023

Honda began operation of a stationary fuel cell power station on its corporate campus in Torrance, Calif., marking the company's first step toward future commercialization of zero-emission backup power generation. The Torrance fuel cell station also serves as a proof of concept for future commercialization of the power generation unit.

Honda

Honda Fuel Power Powered

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The prototype will use ammonia to deliver 200kg of hydrogen a day—enough to power around 5-10 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses. We have just 13 years to deliver a net-zero electricity grid for the UK. The traditional process of producing ammonia has used “grey” or “black” hydrogen from either natural gas or coal.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Grid Ireland

LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The test saw a 1kW/1kWh LiNa system perform dynamic containment—a key revenue stream for battery energy storage systems in the UK which requires rapid injection and absorption of power to maintain the grid’s frequency.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Sodium Batteries

Plug Power, Olin JV to produce green hydrogen in 15 ton per day plant in Louisiana

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

Olin Corporation, a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, and Plug Power Inc., The first production plant in St. This partnership brings together Olin, North America’s largest producer of electrolytic hydrogen, with Plug Power, which is building an end-to-end global green hydrogen ecosystem.

Louisiana

Louisiana Plug-in Hydrogen Green

BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant.

Grid

Grid BMW Power Powered

Poll finds strong local and statewide support for extending operations of California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2022

Newly released polling shows strong local support for extending the operations of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, California’s largest source of carbon free energy generation. Gavin Newsom recently announced his intent to explore options to continue operations at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

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Power Powered California Carbon

LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GWP processing routes using both grid-mix electricity and renewable electricity were evaluated in-line with LCA best-practice and Global Battery Alliance requirements for the battery passport. For HPMSM produced in China via EMM dissolution, the main contributor is the same: embodied emissions in the electricity grid mix.

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Carbon Industrial Industry Czech Republic

thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

thyssenkrupp’s proprietary water electrolysis technology for the production of. In the future thyssenkrupp’s electrolysis plants will be able to act as large-scale buffers to stabilize the power grid and compensate fluctuations quickly and flexibly. With this we have achieved a further important goal. thyssenkrupp and E.ON

Water

Water Hydrogen Market Production

Radiant receives DoD SBIR award for modeling and simulation of energy resilience and nuclear microreactor integration at Hill AFB

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2023

Founded by former SpaceX engineers, Radiant is developing Kaleidos, a gas-cooled, high-temperature 1.2MWe portable nuclear microreactor focused on replacing diesel generators to provide zero-emissions power to any location in the world. While generating electricity, Kaleidos can also provide 1.9

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Energy Grid Gas-Electric Power

Tesla Megapacks power on at Scotland battery energy storage site

Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

As detailed in a press release from TagEnergy on Tuesday, the Jamesfield Megapack project outside of Abernathy, Scotland is now fully operational, offering 49MW of power and 98MWh of energy storage. TagEnergy also says that sections of the project began powering on in November 2023, as the system was progressively brought online.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Power Powered

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

However, they also noted, high PTW efficiencies and the moderate fuel economies of current compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) make them a viable option as well. If CNG were to be eventually used in hybrids, the advantage of the electric generation/EV option shrinks. Their open access paper is published in the journal Energy.

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Gas-Electric Gas Fuel Economy PHEV

Taylor Machine Works and Cummins to integrate hydrogen engines into Taylor lift trucks and container handlers

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2023

liter and 15-liter hydrogen engines into the Taylor product line. This collaboration will help realize the decarbonization goals of industrial steel, wood products, concrete, oil and gas, and port operations markets.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Engine Carbon Grid

Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2019

Bloom Energy, a developer of solid oxide fuel cell power generators, announced the ability of its Energy Servers to operate on renewable hydrogen. Current Bloom Energy Servers generate electricity using natural gas or biogas as fuel. Bloom Energy Servers can operate on pure hydrogen or a combination of natural gas and hydrogen.

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Renewable Hydrogen Energy Power

CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2019

According to a new study published by the ifo Institue Center for Economic Studies (CESifo) in Germany, EVs will barely help cut CO 2 emissions in the country over the coming years, as the introduction of electric vehicles does not necessarily lead to a reduction in CO 2 emissions from road traffic given the current power generation mix.

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Germany CO2 Power Powered

Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water

German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

A methanation plant expansion to the existing power-to-gas (PtG) facility in Falkenhagen, Germany has officially opened as part of the international €28-million (US$33.5-million) It can be made available to a variety of markets, such as the manufacturing sector, the electricity, and heating market as well as the mobility sector.

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Store Gas Green Power

Liquefied gas electrolyte company South 8 expands manufacturing facility; new pilot production line

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

the developer of a novel liquefied gas electrolyte. product—LiGas( earlier post )—recently expanded its manufacturing facility, corporate offices and team of experts as interest grows in LiGas. South 8 Technologies, Inc., and Chief Technology Officer Jungwoo Lee, Ph.D., and Chief Technology Officer Jungwoo Lee, Ph.D.,

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Manufacturer Lithium Ion Gas Companies

Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

Rolls-Royce Power Systems has outlined its road map for climate neutrality: Net Zero@Power Systems. By 2030, the Rolls-Royce business unit is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon technologies. but also second-generation biofuels).

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2019 Engine Climate Power

Power-to-gas trial to inject hydrogen into Australia’s gas grid; A$5M award to AquaHydrex

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2017

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced a trial for a new type of electrolyzer which could see excess renewable energy stored in the gas grid and used to decarbonize Australia’s gas supply. Storing renewable energy directly in the gas network was a logical first route to market for the invention.

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Gas Grid Hydrogen Power

BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The facility will produce syngas and hydrogen for captive use within BASF’s production Verbund. The production technologies deployed in the syngas plant will mainly utilize CO 2 off-gas, a by-product of the ethylene oxide process and excess fuel gas from steam cracker operations, to manufacture syngas.

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China Belgium Asia Gas-Electric

BMW plant brings electrically heated ring hearth furnace into operation

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2023

For the first time, chassis and drive component production in Plant 02.10 at the BMW Group site in Dingolfing is operating an electrically heated ring hearth furnace. Compared with its conventional gas-powered equivalent, the latest electric furnace currently saves some 300 tonnes of CO 2 a year. Plant 02.10

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BMW Climate Protection Gas-Electric Electric

ITM Power to supply electrolyzer for power-to-hydrogen gas grid project in Germany

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2013

ITM Power has won a competitive tender process, based on both price and performance, to supply a hydrogen production unit to a 360kW Power-to-Gas (Strom zu Gas) energy storage plant Thüga Group project. The unit produces 125 kg/day of hydrogen gas and incorporates AEG power electronics.

Germany

Germany Grid Hydrogen Gas

Wärtsilä in US customer collaboration to test hydrogen blended fuel as a step towards decarbonized power plant operations

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2022

The technology group Wärtsilä, and its collaborators WEC Energy Group, (WEC), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Burns & McDonnell (B&McD), have been contracted to carry out hydrogen fuel testing at the A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan. —Jon Rodriguez, Director, Engine power plants, Wärtsilä North America.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Power Powered Fuel

Bosch boosts stake in SOFC expert Ceres Power to around 18%; possible expansion into SO electrolysis

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

Bosch has increased its stake in solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) developer Ceres Power from 3.9% The stake increase is achieved through a subscription by Bosch for new Ceres Power shares, as well as the purchase of further shares from existing shareholders. to around 18%. Picture: Bosch.

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Power Powered Hydrogen Fuel

Bloom Energy and Baker Hughes to collaborate on efficient power and hydrogen solutions

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

Solid oxide fuel cell company (SOFC) Bloom Energy and Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, will collaborate on the potential commercialization and deployment of integrated, low-carbon power generation and hydrogen solutions to advance the energy transition.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Power Powered

DOE to award up to $20M for projects demonstrating integration of nuclear power and hydrogen

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) and Nuclear Energy (NE) Office are joining forces to advance technologies that can efficiently integrate nuclear power and hydrogen. End-use applications may include, but are not limited to, transportation, power generation, or industrial processes.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Power Powered Energy Storage

DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $64 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0002057 ), “Critical Components for Coal FIRST Power Plants of the Future.”. AOI 2: Indirect Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Plant System.

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Coal Future Power Powered

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

Oberon Fuels’ Maverick Innovation Center The demonstration project will reduce the amount of natural gas currently used during production and replace it with zero-emission solar heat. By reducing the use of natural gas, Oberon Fuels will further reduce the carbon intensity of the finished fuel.

Solar

Solar Gas Fuel Energy

3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

APRIL 17, 2023

is on the fast track toward electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. grid produced in 2020. of what the U.S.

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Power Grid Grid Electric Cars Power

ITM Power establishing subsidiary to build, own and operate H2 refueling stations

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

ITM Power is establishing ITM Motive as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary for building, owning and operating a portfolio of hydrogen refueling stations in the UK. Each station incorporates an ITM Power electrolyzer and a Linde IC90 compression, storage and dispensing system.

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Building Power Powered Hydrogen

Tesla Powerwall customers continue to help California’s grid

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Tesla Powerwall customers continue to help California as the grid struggles in the face of an extreme heatwave and the looming possibility of rolling blackouts. Today Bloomberg reported that the state declared another power grid emergency and noted that backouts could happen. I hope Powerwall production really ramps up soon.

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Grid Tesla Power Grid California

Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

Rolls-Royce successfully tests mtu 250 kW fuel cell demo system for blackout case and peak power

ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

PNNL study finds 2028 grid resource adequacy likely sufficient for high EV penetration; managed charging strategies can double adequacy

DOE awards $2.4M to 3 projects for next-generation grid energy storage

Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

Bloom Energy and Idaho National Laboratory to test use of nuclear generation to power solid-oxide electrolyzer for H2 production

Honda begins operation of stationary fuel cell power station on Torrance campus

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

Plug Power, Olin JV to produce green hydrogen in 15 ton per day plant in Louisiana

BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

Poll finds strong local and statewide support for extending operations of California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

Radiant receives DoD SBIR award for modeling and simulation of energy resilience and nuclear microreactor integration at Hill AFB

Tesla Megapacks power on at Scotland battery energy storage site

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

Taylor Machine Works and Cummins to integrate hydrogen engines into Taylor lift trucks and container handlers

Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

Liquefied gas electrolyte company South 8 expands manufacturing facility; new pilot production line

Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

Power-to-gas trial to inject hydrogen into Australia’s gas grid; A$5M award to AquaHydrex

BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

BMW plant brings electrically heated ring hearth furnace into operation

ITM Power to supply electrolyzer for power-to-hydrogen gas grid project in Germany

Wärtsilä in US customer collaboration to test hydrogen blended fuel as a step towards decarbonized power plant operations

Bosch boosts stake in SOFC expert Ceres Power to around 18%; possible expansion into SO electrolysis

Bloom Energy and Baker Hughes to collaborate on efficient power and hydrogen solutions

DOE to award up to $20M for projects demonstrating integration of nuclear power and hydrogen

DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

ITM Power establishing subsidiary to build, own and operate H2 refueling stations

Tesla Powerwall customers continue to help California’s grid

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