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Revealed: General Motors battery guru explains why lithium – not hydrogen – is central to our EV future

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Well, mostly throughout the universe, hydrogen is bonded up with other stuff, usually, so it’s not so easy to use, because as soon as it bonds with oxygen, for example, it creates water, so it’s no longer available as energy storage,” Oury explained. GM battery tech. Lithium is central. You have got to get that from electricity.

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Maine’s Floating Offshore Wind Ambitions in Jeopardy

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When the platform for a prototype floating offshore wind turbine arrived at a dock in Searsport, Maine, on April 11, engineers at the University of Maine were ready to add a tower and a turbine and set it afloat in the Gulf of Maine. In response, wind developers are pulling back on U.S. million grant.

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World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

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Furthermore, air and water pollution, deforestation, and soil degradation are causing significant harm. Enrich and expand solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy generation and utilization. In the energy sector, significant innovations in photovoltaic technology and solar power generation improved efficiency and affordability.

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Sun Catalytix Signs $4M ARPA-E Contract and Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Affordable Catalysts for Water Splitting

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IEA: time to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future

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In a major new report on hydrogen, the International Energy Agency says that the time is right to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future. Another approach is for industries to secure greater supplies of hydrogen from clean electricity. million by 2030.

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ABS provides first approval in principle for floating Rankine cycle renewable energy plant

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Unlike wind, tidal or solar power the advanced design for this Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system can deliver constant output 24 hours a day. Developed by OTEC International (OTI) LLC of Baltimore, Maryland, the approach converts liquid ammonia into gas in a heat exchanger using warm ocean surface water. OTEC power cycle.

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Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

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Despite those periods of excess wind and solar power, because the ability to store electricity for more than a few hours is lacking, dispatchable power from the combustion of fossil fuels continues to bridge gaps in supply.

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