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Karma Automotive’s flagship store now accepts Bitcoin as form of payment

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Karma Automotive, the Southern California-based creator of luxury electric vehicles and high-tech incubator, is using its flagship company-owned store in Newport Beach, Calif., We are opening our platform to serve as a test bed to help convert theoretical blockchain applications to practical use. —Karma CEO Dr. Lance Zhou.

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DOE closes on $504M loan guarantee for world’s largest clean hydrogen and energy storage project

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The hub will initially be designed to convert renewable energy through 220 MW of alkaline electrolyzers to produce up to 100 metric tonnes per day of green hydrogen, which will then be stored in two massive salt caverns each capable of storing 150 GWh of energy. Rendering of Advanced Clean Energy Storage salt cavern.

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Hydrogen Battery "Sponges" Store Solar for the Grid

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A novel project in Australia aims to harness the sun’s energy in two different ways: by storing it and by using it to produce green hydrogen. Operators can use the systems to store energy from solar panels and deliver power to the grid during cloudy days or at night. million metric tons produced in 2019.

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner. —Dr Wang.

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LOTTE, Sumitomo of Americas and Syzygy Plasmonics to partner on photocatalytic cracking of ammonia to produce hydrogen

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Plans include importing green ammonia that can be readily transported and stored before it is converted into clean hydrogen with expectations of generating 1.2 The traditional thermal cracking of ammonia uses high heat and pressure to convert it to hydrogen gas. million tons of hydrogen per year domestically by 2030.

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RATP beginning tests of Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen bus in Paris

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In 2019, during the UITP Global Public Transport Summit representatives of Solaris and RATP Group (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) signed a contract for lease and tests of the Urbino 12 hydrogen. The hydrogen is stored on the roof in five tanks.

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HyMethShip seeks to fuel ship engines with hydrogen from methanol

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The remaining carbon dioxide is stored in the tank and reused in onshore methanol production. In 2019 alone, emissions reached 144 million tonnes of CO 2. The methanol is mixed with water, then evaporated by applying heat and fed into the preheated reactor, where the mix of methanol and water is converted into hydrogen and CO 2.

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