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EVs to be showcased in London to Brighton electric vehicle rally

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From the Sinclair C5 to the Jaguar i -Pace – The Big Lemon London to Brighton electric vehicle rally is set to be a showcase of innovation across electric motoring and clean energy. The Big Lemon London to Brighton electric vehicle rally will be sponsored by EDF , Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. Saloon cars.

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General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

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Ultimately, the company expects the projects will support its efforts to provide low-cost and low-carbon energy to the electricity grid. General Fusion benefits from the UKAEA’s expertise in building polychromators, which are used in an industry-standard diagnostic called Thomson Scattering that measures electron temperature.

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Johnson Matthey, Echion, Britishvolt and UCL to develop eLNO cathode, niobium anode demonstrator cells in CASCADE

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Johnson Matthey (JM), Echion Technologies , (Echion), Britishvolt (BV) and University College London (UCL) are grant recipients in the latest round (Round 4) of the Faraday Battery Challenge in the UK. Earlier post.).

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UK publishes EV smart charging plan

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To do that we need to build new network infrastructure at pace, using the latest available technologies. This will let people take control of their energy usage, in the most convenient and low-cost way. The new announcements build on steps already taken by the government to enable smart and flexible electric vehicle charging.

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Intelligent Energy introduces new high performance 100kW automotive fuel cell architecture

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kW/kg (gravimetric), while being engineered for low cost, high volume series production. The Intelligent Energy system builds upon the company’s prior work developing automotive fuel cell solutions both independently and with its automotive customers. kW/l (volumetric) and 3.0 kW/l and 2 kW/kg. Earlier post.).

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New safety test environment for high-speed flywheels for energy storage systems; new high-speed imaging techniques

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A key objective of the FlySafe research which will use this new test environment, will be an understanding of the rate of energy release, enabling industry to design safety containment systems that are compact, light-weight and low cost, while effective in providing flywheel safety.

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How Shipping Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Capture

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Early in February, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that they will build the world’s first ship for transporting carbon dioxide solely from carbon-capture facilities. Indeed, several other shipping companies have recently announced interest in building carriers for captured-carbon transport.

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