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New high-activity, low-cost nickel-based catalyst for fuel cells exhibits performance similar to Pt; hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

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Owing to its high activity and low cost, the catalyst shows significant potential for use in low-cost, high-performance fuel cells, the team suggested. This new hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell can offer high performance at an unprecedented low cost. —Zhuang et al. —Zhuang et al.

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New aqueous rechargeable lithium battery shows good safety, high reliability, high energy density and low cost; another post Li-ion alternative

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The battery, which can be low cost and reliable in terms of safety, provides another chemistry for post Li-ion batteries, they suggest, and with higher practical energy densities than Li-air systems for supporting applications including electric vehicles and large-scale grid energy storage. Higher practical energy density.

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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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Nevertheless, because of the scarcity and cost of Pt, a more abundant alternative is needed for cost-effective implementation. Jeffrey Brinker (2015) ā€œUnderstanding catalysis in a multiphasic two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenideā€ Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8311 doi: 10.1038/ncomms9311.

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UK Electricity Prices compared to Europe

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Interesting article in the I newspaper comparing the cost of Electricity in the UK with the rest of Europe. Their research gives the UK a cost of 41 Euro Centre / kWh This is well above the EC average. The cost of electricity, including taxes, was 48.94 Our rates are high and Green costs are not low.

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DOE to award up to $15M for projects to improve reliability of solid oxide fuel cells

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The purpose of the FOA is to advance the reliability, robustness and endurance of low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology suitable for ultimate deployment in equal to or greater than (?) 100 megawatt electric (MWe) Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell (IGFC) or Natural Gas Fuel Cell (NGFC) systems capable of ? Background.

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DOE to award up to $21.5M for two solid oxide fuel cell programs for central power generation

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Technical areas of interest include: Innovative Concepts: This topic area will support the research and development of SOFC technology that has the potential to significantly undercut current DOE cost targets in a SOFC system. 250kW fuel cell module, which in turn would serve as the building block for ?100MWe 100MWe IGFC and/or NGFC systems.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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(GE Aerospace declined to make a researcher available to be interviewed for this article.) The alloy that we developed has very low cost elements, which paradoxically makes it a difficult business case to justify except at very large manufacturing volumes requiring large amounts of capital equipment.ā€

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