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Weizmann Institute team engineers E. coli to eat carbon dioxide

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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have created a strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli that grows by consuming carbon dioxide instead of sugars or other organic molecules. The findings point to means of developing, in the future, carbon-neutral fuels.

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Indian Oil Corp exploring hydrogen to use as eco-friendly fuels 

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At current the hydrogen generation facilities are available in Japan, Germany, and a few European countries. The solar electrolysers are used to break down water into basic constituents of hydrogen and oxygen in India also such projects to be expected. It is in talks with few governments to set up an aluminium-air batteries factory.

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New Electrostatic Nanocapacitors Offer High Power and High Energy Density

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The Maryland/KAIST research team’s new devices are electrostatic nanocapacitors which increase the energy storage density of such devices by a factor of 10 over that of commercially available devices without sacrificing the high power they traditionally characteristically offer.

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Israeli team develops decoupled PEC water-splitting system for centralized production of H2

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Researchers in Israel have designed a separate-cell photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting system with decoupled hydrogen and oxygen cells for centralized hydrogen production. Conceptual illustration of a solar hydrogen refueling station with distributed PEC solar cells producing oxygen and a centralized hydrogen generator.

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Mercedes unveils VISION EQXX electric halo car; range and efficiency

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Ultra-thin solar panels on the roof feed the battery system for up to 25 km of extra range. Not available in previous Mercedes-Benz heat pumps, this feature increases the operating temperature range. Solar power. The system was developed in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.

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Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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Unlike the electrode materials found in most lithium-ion batteries, Prussian blue enjoys a widespread availability and low cost that make batteries based on Prussian blue electrodes an economically attractive, environmentally friendly technology. Resources. Firouzi, R. Motallebi, C.W. Valencia, H.S. Fujimoto, L.A. Yang, and C.D.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind.

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