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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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Energy storage has two main factors—how fast it can be charged and discharged (the spigot) and how much total energy it can hold (the bathtub). But Liu says residential customers don’t see demand charges. So that may create this need for storage…And then there will be a competition between thermal and electric [storage].”

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ARPA-E awards $33M to 13 intermediate-temp fuel cell projects; converting gaseous hydrocarbons to liquid fuels

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Colorado School of Mines. Fuel-Flexible Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell Stack The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) will develop a mixed proton and oxygen ion conducting electrolyte that allows a fuel cell to operate at temperatures less than 500 °C, which is a departure from today’s ceramic fuel cells. Lead organization.

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