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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE says the planned facility will produce approximately 10 million sodium-metal halide cells each year—equivalent to 900 MWh of energy storage, or enough to support 1,000 GE hybrid locomotives.

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Government working towards more liberal regime to foster sale, production of ethanol: VK Singh | Autocar Professional

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Singh mentioned that there is also a push on sustainable aviation fuel and we have conducted a trial of sustainable aviation fuels powered flight. While speaking at the Fuels of Future 2.0, The greatest challenge before us today is what alternative fuel we adopt and how we can bring about a change in mindset towards alternative fuels. .”

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. Company Product Power rating. Hyperion Power Generation. Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor. General Electric.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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He served as the 1988 president of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee. His research focused on electrical machines, power electronics, and electrical lines.

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CATL unveils Condensed Battery for electric aircrafts and EVs

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Chinese power battery giant CATL has unveiled its new battery technology, Condensed Battery, which is expected to be used in electric aircrafts and drive faster change in the electric vehicle industry. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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Charged recently spoke with Graphex CEO John DeMaio, who gave us an explanation of graphite’s essential function, the current state of the industry, and some trends to watch for the future. Electronics, power tools, cell phones, laptops. Sodium batteries, for example, may have great cold-weather performance.

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