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How to Build a Power Grid on the Moon

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Solar power would be a better solution if it could serve the extremes of the lunar surface. We and our colleagues at Astrobotic , a small Pittsburgh-based business founded in 2007, are on a mission to make space accessible to the world. The fixed power stations will be connected by electrical cables.

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Mantra Venture Group and KC Cottrell Sign LOI for CO2 Electroreduction Reactor; CO2 to Products

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In November 2007, Mantra acquired 100% outright ownership of the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) technology, developed by the University of British Columbia’s Clean Energy Research Center. ERC, Mantra’s CO 2 recycling technology, converts concentrated CO 2 into useful products such as formic acid.

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NIST Awards EnerNex Contract Worth Up to $8.5M to Sustain Fast Track Development of Smart Grid Standards

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded EnerNex Corporation a contract to help NIST sustain the accelerated development of the hundreds of compatible standards that will be required to build a secure, interoperable smart electric power grid.

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smart vision EQ fortwo autonomous electric concept for ride sharing; emodying all of CASE

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With the electrically powered smart vision EQ fortwo, smart is presenting a concept vehicle from the relatively recent product and technology brand EQ at the 2017 Frankfurt International Motor Show. smart took the first step back in 2007 with the smart electric drive and today optionally offers all its models with an electric powertrain.

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JRC assesses EU RD&D investments in electric-drive vehicles; controls and energy storage top the list

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The report “ Paving the way to electrified road transport – Publicly funded research, development, and demonstration projects on electric and plug-in cars in Europe ”, lists more than 320 projects covering the period 2007-2015. —“Paving the way to electrified road transport”.

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Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

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National Grid of Waltham, Mass. Ford formed its first utility partnership with Southern California Edison in 2007. This allows EPRI and Ford, which first entered into a three-year agreement in March, to study regional differences and the impact on the electric grid as well as the vehicles. Earlier post.).

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NIST Releases EPRI Report on Smart Grid Development; Priorities, Standards, Architecture

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Widely adopted interoperability standards will enable integration, effective cooperation, and secure two-way communication among the many networked elements of a smart electric power grid. George Arnold, NIST National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability. This report is an important step forward in that process.

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