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MARCH 5, 2019

The US Department of Energy announced up to $31 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002022 ) to advance the H2@Scale concept. By producing hydrogen when power generation exceeds load, electrolyzers can reduce curtailment of renewables and contribute to grid stability. Earlier post.) Hydrogen produced from existing baseload (e.g.,

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AUGUST 12, 2018

Researchers in Norway report that the carbon efficiency of a conventional Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL) process can be increased from 38 to more than 90% by adding hydrogen from renewable energy sources. Energy flow of the staged PBtL concept. Their open-access paper is published in the journal Fuel. Resources. Hillestad, M. Ostadi, G.d.

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JULY 20, 2011

Baseload energy is generated (coal, gas, nuclear) at a steady state and stored when not used, supplemented by flexible energy devices (hydro, solar, wind) for shoulder peak demand and stored energy for priority peak demand. Supplementing baseload coal-, nuclear- and gas-powered power pants in a grid strategy for tomorrow.

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MARCH 21, 2018

The sale includes all of Delek’s membership interests in AltAir Paramount, LLC which operates a 3,000 barrel per day renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel facility, Delek’s idled Paramount refinery, and associated pipelines and storage tanks. Earlier post.). —Uzi Yemin, Chairman, President and CEO of Delek.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

The method makes green ammonia from air, water and renewable electricity and does not require the high temperatures, high pressure and huge infrastructure currently needed to produce this essential compound. She and her colleagues therefore looked at how to produce it cheaply, on a smaller scale and using renewable energy.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It can be used for storing large amounts of hydrogen in a liquid form that builds on existing global supply chain infrastructure. The Haber-Bosch process used to produce “green” ammonia from green hydrogen, using renewable power, does not result in CO 2 emissions during the process. million (US$1.8-million)

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 1: Renewable energy. The produced dry hydrogen gas is stored into two 350 l composite cylinders.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The project also provides a unique opportunity to capitalize on existing assets and avoid unnecessary renewal of installed rolling stock fleets. But perhaps most importantly, it offers a proof of concept and a way forward to eliminating diesel trains by 2035, a target set by the French government and SNCF.

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APRIL 25, 2013

The key to this Ocean Renewable Energy Storage (ORES) system is the placement of 30-meter-diameter hollow concrete spheres on the seafloor under the wind turbines. These structures would serve both as anchors to moor the floating turbines and as a means of storing the energy they produce. Slocum, A.H.; Fennell, G.E.; Hodder, B.G.;

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

With the Volvo Concept Truck, Volvo Trucks has developed its first hybrid vehicle designed for long-haul applications. Volvo Trucks first unveiled the Volvo Concept Truck in May 2016, and has now developed and enhanced the vehicle even further. Earlier post.). —Claes Nilsson, CEO at Volvo Trucks.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Two years after unveiling the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT concept car, BMW will present the BMW iX5 Hydrogen at the IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich in September. The hydrogen needed to supply the fuel cell is stored in two 700-bar tanks made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), which together hold almost six kilograms of hydrogen.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Researchers at EPFL have patented a new concept that could cut trucks’ CO 2 emissions by almost 90%. The liquid CO 2 would then be delivered to a service station and where it will be turned back into fuel using renewable energy. The patented concept is the subject of an open-access paper published in Frontiers in Energy Research.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Australia-based Ecoult has been awarded a Hydro Tasmania contract to supply the largest battery-based renewable energy storage system in Australia for the King Island Renewable Energy Integration Project (KIREIP). UltraBattery concept. The storage system will have the capacity to power the entire island for up to 45 minutes.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Plans include importing green ammonia that can be readily transported and stored before it is converted into clean hydrogen with expectations of generating 1.2 The Syzygy P-DA photoreactor has the potential to produce clean hydrogen from green ammonia and renewable electricity. million tons of hydrogen per year domestically by 2030.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Mercedes-Benz will present a fuel-cell powered design study of an off-road SUV, the Ener-G-Force, based on the concept of a future police car developed for the Los Angeles Design Challenge. The Ener-G-Force design concept. Like the “Highway Patrol Vehicle 2025”, the shape of the civilian Ener-G-Force is modeled after the G-Class.

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MAY 28, 2020

Additionally, expensive infrastructure with high investment costs is needed there to store large quantities of hydrogen. Additionally, large amounts of hydrogen have to be stored in pressurized form on site at the customer to compensate for fluctuations in consumption. OSOD H2 generator.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Methanol is a hydrogen-carrier commodity fuel already traded worldwide and it can be stored and distributed using the existing infrastructure in many countries around the world. As a green alternative to fossil fuels, methanol can be produced using renewable sources ensuring a CO 2 -neutral proposition.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

MMNA) introduced the Mitsubishi eX Concept, a compact SUV with a next-generation EV system, at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. Together with the reduction in weight and higher efficiency of the new EV system, a non-compromising reduction in the weight of the body has given the Mitsubishi eX Concept a cruising range of 400 km (248.5

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JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Flexible Oxy-Fuel Combustion for High-Penetration Variable Renewables - $717,658.

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JULY 22, 2021

Development engineers are also working on engines powered by hydrogen and methanol as well as on concepts for decentralized Power-to-X systems. Since many chemical processes, like creating hydrogen, require electricity, it is crucial that the latter is produced, transmitted, and stored in an ecological friendly way, i.e. by renewable means.

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MAY 5, 2019

Compact plants are to separate CO 2 from the ambient air directly in buildings and produce synthetic hydrocarbons which can then be used as renewable synthetic oil. The team presents this “crowd oil” concept in Nature Communications. Envisioned modular, on-site renewable hydrocarbon synthesis system based on CO 2 capture from thin air.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An interagency collaboration between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Defense (DoD) will support an opportunity to address disaster mitigation through the use of an advanced fuel truck technology concept known as H2Rescue. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 18, 2019

The Battery Recycling Prize will encourage American entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions to collecting, storing, and transporting discarded lithium-ion batteries for eventual recycling. million to contestants in three progressive phases designed to accelerate the development of solutions from concept to prototype to demonstration.

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JULY 1, 2022

The holistic concept for sustainability also includes the extensive use of renewable energy in the production of the BMW i3. In addition, BMW i high-voltage batteries are used as stationary energy storage systems for electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind or solar power.

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JUNE 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium , announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Honda has invested in advanced bi-directional charging technology at its European R&D site in Offenbach, Germany, which is helping to balance demand and store energy more efficiently across the facility. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) This latest trial installation at Honda’s Offenbach site applies the same principles on a larger scale.

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APRIL 26, 2018

In Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chita City, Toyota City, Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries have launched the Chita City and Toyota City Renewable Energy-use Low-carbon Hydrogen Project. Hydrogen is a useful energy source for realizing a low-carbon society. The project.

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MAY 19, 2011

At Challenge Bibendum 2011, organized by Michelin and held in Berlin from 18–22 May, Fiat Group company Iveco is featuring its concept Iveco Glider truck. All Iveco diesels and hybrids at the event are fueled with NExBTL renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil) from Neste Oil.

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MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. Thermal energy storage is a known low-cost, low-risk approach for storing solar energy in the form of heat,” adds Codd.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) unveiled the Mitsubishi eX electric crossover concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. MMC intends the eX to showcase next-generation electric vehicle technologies, as well as a new take on the Dynamic Shield front design concept. GRAVEL delivers optimum traction and drive on unpaved roads and in heavy rain.

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MAY 18, 2024

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) of DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is dedicating about $4 million to help build the new Argonne facility, which is set to come online next fall. Electrek’s Take Medium-sized Hydrogen FC excavator concept; via Komatsu.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In the event of increasing fluctuations in electricity feed-in from renewable energies such as wind and solar energy, such storage facilities help to ensure optimum settling of a mains frequency that has to be kept constant. The innovative storage concept has a further advantage, tha partners point out. Battery health.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

In a demonstration of its ongoing development of advanced alternative powertrains, Audi unveiled the new h-tron quattro fuel cell concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Audi h-tron quattro concept combines an Audi fifth-generation fuel cell stack delivering up to 110 kW with a power-optimized 1.8

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After all, it is one of the most efficient ways of storing and transporting renewable energies. —Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG The BMW iX5 Hydrogen developed on the basis of the current BMW X5 was first unveiled as a concept at the IAA show in 2019. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 27, 2024

This project, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference on February 24, 2024, marks a pivotal moment in India’s commitment to renewable energy adoption. The Challenge of Intermittency and the Role of Batteries The transition to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power is gaining momentum globally.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The winning concepts were: A molten air battery that uses a molten salt electrolyte at elevated temperature from Professor Stuart Licht at George Washington University. The Open Innovation Contest, initiated by BASF at the beginning of February, aims to find ideas for the storage of energy from renewable energy sources.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Energy Storage Unlike conventional batteries, which use chemicals to store energy, superconducting magnetic-energy storage (SMES) uses a magnetic field created by the flow of direct current in a coil of superconducting material. The concept is based on using liquid hydrogen as both a refrigerant and a fuel.

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