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General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

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General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) kicked off projects to advance the commercialization of magnetized target fusion energy as part of a collaborative agreement. The results will hone the design of General Fusion’s demonstration machine being built at the Culham Campus, part of the UK fusion cluster.

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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. LiNa’s senior team has accumulated decades of materials engineering and design for manufacturing experience in the fuel cell industry.

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Faraday Institution to award up to £55M to five consortia for energy storage research

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The projects, which are expected to run over four years, address battery challenges faced by industry and leverage the UK’s research capabilities to advance scientific knowledge with the aim of commercializing new battery technologies and processes. The five new projects are: Next generation electrode manufacturing–Nextrode.

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Si-anode company Nexeon commissions new manufacturing facility; >20t per year of product

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In keeping with the plant’s process development role, a fully flexible modular process design has been deployed throughout, and both conventional and novel reactor designs have been implemented. The first commercially available material is a low-cost silicon capable of capacities up to 1000 mAh/g. (A

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New safety test environment for high-speed flywheels for energy storage systems; new high-speed imaging techniques

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Operating at extremely high rotational speeds, these systems offer a practical and potentially cost-effective mechanical means of saving fuel and reducing carbon emissions through the mechanical storage and reuse of energy in applications such as regenerative braking. —Ricardo VP of Innovation David Rollafson.

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UK Carbon Trust report says fuel cell vehicles could take more than 30% of mid-sized car market by 2050

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The Carbon Trust is currently supporting the following companies and organizations: ow ITM Power’s fuel cell technology reduces cost compared to current technology. How ACAL Energy’s fuel cell design reduces cost compared to current technology. The increase in thermal management costs is due to ACAL’s catholyte regenerator.

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EVO Electric Ltd. Launches New Generation of High Power Density Axial Flux Motor and Generators; Applications Include Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

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a 2007 spin out from Imperial College London, has launched its new generation of Axial Flux motor and generator technology. EVO’s latest design has a demonstrated peak power density of 5 kW/kg (2.5 Although the axial flux concept is not new, commercialization has been hampered by materials limitations and design tradeoffs.

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