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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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Solar panel output depends on the weather, for example, as do wind turbines. At the other end of the grid, electric vehicles need charging for only a certain amount of time every day, and when not in use could be used as temporary batteries to store energy from renewables.

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EVgo launches grid-tied public fast charging system with second-life batteries

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Following a pilot program at University of California San Diego (UCSD), this second-life battery system has been unveiled at an operational EVgo fast charging station located in Union City, CA at 3960 Smith Street.

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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They can be generated from fossil natural gas or bio-gas or through a power-to-liquids process that uses renewable sources such as solar or wind power together with CO 2 captured from the air. Like liquefied petroleum gas, DME must be stored in a slightly pressurized tank. OME1 can be stored in a conventional tank system.

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How Will EV Charging Powered by Renewable Energy Create a Greener World

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It comes from natural sources that continuously regenerate, such as sunlight, wind, water (in motion), and geothermal. Solar and wind are the easiest to locate, scale, and convert to energy. Wind turbines can be placed anywhere, on land and in the sea, generally on floating platforms. What is Renewable Energy? Better Together.

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Magnetic eCVT could replace conventional hybrid mechanical eCVT with likely 1-2% fuel economy improvement and other benefits

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Variable speed mechanical output with a fixed input mechanical speed is achieved by exporting/importing electrical power through a set of control windings—splitting the power along a “variator” path. This electrical energy is either transiently stored or directed back to the drive train via a second traction motor. at rated load.

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Sandia-led team designs feasible hydrogen fuel-cell coastal research vessel; implications for large hydrogen-fueled vessels

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The situation is dramatically improved using renewable hydrogen, such as that made from biogas, or by water electrolysis using wind or low-carbon nuclear power. The Zero-V project evolved from earlier Sandia work on the SF-BREEZE, a hydrogen-powered passenger ferry designed to operate in the San Francisco Bay. This WTW CO 2 (eq.)

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Assessment Robot for Resilient Optimized Wind Energy ARROW(e), $1,000,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). First Solar Inc.