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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. A paper describing the basics of BChain was published in 2014 the Proceedings of the 18 th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. system to pump, heat, store, and discharge the molten glass. field trials.

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

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Also, CharIN’s 5th North America Conference and Testival took place at Lucid Motors Headquarters in Newark, California in November.]. It’s easy to imagine that if you go to a shopping mall or you stop at the grocery store, the same can happen. Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we By partnering with these two industries.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it? What do environmental groups think of PHEVs?

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