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Rimac plans to introduce the European answer to the Tesla Megapack

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As the use of renewable energy systems like wind and solar has grown in popularity, the need for energy storage systems to back up these renewables has grown as well. Rimac has announced that it has started an energy storage division within its business, set to take on the likes of the Tesla Megapack. What do you think of the article?

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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The hope is, these floating leviathans will collaborate with satellites to detect hypersonic missiles, like those being developed by Russia and China. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S. history— an $8 billion wind farm and transmission line —is set to begin construction in 2023.

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Mad Power thoughts

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Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. This was plain wrong.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Additional fees and charges added to electricity prices. The UK has been a leader in deploying on and offshore wind turbines. What we have not done so well is to ensure that we have a solid base level of generation to supply electricity when there is no sun and no wind. Who is in charge? Slashing gas storage facilities.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center What sets CFS’s technology apart is its use of high-temperature superconducting tape, which is layered and stacked to create extremely strong electromagnets that will shape and confine the unruly plasma and keep the bulk of the charged particles away from the tokamak’s walls.

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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The retail segment will be resilient but increasingly shift from fuel to e-vehicle charging, hydrogen, and convenience. OMV is expanding its capabilities to take advantage of the growth in e-vehicle charging, leveraging its strong retail position in CEE. The target for 2030 is to grow to 5 million metric tons a year.

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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The aluminum ion research fits into a quest to find battery materials that pack higher charge density than lithium. The advantage of aluminum is that it carries three charges per ion compared with lithium, which carries just one. Batteries Fuel Cells Power-to-Gas Russia' Aluminum is more abundant and less costly than lithium.

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