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Stanford team increases power of corrosion-resistant solar cells; advance for solar fuels

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Researchers at Stanford, with colleagues at University College Cork in Ireland, have shown how to increase the power of corrosion-resistant solar cells, setting a record for solar energy output under water. Instead of pumping electricity into the grid, the power these cells produce would be used in the production of solar fuels.

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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It’s very similar to the infrastructure for electric cars because the idea, ultimately, for electric cars is that you also are revamping your grid to facilitate, whatchamacallit, intermittent renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, because having an electric car that runs off a coal-fired power plant is defeating the purpose, essentially.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

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Home Business Digital Life New Media Comms CIO R&D Government Careers Events E-Monday Video Audio Dublin: 18.04.2009 02:44 AM SiliconRepublic.com Irelands Technology News Service RSS News Alerts Subscribe Features Google reports record Q1 profits BT reveals 24Mbps service Yahoo!,

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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In a hangar at the University of Edinburgh, a triangular steel contraption sits beside a giant tank of water. There’s good reason for this hustle: The United Kingdom wants to add 34 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, en route to decarbonizing its grid by 2035. Scotland’s deeper waters are therefore the U.K.’s s next frontier.

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Renault-Nissan Alliances Forms EV Partnership in Phoenix Metro Area; Beginning of a Phoenix-Tucson EV Charging Corridor

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will participate in the partnership by initiating its EV Micro-Climate program in the Phoenix region to promote sensible policies, intelligent deployment of charge infrastructure, and strong public awareness to foster the successful consumer adoption of grid-connected electric vehicles. ECOtality Inc.

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Happy IEEE Day!

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This IEEE Day, learn about IEEE Education Week (4-8 April 2022), a weeklong celebration of educational opportunities in pre-university STEM, university, and continuing professional education. Learn about some of our pre-university STEM, university, and continuing professional education programs. Register today !

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. Policy and regulatory settings (including access to the grid, competition settings). . Capacity of the grid and managing demand. . There are at least 31 countries and U.S.