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EGEB: This floating wind platform with tilted towers earns a European patent

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Hexicon’s tilted towers floating wind power platform earns a European patent. The Solar Energy Industries Association launches a new diversity certification program. The Argonne National Laboratory is offering a free 15-minute webinar about threats to rare earth minerals.

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Wärtsilä to deliver first dedicated methanol fuel supply system for ships

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But with very few vessels currently operating on methanol, industry experience of integrating such systems is limited. MethanolPac will gain its first reference alongside the debut installation of the Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine on a wind turbine installation vessel under construction for Dutch dredging and offshore ship operator Van Oord.(

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AFWERX extends submission deadline of Reimagining Energy Challenge for Air Force, DoD

Green Car Congress

The DoD’s goal is to leverage all energy sources for military use such as wind, solar, thermal, hydro, nuclear and hydrogen and increase mission effectiveness and quality of life, while reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The aspirational targets are to eliminate all fossil fuel dependency and achieve a carbon negative Air Force.

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Get Up to Speed on AI, IoT, and Smart Grid

Cars That Think

Developing your technical skills and investing in yourself are great ways to advance from your current position and help you thrive in your industry. To help technical professionals working in industry develop their skills in the latest technologies, IEEE recently launched the IEEE Academies learning paths. Internet of Things.

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GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts.

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DOE seeking input on H2@scale: hydrogen as centerpiece of future energy system; 50% reduction in energy GHGs by 2050

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Integration of Hydrogen Production with Process Heat, such as from Nuclear Generation, Industrial Waste Heat Sources, or Concentrated Solar Power. Source: DOE workshop April 2016. Click to enlarge. commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels.

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Adapting the Electrical Grid for Green Energy

Cars That Think

In the past two decades, the renewable energy industry has matured substantially, providing more than 20% of the United States’ overall electricity generation, with plans to triple that amount over the next decade. Register now to join this webinar! Multiple physics are currently used to store electrical energy (e.g.,

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