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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

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The new company will concentrate business resources on automotive systems that address environmental and safety demands. With the aim of strengthening the business base in the sharply contracting North American market, Unisia of Georgia and Tokico (USA) will be brought under Kentucky-headquartered Hitachi Automotive Products (USA) Inc.,

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Georgia Tech team develops high-performance intermediate-temperature sold-oxide fuel cell

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A team from Georgia Tech, with colleagues at the university of Kansas, has designed a high-performance solid-oxide fuel cell that operates directly on nearly dry (only ~3.5 vol% H 2 O) methane at 500 °C, demonstrating a peak power density of 0.37 Lowering the temperature to 500 degrees Celsius is a sensation in our world.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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The 8 BREAKERS projects will work to develop new direct current (DC) devices to better manage power by eliminating electrical faults, improving efficiency and reaction times, and potentially enabling greater proliferation of energy storage and renewable resources.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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solar resources to produce precursors to synthetic fuels (e.g. Robust Adaptive Topology Control (RATC) Historically, the electric grid was designed to be passive, causing electric power to flow along the path of least. power grid. for widespread distributed power flow control. use of renewable resources.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING Sponsors: The IEEE Industry Applications , Industrial Electronics , Power Electronics , and Power & Energy societies DEEPAK DIVAN Georgia Tech “For contributions to advanced power conversion technologies for modern electric power grids.”

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