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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 Issues included water handling and catalytic reactivity and durability. Earlier post.). 2014.11.040.

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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. Westinghouse AP-1000, advanced pressured water reactor (APWR, about 1,200MW capacity. GE Hitachi ABWR (advanced boiling water reactor), 1,300-1,600MW. Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR).

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CMU study concludes lithium market fluctuations unlikely to impact Li-ion battery prices significantly

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Despite substantial cost reductions in recent years (59-70% per kWh between 2007 and 2014), lithium ion batteries are still significantly more expensive than the Department of Energy target of $125/kWh by 2022. If prices do quadruple, it becomes, in principle, economical to extract lithium from sea water. —Jay Whitacre.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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The unique report, which covers the period between 1999 and 2007, was created by researchers at Queen’s University Management School in Belfast, alongside colleagues from the Euromed Management School Marseille, and the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) in Berlin. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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