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€33.7M AgiloDrive2 project for electric motor production launches

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Stator with hairpin winding from the pilot phase of the AgiloDrive research project at KIT. The phase two project was preceded by an 18-month collaborative project— AgiloDrive —with the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), which was funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Tourism. Earlier post.).

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POET outlines lessons from 4-year long startup of Project Liberty cellulosic ethanol project

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Further, POET/DSM, in collaboration with USDA and NLAE (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment, Ames IA) conducted research that concluded with specification of stover harvest guidelines.

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HYREADY collaboration supports introduction of power-to-gas H2 into natural gas infrastructure

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The intermittent nature of renewable sources such as wind and solar demands large-scale temporal energy storage to balance electricity demand and production. However, concrete engineering guidelines for transmission and distribution system operators on how to prepare their systems for a specific percentage of hydrogen are lacking.

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Honda e urban EV will feature side camera mirror system as standard

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Furthermore, there is a significant reduction of wind noise that is normally generated by side mirrors at higher speeds. Further benefits are experienced when reverse gear is selected, guidelines appear on the side view screens in addition to an enhanced camera angle, expanding visibility.

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Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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mol of formic acid per day at 18 knots wind speed. Finally, they present design guidelines for achieving a cost-effective, efficient, and large-scale wave-energy-driven CO 2 reduction system for liquid fuel production. According to the field test results, the wave-energy-driven CO 2 RR system can produce 0.325 ?mol

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IAEA to develop roadmap for commercial deployment of nuclear hydrogen

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In order to decrease the environmental impact of the annual production of over 70 million tonnes of hydrogen, some countries are looking to renewables such as solar and wind as well as nuclear power as a replacement for fossil fuels. IAEA Activities on Hydrogen.

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

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The W3C’s Sustainable Web Design Community Group released a draft of its Web sustainability guidelines , with both tactical and technical recommendations for business and product strategy, user-experience design, Web development, and hosting and infrastructure.

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