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Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

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With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. in California.

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NuScale and Prodigy sign MoU for marine-deployed generating station powered by NuScale SMR

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Prodigy’s SMR Marine Power Station would be shipyard-fabricated, and marine-transported to its deployment location, where it would be moored in place in sheltered and protected waters at the shoreline. This translates to lower costs and shorter schedules in comparison to land-based deployments.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Their results showed that in comparison with gasoline mode, CO emitted in methanol mode decreased 11.2%.

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Panasonic and Tokyo Gas introduce home fuel cell unit for condominiums

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Panasonic Corporation and Tokyo Gas Co., The product is the first commercialized fuel cell system in which the fuel cell unit, hot water unit and backup heat source unit can all be stored in the pipe shaft of the condominium. A pipe shaft is a space to store water and gas pipes that runs vertically through condominium floors.

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Toyota and DENSO develop of device enabling real-time vehicle data collection and transmission

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and DENSO Corporation (DENSO) jointly have developed an onboard communications network device, CAN-Gateway ECU (Controller Area Network-Gateway Electronic Control Unit), that can take data gathered while driving and apply it to create a virtual simulation.

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Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

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Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) that are assembled with alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) have several significant advantages in comparison to state-of-the-art proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). (1) Their significant investment affirms our product development and corporate growth strategy. 3) Perfluorinated polymers (i.e.,

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Mitsubishi Chemical and Engineering partner to produce and sell zeolite membranes for ethanol dehydration; new process

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Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) and Mitsui Zosen Machinery & Service (MZM), a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding are partnering to produce and sell zeolite membranes, with a focus on ethanol dehydration. MCC successfully developed its unique CHA -type zeolite membranes, which have superior resistance to water and acid.