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Mercedes-Benz wins landmark road monitoring program in the Netherlands; connected vehicle data

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Mercedes-Benz has been awarded a far-reaching contract for road monitoring through vehicle data by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Min I&W). The raw material for this is anonymized data from car-to-X or other systems from intelligent, connected Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company introduces updated lineup of tunneling products

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced its updated lineup of tunneling products and services. With its expanded list of offerings, The Boring Company could extend its reach beyond mass transportation. During his talk, Musk noted that The Boring Company is open to digging tunnels for water transport, electrical, and even sewage.

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Partial suspension of two Nornickel mines to reduce 2021 production of nickel by 35 kt, copper by 65 kt and PGM by 22t

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Due to the increased water inflow to the drainage systems of the mine and in accordance with safety procedures and applicable law, the company partially suspended operations at the mine. Once the backfill mix has hardened, the water inflow will be shut off by closing the valves. Axonometric diagram of the Taimyrsky mine in 2015.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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Projects are encouraged to apply concurrent (as opposed to sequential) design methodologies: control co-design, co-design, and designing for operation and maintenance. They will incorporate experts in hydrodynamics, structural dynamics, control systems, power electronics, grid connections, and performance optimization.

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Bosch to begin developing electrolyzer components; €500M investment by end of decade

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Bosch is branching out into the development of components for electrolyzers, which use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. As in the fuel cell, the key component of an electrolyzer is a stack, which comprises several hundred individual cells connected in series. Bosch is to develop the stack.

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DOE releases analysis of potential impacts of hyperloop technology on the grid

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Hyperloop technology, initially proposed by Elon Musk in 2013 as an innovative means for intermediate-range or intercity travel, is now being developed by several companies. For hyperloop systems connected directly to the grid, the fluctuating power dynamics could present serious challenges for grid integration.

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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

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Dutch-Norwegian offshore solar company SolarDuck , Italian investment fund Arrow Capital, and Italian developer New Developments are jointly developing the Corigliano project, which will be in the Gulf of Taranto off the Calabrian coast of Corigliano-Rossano: SolarDuck is a spin-off of Damen Shipyards, a major shipbuilder in the Netherlands.

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