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SwRI to demonstrate use of electric vehicles as part of emergency power microgrid under US Army SPIDERS program

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independent from the bulk power grid (i.e., SPIDERS uses the conceptual designs of an Energy Surety Microgrid developed by Sandia National Laboratories, and has four specific goals for electric power surety at US military installations: To protect critical. infrastructure from power loss. infrastructure from power loss.

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NREL teaming with Oorja to validate direct methanol fuel cell technology in material handling applications

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The OorjaPac Model III DMFC operates as an on-board battery charger for a wide variety of Class III vehicles in the material handling industry. Idle to peak power time is less than 10 minutes, and refueling takes less than 1 minute. Earp Distribution (Kansas City, Kan.), and Commerce, Calif.), and Testa Produce (Chicago).

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