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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.

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ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

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LiNa Energy is commercializing a safe, ~$50kWh (at mass manufacturing), cobalt-free battery platform that is suited to grid storage and the electrification of transportation. ion Ventures is leading the deployment of the battery in a real-world environment with a view to deploying it into the grid storage market in the future.

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Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

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Initial OHI industry stakeholders now include EQT, National Grid, Shell, ExxonMobil, Dominion Energy, LanzaTech, Equinor, BlackHills Corporation, Nicor Gas, NYSEG, Oklahoma Natural Gas, Duke Energy, DTE, and Southwest Gas Corporation.

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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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Metz and Janelle London finds that state vehicle electrification mandates can withstand legal challenges based on federal preemption if they are based solely on reasons for transitioning to electric vehicles that are within the state's authority. The paper by Matthew N. The article points to the 2019 Supreme Court case of Virginia Uranium v.

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Kensington and Chelsea Council, OVO and ubitricity partner to install 50 more lamp post electric vehicle charging spots

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The technology was trialed by the Council earlier this year and is now being expanded to further increase ubitricity’s electric vehicle charging capacity across central London. The new project will result in the largest charging network of its kind in central London. —Tom Pakenham, Head of Electric Vehicles, OVO.

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South Fork Wind just became the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm

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It reported on Twitter (X) that its final turbine set sail from State Pier in New London, CT, just over a week ago: South Fork Wind’s first offshore wind turbine foundation was installed at the end of June 2023, and its first US-built offshore substation was completed at the end of July. It delivered its first power to the grid on December 6.

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South Fork Wind just became the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

It reported on Twitter (X) that its final turbine set sail from State Pier in New London, CT, just over a week ago: South Fork Wind’s first offshore wind turbine foundation was installed at the end of June 2023, and its first US-built offshore substation was completed at the end of July. It delivered its first power to the grid on December 6.

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