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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

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according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S., According to a June report from the U.S.

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ABB introducing new DC fast-charger in Europe for €9,988

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ABB launched the Terra Smart Connect (SC), a low-cost DC fast-charger that the company says will significantly improve the business case for installing electric-vehicle (EV) fast chargers throughout Europe. The Terra SC. Click to enlarge. Output DC voltage range is 180 – 500 V.

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

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Drivers want a safe, affordable and comfortable way to get from A to B. Companies like EV Connect continue to drive the industry forward with charging solutions. Grid Development Two factors are crucial to the expansion of a nationwide grid that can meet the needs of future EV drivers.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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GM expects HCCI, when combined with enabling technologies like variable valve actuation and advanced electronic engine controls, to provide a 12-15% improvement in overall fuel economy while being more affordable than hybrid or diesel technologies. The Volt is a hedge and a halo for GM but it won’t turn the company around by itself.

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SpaceX Falcon rocket aces 100th consecutive rocket landing

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SpaceX has successfully launched its first batch of next-generation Starlink V2 satellites, likely kicking off a new era of affordability for the constellation. Many other companies have announced or begun developing their own partially or fully-reusable rockets. Most landing burns are conducted with a single Merlin 1D engine.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. a small mainframe computer company that Taylor had tried to convince Xerox to buy as a way of starring up PARC. Nine came from the Berkeley Computer Corp., Mountain View, Calif.—began

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