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EC approves second major battery innovation project; €2.9B (US$3.5B) from 12 member states

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The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. In 2018, the Commission adopted the Strategic Action Plan for Batteries and has promoted a wide range of initiatives as part of the plan.

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European Commission approves up to €5.4B of public support for IPCEI Hy2Tech; 41 hydrogen projects

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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In 1914, Torres Quevedo laid out his ideas in the article, “Ensayos sobre automática. In the article, he updated Charles Babbage’s ideas for the analytical engine with the currency of the day: electricity. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? Torres Quevedo wanted to reframe what we mean by thinking.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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In 1914, Torres Quevedo laid out his ideas in the article, “Ensayos sobre automática. In the article, he updated Charles Babbage’s ideas for the analytical engine with the currency of the day: electricity. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? Torres Quevedo wanted to reframe what we mean by thinking.

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BYD Dolphin, Seal to be available in Europe this year

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BYD recently held a new car launch in Barcelona, Spain, announcing that the Dolphin and Seal will be available in Europe in 2023, according to a press release from the company today. All three models are part of BYD's Dynasty series, with the Atto 3 being the first SUV based on BYD's e-Platform 3.0, known as the Yuan Plus in China.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Instead, I will use the rate of 6,000 kWh/year, which is the unweighted mean for the European Union’s four largest economies—Germany, France, Italy, Spain—and Japan. All too obviously, real access to electricity in large parts of Africa is akin to where the United States was during the late 1890s.

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New CO2 Capture Process for H2 Production Via Natural Gas

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Researchers in Spain are proposing a new solids looping process for capturing CO 2 while generating hydrogen and/or electricity from natural gas. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es101707t. A paper on their work was published online 12 August in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Abanades et al. Murillo, J.

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