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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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BP selects Tesla batteries for pilot storage project at US wind farm

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BP Wind Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Rolling Thunder I Power Partners LLC, has signed a purchase agreement to install a high-storage battery at its Titan 1 Wind Farm in South Dakota. Situated on 7,500 acres in Hand County, Titan 1 Wind Farm is wholly owned and operated by BP Wind Energy.

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Audi opens 1.9 MWh battery storage unit on EUREF Campus in Berlin

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This would allow charging with solar or wind power, depending on what is available. Further, it would potentially allow flexible reactions to short-term power fluctuations in the grid. In addition, Audi is developing concepts for an effective way to recycle batteries from used modules.

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Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

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When electricity is in high demand and more valuable, the pressurized gas is allowed to warm, turning a turbine as it expands and thus generating energy that can be used at peak times when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.

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Rheinmetall setting up JV with PolyCharge for DC-link capacitors; taking 13% stake

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Underlying this move is Rheinmetall’s goal of gaining a stronger foothold in the rapidly growing markets for electromobility and industrial applications as well as accessing subsystems and components necessary for making innovative products in future. —eliminating the need for extruded films, film metallization, and capacitor winding.

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M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

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is responsible for planning and construction of the battery storage facility and for developing and testing marketing strategies for future products for the energy market. The Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics at RWTH Aachen University (IAEW) will provide research support for the project. Board of Management.

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Fortescue’s electric excavator outperforms its diesel counterpart – Charged EVs

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This means that the diesel equipment customers buy today is also future-proofed for many years to come.” Fortescue is testing a couple of different ways to get power to the work sites. The machine in use at Chichester is partially powered by a solar installation. Fortescue installed a 6.6

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