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KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

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Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have created a solar panel that produces hydrogen gas from moisture in the air. Twenty of these solar panels could provide electricity and heat for one family for an entire winter. A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity. —Johan Martens.

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IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

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Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) will demonstrate the impact of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in UK electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, following a £1-million contract from Highways England.

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Chevy Detailed a Longer Range and Lower Price for the Silverado EV RST

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The automaker now states a range of 440 miles for the luxurious electric pickup, increasing the originally advertised 400-mile range. Though stout on specs, the new truck is far from cheap. The Silverado EV is a different animal, with a design reminiscent of the Chevy Avalanche pickup from several years ago.

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PNNL team develops electrolyte for high-voltage sodium-ion battery with extended longevity

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Cheap and abundant, sodium is a promising candidate for new battery technology. Here we report a rational electrolyte design to suppress the SEI dissolution and enhance NIB performance. This study enables high-voltage NIBs with long cycling performance and provides a guiding principle in electrolyte design for sodium-ion batteries.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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V) between charge and discharge, and poor cyclability due to the drastic phase change of O 2 (gas) and O x− (condensed phase) at the cathode during battery operations. V in O 2 (gas) → O x− (condensed phase), and η charging > 1.1 V in O x− (condensed phase) → O 2 (gas). V in O x− (condensed phase) → O 2 (gas). volts to 0.24

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Tesla Gigacasting to make BEV production cheaper than gas by 2027

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Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) could become cheaper to produce than gas cars within the next few years, in part due to Tesla Gigacasting techniques, as one research firm suggests. The post Tesla Gigacasting to make BEV production cheaper than gas by 2027 appeared first on TESLARATI. million units this year, increasing to 20.6

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Blue World Technologies takes 15% stake in Danish Power Systems; methanol fuel cell vehicles

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The HT PEM-technology operates at 160-180 °C and has a high resistance to impurities in reformat gas which makes it suitable to combine with fuel reformers. The combination can be done without the implementation of expensive and cumbersome clean-up technologies which enables a simple and cost-effective system design. CO 2 + 3 H 2.

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