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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Horizon Unveiling Small Hydrogen Refueling and Storage System for the Home

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HydroFill plugs into an AC outlet (using an adapter), or to a 60W solar panel or small wind turbine. In 2006, Horizon introduced solar hydrogen powered toy cars. Horizon will also present an upgraded version of its larger portable off-grid DC power supply system HydroPak. The system has a generating capacity of 200 Wh.

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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

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Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use. Water Resource Management : watershed, sewage, conservation, desalination. Water Resource Management : watershed, sewage, conservation, desalination.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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After Sorbom’s experiments—which became the basis for his doctoral thesis—confirmed that the YBCO tape could withstand the pummeling of fast neutrons squeezed from fusing atoms, a joint MIT/CFS team began the tricky process of acquiring the expensive, brittle HTS tape and winding it into coils.

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis has the potential to be a useful means of storing excess electricity generated using wind, solar, and other intermittent renewable energy. Integrated renewable hydrogen systems and public-private community-based partnerships. per gge (assuming widespread deployment).

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Best speakers ever

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Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. “And that entrepreneurship persists here in the valley. It’s a very strong spirit.” As an example, Freund referenced an EAASV history highlight, Tesla CTO J.B.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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In 2006, Honda was the first auto company to voluntarily and publicly announce targets for the reduction of its CO 2 emissions for its products and operations globally. Significantly to reduce the CO 2 intensity and water use of its manufacturing operations. The Marysville plant’s Line 2 operation received a major renovation in 2006.

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