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Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

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Phil Ansell, an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, modeled the life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of liquid hydrogen production required to meet the fuel needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) with today’s electric grid mix. Ansell presented his findings at AIAA Aviation 2023 in June.

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Pike Forecasts Grid Stationary Energy Storage Market to Reach $35B by 2020; Significant Opportunity for CAES, Li-ion and Flow Batteries

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According to a new report from Pike Research, worldwide installed revenues for stationary energy storage systems for the electricity grid will grow at a strong pace in the coming decade, increasing from $1.5 billion annually by 2020. billion in 2010 to $35.3 Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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FedEx adds 1,900 new lightweight composite Reach vans to fleet; 35% fuel efficiency improvement

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These will join the 400 Reach vehicles already in service, giving FedEx Express the largest lightweight, composite-body vehicle fleet in the industry, with approximately 2,300 vehicles. In 2008, FedEx Corp.

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Tesla Energy to be part of ‘change in U.S. generation portfolio’: DOE

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According to the EIA’s report, initially reported by Reuters , the United States currently has 7.8GW of battery energy storage, which will be expanded to just over 30GW by 2025. This is an incredible growth metric in the utility space, which is usually a far more conservative and slow-growing industry.

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IBM Research launches 10y project to support China in transforming national energy systems; “Green Horizon”

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Dubbed “Green Horizon”, the initiative sets out to surpass current global practices in three areas critical to China’s sustainable growth: air quality management; renewable energy forecasting; and energy optimization for industry. Energy optimization for industry.

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Energy 2030 outlines steps to double US energy productivity by 2030; spend $166B a year to net savings of $327B

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This investment would both reduce the amount of energy needed to run the American economy and the price of energy for US consumers, lowering overall energy costs by some $494 billion a year, according to the analysis. billion tons by 2020, 22% below 2005 levels, and to 4 billion tons, or 33% below 2005 levels, by 2030.

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

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So what battery trends should we expect for the upcoming 2020-2030 decade? There is no question that the 2020s are the decade of electrification of transportation, from electric vehicles to buses and trucks. Automotive companies and their supply chain are inexorably transforming.