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Toshiba supplying H2-based energy supply system to Tohoku Electric Power; evaluating H2 for overcoming fluctuations from renewables

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Various solutions are being investigated, and Tohoku Electric decided to use Toshiba’s H2One starting March 2017. The H2One system uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, as well as for charging a battery-based energy storage system.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Rush to switch to low carbon generation. Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. Most countries regards Gas as strategic and store plenty of the stuff to cover supply disruptions. Centrica closed the vast Rough storage facility in 2017 prompting concerns about gas pricing.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. the biggest cuts anywhere in the world.

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