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Construction begins on Neo Orbis; fuel cell vessel with sodium borohydride hydrogen carrier

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With the keel laying, construction has begun at Next Generation Shipyards in the Netherlands of Neo Orbis , a 20m fuel-cell hybrid port vessel using sodium borohydride as a solid-state hydrogen storage medium. The then DaimlerChrysler used Millenium Cell sodium borohydride it its Natrium fuel cell concept car, introduced in 2001.

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New heterogeneous acid catalyst shows high activity in release of hydrogen from sodium borohydride; lowest activation energy yet reported

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A team from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has devised a heterogeneous acid catalyst, silica sulfuric acid, that shows high activity towards releasing hydrogen from sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ), with a hydrolysis rate of 5.5 Millenium Cell liquidated in 2008.). Earlier post.). 2014.11.040. Demirci, U. Andrieux, J., Hannauer, J.,

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Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

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Despite extremely low LME nickel exchange inventories, which are currently at the 2007 level and amount to less than 5 days of global use only, the LME nickel contract was down by 30% since the beginning of the year. Nickel use remains very robust in the long run, driven by higher demand in the battery sector and renewable energy.

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MHI to lead design and development of sodium fast reactor; operation in 2040s

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MHI will oversee both the conceptual design as well as research and development (R&D) for the sodium-cooled fast reactor in partnership with Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc. In 2007, MHI was selected as the core company in charge of a research program which was focused on the practice uses of fast reactors.

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UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells

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The investment will be made in sixteen proof of concept studies, which will last up to one year, and six longer-running full research and development projects. High energy sodium-nickel battery cell for EV application (Acronym: NINACELL). The UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board (TSB) will invest more than £12 million (US$19.4

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IEA/OECD Report Concludes Nuclear Power Could Provide 24% of Global Electricity by 2050

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Total electricity production in the scenario more than doubles, from just under 20,000 TWh in 2007 to around 41,000 TWh in 2050. Concepts for Gen IV Systems. Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR). Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR). Super-Critical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR).

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