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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. He began researching how solar energy technology worked. Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village.

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Affordable grid-level energy storage is the linchpin for massive deployment of renewable energy on the electric power grid. Total has funded liquid metal battery research at MIT since 2009 and LMBC represents a continued commitment to this cutting-edge technology. —Philippe Boisseau, President Total Gas & Power.

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

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Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KC Cottrell will enter into a strategic alliance to engineer, build, test, and deploy a 100 kg-per day Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor. With completion scheduled for December 2009, the company is now looking for an end-use for the concentrated CO 2.

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US and Japan collaborating on smart grid project in Hawaii; EV operation and charging, including grid-balancing services

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the University of Hawaii, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, whose involvement is based on the Japan-US Clean Energy Technologies Action Plan, agreed to following the Japan-US heads of state summit held in November 2009. Smart Grid Model at a Substation with One Distribution Grid Level in Kihei (Hitachi). Hitachi Ltd.

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Torrance Enviro Commish - From Curious to CringeWorthy

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Fred gave a very informative PowerPoint on his green building philosophy and practices and educated the Commissioners on the BuildIt Green process. Nor did the Commissioners have any ideas for incentives or fast tracking possibilities to encourage more green building in Torrance. Fred graciously said he would.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Building on chain replication, BChain achieves high throughput and low latency under high client load. Since the first blockchain was conceptualized in 2009, primarily to power Bitcoin, Meling notes that that numerous other applications have been inspired by its potential.

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Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

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Hitachi intends for its restructuring to enable it to save ¥200 billion (US$2.037 billion) in fixed costs and ¥300 billion (US$3.055 billion) in materials costs in fiscal 2009 from the levels projected for the year through March 31. Hitachi is also spinning off its consumer business into a separate subsidiary. Resource Recycling Businesses.

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