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AUGUST 5, 2014

The 2015 e-Golf will go on sale later this year at participating dealerships in select states. The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron is expected to go on sale at participating dealerships in all 50 states in the fall of 2015. SunPower: residential solar with energy storage. 3Degrees and carbon offsets. 3Degrees and carbon offsets.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an innovative hydrogen-producing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), using solar-driven biomass conversion as the anode reaction. The production of building-block chemicals as well as of fuels using renewable energy sources is critical for a complete independence of fossil fuels.

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MAY 1, 2024

The LA R&D center played a large part in launching the light-duty fuel cell vehicle Mirai in 2015. Toyota is building a microgrid at H2HQ that will allow it to operate off-grid. But unlike charging EVs on home solar, you can’t set up a hydrogen electrolysis machine in your garage. It hosts Toyota’s largest dynamometer (1.2

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Toshiba Corporation and Kawasaki City will conduct a cooperative demonstration experiment of an independent energy supply system utilizing solar power and hydrogen. The demonstration will run from April 2015 (the beginning of fiscal 2015) until the end of fiscal 2020 (March 2021).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This H 2 filling station—the eleventh in the TOTAL network and the tenth in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg—is differentiated by producing hydrogen on-site through steam electrolysis, using electricity generated by a solar array. Two smaller modules were put into operation at Boeing back in 2015.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. The acetate (?6

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

Researchers at Rice have demonstrated an efficient new way to use solar energy for water splitting. In contrast to past work, the new architecture does not utilize a Schottky junction—the commonly used building block to collect hot carriers. —Robatjazi et al.

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JUNE 29, 2015

However, building more coal and gas power plants to make miles for transport is counter-productive if the game plan is to reduce carbon output. The first eye-opener for large scale solar was the Austin Energy PPA last year that was priced at 5 cents. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.) The arithmetic is pretty simple.

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

Heating buildings. In 2015, the electricity produced in Québec accounted for 32% of Canada’s total power generated from all sources, but was responsible for only 1% of GHG emissions linked to electric utilities. Hydro-Québec’s Strategic Plan 2020–2024 outlines five applications for clean hydrogen: Ammonia and methanol production.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

The team examined semiconductor p-n junctions, made by joining p-type (free holes) and n-type (free electrons) semiconductor materials, which have direct applications in solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), rectifiers in circuits, and numerous variations in more complex devices such as power transistors. —Zongyang Hu, lead author.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Under a pilot program exclusive to Ford, Wind Energy will install wind sail and solar panel systems at four Ford dealerships, a nearly $750,000 investment, to help power dealer facilities. Each Windy System includeswind sail technology that harvests wind energy and an integrated 7 kW solar array.

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JULY 10, 2019

OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Louis , Mo. San Jose, Calif.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

That all changed this year, after a team of IEEE volunteers traveled to the village and installed photovoltaic panels, a battery storage system, and a solar water heater at the Shree Batase Secondary School in Melamchi, which is about 45 kilometers from the capital city of Kathmandu. The earthquake severely damaged Melamchi’s power lines.

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JULY 8, 2013

Construction of the Fastned stations, which will have solar canopies, is expected to be completed by 2015. The first ABB Terra fast chargers are due to be delivered in September 2013. To date, the Netherlands is the most populous country to roll out a nationwide fast-charging network.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

The first phase of the project focuses on R&D, including building a pilot plant on the land of Saft’s Nersac facility. In 2015, Total set an ambition to become the responsible energy major. The plant is scheduled to start up in mid-2021 and represents an investment of €200 million.

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JUNE 20, 2023

This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. To put the scale of the lithium challenge into context, more lithium will be needed in 2030 than was mined between 2015 and 2022, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast. Most of this (56%) will be put towards building 1.2

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MAY 26, 2015

Again emphasizing that there has been no announcement of development direction, the potential building blocks for a solar fuels isooctane process are emerging. Neither Global Bioenergies or LanzaTech would comment, citing confidentiality agreements. Isobutene and isooctane. Goortani, Aashish Gaurav, Alisha Deshpande, Flora T.

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JULY 29, 2012

The electronics giant plans to build a prototype system using catalysts shaped like solar panels and start demonstrations, aiming to put the technology into practical use by 2015 to produce ethanol. Panasonic will report the research findings on Thursday, according to the Nikkei.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

electric utility company, battery manufacturers Exide and beta-motion and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) have joined forces to build the first multi-technology, modular large-scale 5MW battery storage system. Batteries Power Generation Solar Wind' Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, E.ON

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MAY 31, 2020

Renewables investment has been more resilient during the crisis than fossil fuels, but spending on rooftop solar installations by households and businesses has been strongly affected and final investment decisions in the first quarter of 2020 for new utility-scale wind and solar projects fell back to the levels of three years ago.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The 2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report shows that more than 60,000 fuel cells, totaling roughly 300 megawatts (MW), shipped worldwide in 2015. 2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale. Source: “2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report” Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 20, 2017

The overarching objective of the study is to analyze the scale and scope of investments in low-carbon technologies in power generation, transport, buildings and industry (including heating and cooling) that are needed to facilitate such a transition in a cost-effective manner, while also working towards other policy goals. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The first of the 20 planned stations will use the surplus solar energy produced from the solar panels on the roof of the neighboring energy-positive office building. Uno-X Hydrogen relies on renewable energy to produce hydrogen. Earlier post.). Toyota is now continuing its Mirai roll-out in Norway.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In 2015, GM required 9 terawatt hours of electricity to build its vehicles and power its offices, technical centers and warehouses around the world. The new renewable energy commitment builds on GM’s previous goal to promote the use of 125 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020. megawatt solar array powers 1.5%

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Toyota is progressing with initiatives toward the fulfillment of the Plant Zero CO 2 Emissions Challenge that was announced at the 2015 Toyota Environmental Forum. These are supplemented by solar power—which generates changeable supply of power, in combination with storage batteries. kW have been installed.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

ITM Power’s first HyFive station will be delivered to the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington in October 2015. The facility has been upgraded as a showcase for ITM Power’s hydrogen generation equipment and is used to provide retail hydrogen fuel services.

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Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Department of Energy tightened efficiency testing standards for air conditioners for the first time since 2015. cooling represented just 8 percent of residential energy demand, compared to (as of 2015 at least) 43 percent for heating. This year, the U.S. Still, in the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015. launching a new track on the interaction of energy and water (the energy/water ‘nexus’). million cubic meters of freshwater per year.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Building a thriving semiconductor industry At the meeting with Modi, Sharma presented the prime minister with a cutting-edge 5G millimeter-wave and sub-6-gigahertz chipset designed by Renesas’s R&D teams in Bengaluru and San Diego. While building his radio, he says, he fell in love with engineering. “I

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Niño event. increase from 2015 to 2016 alone, according to figures from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration quoted in the bulletin. ppm in 2015. Globally averaged concentrations of CO 2 reached 403.3 This record annual increase of 3.3

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

This glass unit is designed to enhance energy savings of buildings such as car showrooms, capable of being flexibly opened or closed in response to weather conditions. Car dealership showrooms and modern office buildings with large glass surfaces are facing challenges of reducing air conditioning load during summer.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In Q4, global net orders for Model S and X combined rose more than 49%, compared to the same period in 2015, as both vehicles continue to win over new customers. In early February, Tesla began building Model 3 prototypes. However, the company dropped back to a net loss for the quarter of $121 million.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The four companies will formally submit their proposal to the Southern California Public Power Authority by early 2015 in response to the agency’s request for proposals to supply the Los Angeles area with renewable energy and electricity storage. Electric transmission line: Duke-American Transmission proposes to build the $2.6-billion,

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AUGUST 21, 2015

The conversion of CO 2 → CCNF + O 2 can be driven by efficient solar, as well as conventional, energy at inexpensive steel or nickel electrodes. The carbon nanofibers build up on the steel electrode, where they can be removed, Licht says. —Stuart Licht. 5b02427.

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JUNE 4, 2012

The University of California - Davis won third place for a design which included a hydrogen power and heating system for a residential building complex next to their new solar village. At the awards ceremony, the theme for the next Contest was announced as well.

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MAY 26, 2014

The demonstration project is designed to produce “green” hydrogen from a surplus of wind and solar power using an electrolyzer, and to use solid storage to create a hydrogen cogeneration plant and hydrogen filling-station infrastructure for buses and cars. By 2016, the H 2 BER partner companies will invest more than €10 million (US$13.7

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. Earlier post.) Volkswagen will also invest to support installation of charging stations in certain dealer locations. —Jörg Sommer.

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