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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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While Russia holds significant leverage in influencing oil and gas prices, it pales in comparison to China’s position in several strategic industries critical to the energy transition, says report author Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and materials at the Baker Institute.

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DOE to award up to $2.5M to deploy fuel-cell-powered baggage tow tractors at commercial airports

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Although the majority of DOE’s funding for fuel cells is directed at research and development, DOE has previously supported other early market applications, such as fuel cell forklifts and back-up power for telecommunications. Unscheduled maintenance on battery powered GSE is frequent enough to present a significant cost to users.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Hedging its bets, the industry is exploring ammonia, batteries, and hydrogen, among other options for powering ships. Cost also played a big role in NuScale Power Corp.’s

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

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GM Stock Chart: Yahoo Finance. On January 28 GM announced that it plans (aspires) to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines. By comparison, in 2020 Tesla sold an estimated 242,713 units in North America (US and Canada).

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

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It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). But Goldman was unable to convince the executive to whom Xerox’s Electro-Optical Systems division reported (whose background was accounting and finance) to allow a bid.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models. Way to go morons.

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