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AC Propulsion sends eBox EV to Denmark for V2G research focused on buffering intermittent renewable energy

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AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. Integration between the power grid and electric vehicles will become essential and beneficial as EV numbers increase over the next decade.

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Circa Group providing bio-based solvent Cyrene to UK EV battery recycling project

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Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries. straw, bagasse, sawdust).

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U Michigan team boosting efficiency of thermoelectric materials; potential of reaching 15-20% efficiency could result in practical applications

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Skutterudites are one of several promising novel thermoelectrics—materials that convert a heat differential to electricity—that have been developed and pursued for more than a decade, notes Ctirad Uher, co-author of the PRL paper and author of a chapter on Skutterudite-based thermoelectrics in the 2006 Thermoelectrics Handbook.

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EV gateway

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The Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA) has forged partnerships in the St. For GEVA, the center has provided needed space for chapter meetings, as well as larger space for National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) events. For the Science Center, GEVA is an important resource when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs).

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

The Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA) has forged partnerships in the St. For GEVA, the center has provided needed space for chapter meetings, as well as larger space for National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) events. For the Science Center, GEVA is an important resource when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs).

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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Milner was working on neuropsychology at McGill University , in Montreal, although he had trained as an electrical engineer. In 2006 Dartmouth convened a conference, AI@50 , to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the AI gathering and to discuss AI’s present and future. Grace Solomonoff So the unknown person must be Milner!

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Updated energy life-cycle assessment of soybean biodiesel finds fossil energy ratio of 5.54; significant improvement from earlier studies

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Researchers from the University of Idaho and the US Department of Agriculture have updated the analysis of the energy life-cycle of soybean biodiesel and found a fossil energy ratio (FER) of 5.54 using 2006 agricultural data. 2009), and Sheehan et al. Pradhan et al. 2011) Click to enlarge. later reported using 2002 data.

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