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DOE awards Cummins $5M for automation of electrolyzer cell and stack assembly

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Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers use a solid polymer electrolyte, and alkaline electrolyzers use an electrolyte solution, such as potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide mixed with water. When any type of electrolyzer is powered by renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar or hydro, it produces “green” hydrogen.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Hydroscanner: Instrumentation for water ingress imaging in photovoltaic module packaging materials, $250,000 D2Solar Inc., New York, N.Y. Madison, Wis. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers. Using built-in fuel cells, the device absorbed the lactate in the sweat and combined it with atmospheric oxygen to generate water and pyruvate. The group fabricated their device using CFRP, sodium potassium niobate (KNN) nanoparticles, and epoxy resin.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Pacific Gas & Electric Company (CA). Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project.

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Rio Tinto commits $2.4B for Jadar lithium project; planning 58,000 tons/year lithium carbonate by 2029

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In addition, Jadar will produce borates, which are used in solar panels and wind turbines. For example, to date the company has finalized 12 environmental studies and more than 23,000 biological, physical and chemical analyses of air and water. Based on this annual production of lithium carbonate, Rio Tinto aims to produce 2.3

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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Government agencies such as the Defense Logistics Agency (for material handling equipment) and the Federal Aviation Administration (for backup power), as well as private sector entities including grocers, distribution companies, and others, are starting to incorporate fuel cells into their operations, according to DOE.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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There is only so much salt you can dissolve in a glass of water. Importantly, the nanofluids are engineered to remain suspended indefinitely, unlike other suspensions—for instance, sand in water. At the depot, the spent fuel could be recharged with electricity from any source—solar, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear, or fossil fuels.