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ALTe Powertrain and Inmatech form JV for hybrid electric storage devices; Li-ion cells, supercaps, and control electronics

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ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the developer of a Range Extended Electric Powertrain used to repower light commercial vehicles up to 26,000 GVW ( earlier post ), has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a joint venture with Inmatech, Inc. , Earlier post.).

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DLR team integrates solar heat into solid oxide electrolyzer for highly efficient hydrogen production

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2 a steam conversion rate of 70% at 93% electrical electrolyzer efficiency was achieved. In conventional high temperature steam electrolysis the total energy demand for water splitting is supplied as electricity. A paper on the work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. —Schiller et al.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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The implementation of this industrial and commercial ecosystem will take place gradually between 2021 and 2024, replacing the production of new vehicles. New operating opportunities such as stationary storage make it possible to perpetuate the service that the battery offers. In 2019, nearly 400,000 ELVs were treated in this way.

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California Hydrogen Business Council says a robust P2G RD&D program should be a priority for the state

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The hydrogen can then be transported through the natural gas grid via blending or further conversion to methane, transported by other means such as trucks, or used directly at the point of production. Constraining storage solutions to “electricity-in, electricity-out” only will increase the cost of intermittency.

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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Refineries (2 projects): In Norway, one project will build and operate the world’s first commercial-scale drop-in biofuel production facility to convert forestry waste into advanced second-generation biofuels and biochar. The third one will process non-recyclable solid waste streams and transform them primarily into hydrogen.

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Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

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Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid with overhead conductive charging station and pantograph extended. As previously announced ( earlier post ), Volvo Buses will officially launch the new plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in September. Volvo Electric Hybrid drive system.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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The two main components—the electrochemical conversion hardware through which the fluids are flowed (which sets the peak power capacity) and the chemical storage tanks (which set the energy capacity)—may be independently sized. The active components of electrolytes in most flow batteries have been metals.

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