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SoCal Edison opens 32 MWh battery energy storage project, largest in North America; batteries from LG Chem

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The project is strategically located in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area that is projected to generate up to 4,500 MW of wind energy by 2016. The 32 MWh battery energy storage system features lithium-ion batteries from LG Chem housed inside a 6,300 square-foot facility at SCE’s Monolith substation in Tehachapi, Calif.

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Volvo Cars’ connected safety technology can alert drivers of accidents ahead – ET Auto

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The Accident Ahead Alert feature is currently available in Denmark on all 90, 60 and 40 series Volvo car models, from model year 2016 and onwards. You’re driving down a winding country road. Volvo Cars’ industry-first connected safety technology, which was introduced in 2016, uses Volvo Cars’ cloud, based on real-time data.

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Venturi Formula E racer features electric drive from ZF

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ZF and Venturi teamed up in a technology partnership for the FIA Formula E in 2016. At the same time, the know-how gained and tried out in motor racing provides insights that go directly into volume production development. Insights for volume production development. 250 kW electric drive system.

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Aerial methane survey finds a fraction of point sources responsible for more than a third of California’s methane emissions

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From August 2016 to October 2018, NASA, through a contract with the two state agencies, flew remote sensing equipment over selected portions of the state. Some methane emissions were highly intermittent, others were affected by wind, and some were too small for accurate emission rate estimation.

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Chile’s lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert – ET Auto

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In the salt flats of Aguilar and La Isla in the Altoandinos desert region — at an altitude of 3,400 meters and 4,400 meters respectively — the temperature is minus zero and the wind biting at the approach of the southern winter.

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ETI to launch project to develop Flettner rotor sails for ships; seeking at least 10% improvement in fuel efficiency

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Flettner rotors use a spinning cylinder to convert the force of the wind into thrust that helps propel the ship. The ETI project will be the first demonstration on such a large vessel and is intended to provide valuable insights into real world fuel savings and ease of operation.

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Toyota details design of fuel cell system in Mirai; work on electrode catalysts

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And again at this year’s 2016 SAE World Congress, Toyota presented three more papers: one detailing the development of Mirai’s Toyota Fuel Cell System (TCFS) and two dealing with the critical issues of the fuel cell catalysts. The 2016 paper by Hasegawa et al. Kato (2016) Click to enlarge. 5(1) doi: 10.4271/2016-01-1192.

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