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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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While attending IEEE Smart Village’s Power Africa conference in 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, she met GHE founder Paras Loomba. Hybrid inverters convert the solar panels’ DC power to AC so it can be used by light fixtures and household appliances. Kiani shared Melamchi’s story with him, and the two decided to team up to help the village.

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USDA Approves Field Testing of ArborGen Freeze-Tolerant Eucalyptus as Biomass Crop

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The permit was granted following the completion of an environmental assessment which found no significant impact for a controlled release of the hybrid. The purpose of the release is to continue research on the efficacy of genetic constructs intended to confer cold tolerance, alter lignin biosynthesis and alter fertility.

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New method for creating interspecies yeast hybrids could boost biofuels production

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They are essential to the process of fermentation, where the microbes convert sugars to alcohol and carbon dioxide. The new yeast hybridization method uses plasmids, circles of DNA that can be built into an organism to confer a genetic quality. In the lab, plasmids are routinely used to manipulate genes in cells.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams was granted 27 U.S. An expert in power electronic converters, electrical machines, and novel grid components, he spent almost his entire career in academia, conducting research in power electronics. Ferreira authored or coauthored 130 journal and transactions articles and more than 400 conference papers.

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Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

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Under the terms of the OEM agreement, OriginOil has granted a non-exclusive license to LH Opportunity Group to bundle OriginOil’s high-speed and chemical-free CLEAN-FRAC technology with systems that LH and Ensteel plan to develop. OriginOil will receive royalty payments based on a percentage of system sales revenue.

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

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kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. When the PICC battery pack charge is depleted, the converted Prius reverts to its normal factory HEV operating mode. Andrew Ewert.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 A rapidly growing, widely adaptable crop, sweet sorghum accumulates in the stem high concentrations of sucrose that can be efficiently converted to ethanol, making this a valuable candidate bioenergy feedstock.