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LSBU researchers investigating metal hydride hydrogen storage for buses

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Thermal management for charging and releasing hydrogen from the storage system needs to be optimized to increase overall efficiency. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles produce very low carbon emissions and no air pollution which makes them vital to cleaning our air and tackling climate change. From Adelhelm & Jongh (2011).

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Effect of cloud-scattered sunlight on earths energy balance depends on wavelength of light

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Clouds are one of the least understood aspects of climate change. They can block the sun, but light can also bounce off one cloud into another cloud’s shadow and increase the solar energy hitting earth. Fair-weather clouds are big puffy white objects that bounce a lot of light around. —Evgueni Kassianov.

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Fast EV charging stations to be installed up and down motorways by 2025

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The EU Parliament has enacted a law that by 2025, EV fast charging stations will be installed across all significant transport corridors. It mandates that EV fast charging stations are to be installed every 60 km on highways, ensuring no major road in the region is devoid of easy access to EV charging.

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Honda opens Smart Home US in California; produces more energy than it consumes; direct DC-DC EV charging

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The home’s occupant will be able to use less than half of the energy of a similarly sized new home in the Davis area for heating, cooling and lighting. The system will also enable Honda to evaluate the second life, or re-use, of EV batteries in grid applications, home-to-grid (H2G) connectivity and other concepts. Advanced lighting.

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Québec moves forward with a zero-emission vehicle standard

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Automakers that sell or lease a yearly average of more than 4,500 new vehicles (all light models combined) will be subject to the ZEV standard. The target will be calculated by applying a percentage to the total number of light vehicles each manufacturer sells in Québec.

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Study concludes no one strategy sufficient for targeted GHG reduction from LDVs; positive combinatorial effects

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United States light duty vehicle use, greenhouse gas emissions and selected characteristics of density and roadway extent. Strategies considered included fuel and vehicle options; low-carbon and renewable power; travel demand management; and land use changes. Credit: ACS, Mashayekh et al. Click to enlarge. —Mashayekh et al.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. EnerVenue If you don’t discharge and then recharge them all the way, lithium-ion batteries can last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles. What to do? Two words: heat pumps.

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