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Ballard signs fuel cell supply agreement with Solaris; initial order of 10 modules as range extenders for electric trolley buses

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Solaris has signed a contract with Rigas Satiksme, the transport operator in the city of Riga, Latvia for 10 of the Trollino trolley buses. These two discrete modules have been designed, tested and validated for transit bus and light rail applications. Standard Solaris Trollino 18. Click to enlarge. meters (61.5

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€20M European research alliance focuses on liquid metals; energy applications

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Liquid metals are used in numerous industrial branches, for example, in steel and light metal castings, and are becoming increasingly significant for technologies such as new liquid metal batteries for energy storage, CO 2 -free hydrogen production, or the manufacture of solar cells.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8 EnerVenue If you don’t discharge and then recharge them all the way, lithium-ion batteries can last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles. Now imagine a battery that can last through tens of thousands of charge-discharge cycles.

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??Why the World’s Militaries Are Embracing 5G

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On a helmet-mounted visor display, the pilot views icons on a map showing the movements of antiaircraft batteries and RF jammers, as well as the special forces and the locations of allied and enemy troops. Meanwhile, in Europe, NATO unveiled its first 5G military test site in Latvia in 2020. Downed Pilot, 121 miles NNW.

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??Why the World’s Militaries Are Embracing 5G

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On a helmet-mounted visor display, the pilot views icons on a map showing the movements of antiaircraft batteries and RF jammers, as well as the special forces and the locations of allied and enemy troops. Meanwhile, in Europe, NATO unveiled its first 5G military test site in Latvia in 2020. Downed Pilot, 121 miles NNW.

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