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Japan team evaluates battery-assisted low-cost hydrogen production from solar energy

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Researchers from Japan’s NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science), the University of Tokyo and Hiroshima University have jointly conducted a techno-economic analysis for hydrogen production from photovoltaic power generation (PV) utilizing a battery-assisted electrolyzer. This approximately converts to US$1.92 to US$3.00/kg

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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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The scholarship is administered on behalf of IEEE Educational Activities and is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. In comparison to launching 2,000 to 5,000 balloons that stay up for just two to three hours, my balloon can stay up in the air for 52 days.” He added GPS to track his radiosonde in real time.

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Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

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Stanford University scientists have created a new ultrahigh surface area three-dimensional porous graphitic carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. As a result, extensive purification is needed to achieve high-quality supercapacitor-grade AC, which substantially increases the cost.

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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

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When the final funding opportunity announcement is released following this public comment period, DOE will accept applications from industry, national laboratories, and university-led teams to address these challenges and enable technologies that drive innovation in vehicle design. Advanced Climate Control Auxiliary Load Reduction.

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NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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This research revealed utility energy storage as the most promising of possible applications, with a relatively low expense and abundant battery supply. The most promising application identified for second use batteries is to replace grid-connected combustion turbine peaker plants and provide peak-shaving services.

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Electric Vehicle Project Ideas | Ph.D., MTech, MSc | Electrical, Management, Mechanical & More…

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The idea here is that you can connect your EV to the power grid and flow power from your EV to the Grid. Simulation of the vehicle to a grid-connected system at a private charging station and finding how to flatten the load curve. Solar charging stations and Conventional charging stations (electricity from coal) comparison.

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Cascading Domino Actuator Transports Objects With a Soliton Wave

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Usually, the closest that robots can get to nature is by connecting a bunch of chonky discrete actuators together, which sometimes results in similar functionality but with far less efficiency and elegance. For more details, we interviewed James Pikul and Yichao Shi via email. whereas conveyor systems are operated by electric motors.