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Schaeffler signs five-year supply deal with REEtec for rare earth oxides

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Based on its proprietary technology, REEtec has been separating rare earths at an industrial-scale demo-plant since 2019. The energy demand is also very low and electricity consumption is based 100 % on hydro-electric sources from Norway’s green grid.

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This new Mack MD Electric is a mobile EV charging station

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To help fleets understand how electric trucks can fit into their operations, Mack Trucks is offering a mobile off-grid charging system. The benefits of fleet electrification are well-known, but the question of feasibility is still very real in the minds of many heavy fleet managers.

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Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

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The e-fuel production capacity will be significantly increased in 2019 with the addition to the Leuna Demo plant of a dedicated fuel production unit, which will allow the production of renewable gasoline batches. Audi engineers are now examining the combustion and emission behavior of the renewable fuel in a test engine.

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Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

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However, grid-scale freshwater electrolysis would put a heavy strain on vital water resources. Dai said his lab showed proof-of-concept with a demo, but the researchers will leave it up to manufacturers to scale and mass produce the design. (Image credit: Courtesy of H. Dai, Yun Kuang, Michael Kenney). Jackson and C.J. 1900556116.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze. We think there’s a better way.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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All told, UK motorists bought just 5,000 fewer BEVs in September than in all of 2019. Under the new law, all new homes built in the UK will require at least one “smart” charger, which must be able to switch on during off-peak hours when demand on the UK grid is lowest. BEVs accounted for 15.2% of the UK market in September.

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Topsoe puts eSMR demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable methanol from biogas

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The new electrified steam methane reforming technology is central in a future based on renewable energy and circular bioeconomy and the eSMR demo plant fits perfectly into our energy research facility in Foulum. To produce the sustainable methanol, Topsoe uses its eSMR technology, described in a paper in Science in 2019. Wismann, S.