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Nissan LEAF helps power company’s NA facilities with V2G; Nissan Energy

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Leading the industry, Nissan has also received certification for second-life LEAF batteries to be used in stationary energy storage. The company will also develop new ways to reuse electric car batteries. The company will also develop new ways to reuse electric car batteries. Nissan Energy Home.

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Embraer’s Eve rolls out flying taxi prototype, cash needs covered until 2027 – ET Auto

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The company is one of a bevy of startups worldwide developing battery-powered aircraft that can take off and land vertically to ferry travelers on short city trips, allowing them to beat traffic. carrier United, charter firm Global Crossing and aircraft lessor Azorra. “Challenges exist. It’s not something trivial.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

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Resource-poor Asian neighbors such as Japan and Korea are also counting on Aussie green hydrogen to help get them off fossil fuels in the decades ahead. Add up the capacity figures in all of Australia’s current proposals to produce green hydrogen and the sum exceeds Australia’s power-generating capacity. Why a hydrogen truck?

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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

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In many respects, hydrogen FCVs could offer features that are similar to today’s gasoline cars and are more challenging to achieve in battery-powered vehicles, including good performance, large vehicle size, refueling time of 3-5 minutes and a range of 300-400 miles. These partnerships are bringing key stakeholders together.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Longer term, California, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Japan, and Western Australia are all looking to the sea to help meet their demands for hydrogen. Airplanes, for example, won’t be able to fly long distances on battery power. Hydrogen is thus greasing the wheels of the global transition to cleaner energy.

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Cash for Volts?

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The “cash for volts&# approach was touted Monday by the Electrification Coalition, a 13-member group that sees electric plug-ins as the answer to a host of problems, from dependence on foreign oil to tailpipe emissions that some believe is contributing to global climate change. lawmakers are supportive of the idea.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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2014 has been a year of rapid growth for the fuel cell market with positive progress being made globally, especially in markets such as US, UK, Germany, France and Japan. Despite the recent progress, a number of myths around the use, power efficiency and cost of fuel cells still exist.

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