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Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

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By 2030, the Rolls-Royce business unit is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon technologies. Rolls-Royce Power Systems has outlined its road map for climate neutrality: Net Zero@Power Systems.

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LG Energy Solution to invest $4.5B+ in own US battery business by 2025, expanding capacity by 70GWh; possible new JV plant with GM

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The Green Field Project will provide the US with a large-scale supply of batteries to increase renewable energy sources across an array of industries, including electric vehicles. In 2019, the company entered into a joint venture with General Motors (GM) to construct a $2.3-billion

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Ørsted acquiring 45% ownership of Liquid Wind FlagshipONE e-methanol project

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Ørsted’s entry into the FlagshipONE project is a marker of the company’s strategic ambition of building a global leadership position within green fuels and renewable hydrogen. FlagshipONE adds to Ørsted’s growing hydrogen and Power-to-X project pipeline, which includes several projects aimed at decarbonizing maritime transport.

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Honda, American Electric Power developing 2nd life applications for used EV batteries

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The project seeks to address multiple challenges related to the expansion of EVs, including the repurposing of used EV batteries, the expected impact of EV demand and renewable energy on the nation’s utility operators and the integration of EV batteries as a storage solution for the electric grid.

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Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

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In 2000 he helped found DFT, which manufactured test equipment for high-speed semiconductor interfaces. He retired in 2019. Committee members also worked on the first system to digitize IEEE’s membership renewal process. He co-authored four textbooks on microelectronic systems. He served as its CEO for two years.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years. Renewable systems don’t have the inertia in their systems to keep things spinning. In 2019 he was named a regents professor, the highest faculty position.

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California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

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California has already cut anthropogenic black carbon emissions by more than 90% since the 1960s, and existing measures are projected to cut mobile source emissions by 75% and total anthropogenic emissions by nearly 60% between 2000 and 2020.

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