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Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

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The initial focus is on charging stations installed at the depots of truck customers. The initiative’s measures therefore include the development of standard concepts that cover common charging profiles. Different energy suppliers can use these concepts, significantly reducing their planning time.

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How This Startup Cut Production Costs of Millimeter Wave Power Amplifiers

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Our ultimate goal is to be part of the terrestrial market such that the amplifiers are installed on cellphone towers, enabling high-data-rate communication in remote and rural locations all over the world.” They’re commonly used for communications and radar imaging applications, Gamzina says. That’s how it gets amplified,” Gamzina says. “In

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IHS Automotive forecasts global production of plug-in vehicles to rise by 67% this year

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Global electric vehicle production forecast for 2014. rise in global manufacturing of all motor vehicles expected in 2014. In December 2013, IHS projected total global automotive sales in 2014 of 85 million, roughly resulting in an expected approximate 0.5% share for PEVs in the global market this year. Click to enlarge.

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DNV develops new deep- and ultra-deepwate pipeline concept to reduce costs without compromising safety

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Risk management specialist DNV (Det Norske Veritas) has developed a new pipeline concept— X-Stream (video)—that it says can significantly reduce the cost of a deep- and ultra-deepwater gas pipeline while still complying with the strictest safety and integrity regimes. —Asle Venås, DNV’s Global Pipeline Director.

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Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

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Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. The data revealed that all five battery technologies have high embodied-energy costs compared with pumped hydroelectric storage.

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UK supports Gigastack feasibility study with ITM Power, Ørsted, Element Energy; gigawatt-scale PEM electrolysis

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Gigastack, funded by the BEIS Hydrogen Supply Competition, will demonstrate the delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero-carbon hydrogen through gigawatt-scale polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis, manufactured in the UK. 1GW/year to increase throughput and decrease labour costs.

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EV Pricing Could Go The Way Of Gasoline Pricing. In Other News, Sky is Blue

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Now, some groups – mainly ones who are in the game to make money – are sounding an alarm about companies which may introduce so-called surge pricing, a concept in which the cost of electricity spikes (pun intended) during periods of high demand. Something’s gotta give – and it’s likely to be reflected in the cost of public charging.

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