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Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

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After that, a pre-industrial demonstration plant in the megawatt range, i.e. with a production capacity of 1500 to 2000 liters per day, will be designed. 60% of the green power used can be stored in the fuel as chemical energy. That plant may theoretically reach efficiencies of about 60%—i.e.,

CO2 290
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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Craig Carter, with their associates, published a study in Advanced Energy Materials (Li et al.

MIT 150
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Hyundai to offer Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to LA-area retail customers in spring 2014; Honda, Toyota show latest FCV concepts targeting 2015 launch

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Currently, there’s an ongoing debate about the future of the electric vehicle, which Hyundai condensed into two approaches: Store more electricity on-board using more/larger batteries. Create electricity on-board with hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology. Two hydrogen storage tanks, with a total capacity of 5.64

Tucson 324
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DOE to award $49.4M for advanced vehicle technologies research; meeting Tier 3 emissions

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For the purposes of this AOI, a carbon fiber composite is defined as a composite that combines carbon fiber with polymer resin. The fibers can be continuous or discontinuous and the resin can be either a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer. Applications are to organize tasks and schedule into two Phases.

Emissions 252