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Up to 20k Tesla Universal Wall Connectors to be installed at 2k Hilton sites

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Hilton and Tesla have announced an agreement to install up to 20,000 Tesla Universal Wall Connectors at 2,000 hotels in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Tesla’s Universal Wall Connector , which was launched last month, has received praise from the electric vehicle community. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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To determine what was happening, and the best way to make it happen, the Sandia team used computer simulations generated by coauthor Na Sai from the University of Texas at Austin that suggested which molecular changes to seek. —co-author Jeff Brinker, Sandia Fellow and University of New Mexico professor.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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Projects from this solicitation, which will be implemented over the next 1–3 years, will focus on lowering the cost of heliostats and heliostat technologies and creating new market opportunities for the heliostat industry. Low-cost heliostats offer significant renewable energy potential.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. They also have demonstrated that the compounds could be manufactured using a simple, low-cost manufacturing method known as combustion synthesis.

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Bosch acquires US ridesharing start-up SPLT

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SPLT operates a platform that allows companies, universities, and municipal authorities to offer their workforces ridesharing services. Some 140,000 users in the United States, Mexico, and Germany currently take advantage of the service. Bosch is entering the ridesharing business with its acquisition of Splitting Fares Inc.

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New ceramic materials for hydrogen storage

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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. They also have demonstrated that the compounds could be manufactured using a simple, low-cost manufacturing method known as combustion synthesis.

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DOE to award up to $8M to three algae-based biofuels projects

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In partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, University of California at San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the J. Pond ecology has a major impact on algal health and productivity, yet very little is known about the impacts of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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