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thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

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green hydrogen meets the requirements for participation in the primary control reserve market. In the future thyssenkrupp’s electrolysis plants will be able to act as large-scale buffers to stabilize the power grid and compensate fluctuations quickly and flexibly. thyssenkrupp and E.ON

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BP forming 50:50 biofuels JV with Bunge in Brazil; growing existing biofuels business >50%

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It will also generate renewable electricity—fueled by waste biomass from the sugar cane—through its cogeneration facilities to power all its sites and sell surplus electricity to the Brazilian power grid. In 2018, the two businesses produced a total of around 2.2

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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They further agreed to reduce air pollutant emissions by aligning air pollutant emission standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles and corresponding ultra low-sulfur fuel standards by 2018. Conducting a joint study on the opportunities and impacts of adding more renewables to the power grid on a North American basis.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Breaking the Board: Bringing Three-Dimensional Packaging and Thermal Management to Power Electronics - $2,746,501. Stanford University.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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For instance, just 8 percent of Indian homes had air-conditioning in 2018, but that share is. MW of captive wind power off-site, the electricity from which will be wheeled in. Should the local power grid fail, the complex has backup diesel generators. MWh should ensure that no energy is wasted.

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