Setec Powerr
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Universality In the U.S., With technological advancements, we can now convert various primary energies into electricity more flexibly and efficiently, providing a cleaner and more efficient energy supply chain for electric cars. Electricity is abundant, relatively cheap, and can be easily delivered to any place with a plug.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2017
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced a trial for a new type of electrolyzer which could see excess renewable energy stored in the gas grid and used to decarbonize Australia’s gas supply. In the future, there will be increasing amounts of surplus renewable energy when it is sunny or windy. —Ivor Frischknecht.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The technology is to be commercialized by a spin-out from the University, MOF Technologies. The same gas supplies that power our central heating and gas ovens.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 19, 2024
Planes are also in short supply because the two main manufacturers — Airbus and Boeing — have a backlog of orders that stretches out for as much as five years. She said Spirit’s cheap flights and influence on other airlines’ prices gave Americans “an equal opportunity to travel.”
Cars That Think
MARCH 17, 2023
Alexander Gabay, a researcher at the University of Delaware, states flatly: “I am skeptical that any non-rare-earth permanent magnet could be used in a synchronous traction motor in the near future.” Ferrite magnets, based on a form of iron oxide, are cheap and account for nearly 30 percent of the permanent-magnet market by sales.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Researchers from the University of Liverpool (UK), with colleagues from Dalian University of Technology (China) and the University of Hull (UK), have developed a new process for the direct, one-step activation of carbon dioxide and methane (dry reforming of methane) into higher value liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g.,
Cars That Think
MAY 10, 2022
We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. What’s more, the process of making these goods is also bad for the environment, considering raw materials, refining, supply chain, packaging, and so on. Unfortunately, there are some deleterious side effects. Katherine W. Song et al.
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