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WUSTL team develops high-power direct borohydride fuel cells; double the voltage of conventional H2 fuel cells

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Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed high-power direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC) that operate at double the voltage of conventional PEM hydrogen fuel cells. Their research was published in an open-access paper in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said. The Rivian EDV is also set to transition to an LFP battery pack as it fits commercial applications well and can be built at a cheaper cost.

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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

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It has another R&D complex in Abu Dhabi, plus a commercial farm in Danville, Va. AeroFarms wanted to remove the subjective element and standardize the process. “We The event was hosted by AeroFarms , an indoor vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J, that has an R&D facility.

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DOE to Award $41.9M in Recovery Funds to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets

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million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to 13 projects to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of fuel cells and to create jobs in fuel cell manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and support services. Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis, MO). The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $41.9 Latham, NY).

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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To achieve the ultimate wide-spread commercialization of hydrogen FCEVs across the full range of light-duty vehicle platforms, the sub-program has established the following onboard hydrogen storage targets to meet the needs for full-fleet adoption: 2.5 kWh/kg system (7.5 kWh/L system (0.070 kg H 2 /L). $8/kWh 8/kWh ($266/kg H 2 stored ).

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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That it wont be exceptional and, without being unkind to existing electric vehicles, they wont be slightly odd, they will be cars that conform to appropriate safety standards and we can use on an everyday basis." USA Browse environment jobs Federal Account Manager - Veteran Affairs commercial, government and telecom sectors.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. First Steps When Goldman set up PARC, one of his first decisions was to ask George E.

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