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

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The selected projects cover a wide range of sectors contributing to the EU's decarbonization efforts such as production, distribution and use of green hydrogen, waste-to-hydrogen, offshore wind, manufacturing of photovoltaic (PV) modules, battery storage and recycling, carbon capture and storage, sustainable aviation fuels, and advanced biofuels.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Most homeowners have or can easily set up for plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) battery charging overnight while the driver sleeps. [

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Bus maker Alexander Dennis to fit GKN Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid systems to 250 buses; partners on international development

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The electric flywheel technology is particularly suited to applications that demand high symmetric power transmission at continuous cyclic duty cycle. Used in this way, the electro-mechanical efficiency of this technology is very high compared to competing electric storage technologies, the company notes.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced by a company called Cheesecake Energy. That’s why interest in unconventional solutions for energy storage has taken off in recent years.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis. NextEra will operate them in various industrial sized stationary electricity storage systems. BMW i 360° Electric. This system can enable energy produced from solar panels to be used more efficiently. ChargeForward.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $5.5M for green transportation projects and $1.8M for 20 energy research projects

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The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants. University of California, Davis , was awarded $86,420 to determine the feasibility of using nanotechnology to increase the capacity of portable electricity storage units, reducing the cost of electricity storage.

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

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Source: Dearman Engine Company. A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. Example power cycle of the cryogenic (e.g., liquid air) Dearman piston engine.