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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Petersburg International Economic Forum earlier in June, representatives of Enel and RUSNANO had an initial meeting in which they discussed the idea of working together on the production of green hydrogen. The meeting focused on discussions relating to potential collaboration between the two companies in the area of green hydrogen.

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MARCH 31, 2014

The selected 17 awards represent the best of nearly 1,000 ideas submitted for the FY 2012/13 Broad Based Topic Solicitation, DOE said. Vehicle technologies span a range from new Si/graphene Li-ion anode materials and composites for motor windings to diesel aftertreatment and advanced lubricants. Lead organization. Description.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Further, according to Rystad Energy, Big Oil is expected to pump in $166B into new oil and gas ventures over the next five years, thus dwarfing the currently specified outlay of just $18B (less than 10% of capex) for solar and wind energy projects. Good case in point: Italian multinational oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A. 2 Total SA.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

The Fund seeks to bring innovative ideas for maritime renewable energy sources to the global forefront and to develop the energy-efficient technologies that hold the promise of future commercial viability. The Orcelle Fund was established in 2007 by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics to provide seed capital for high-risk development projects.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Here in the United States our President and Congress haven’t shown the leadership or sense of urgency necessary to prevent a climate catastrophe and they’ve given the people no hope for their children’s future at the national level. He encouraged us to develop our ideas into steps the City could take action on.

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APRIL 20, 2019

Over the long term, hydrogen-methane technology offers a further advantage: it allows surplus wind and solar power generated during peaks to be stored, and these surpluses will see a sharp increase as the share of this renewable energy grows. —Professor Buchal.

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APRIL 3, 2021

If hydrogen is collected from renewable sources such as wind and solar power, there are no climate-damaging emissions. The HYPOS project partners are pursuing the idea, among other approaches, of transporting hydrogen along with natural gas. Hydrogen is seen as playing a major role in establishing a CO 2 -free energy supply.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

The idea, reported in a paper in the journal Energy Storage Materials has potential for large scale applications, including storage of solar and wind energy. The new battery uses an anode made of aluminum and a cathode made of an anthraquinone-based organic material.

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JULY 28, 2009

The study found the environmental impacts of PHEVs in Alberta would depend on factors such as vehicle battery size, charging time and wind production levels. Of the installed capacity of just above 12,000 MW, approximately 49% (5,893 MW) is coal fired, 39% (4,686 MW) is gas-fired, 7% (869 MW) is hydro, and 4% (497 MW) is wind powered.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2013

In a novel wind tunnel experiment, they have been blowing air through holes in the rotor blades to actively influence airflow. The idea of actively influencing aircraft aerodynamics by blowing air in this way is not new. For these tests, a one-meter segment of a rotor blade was installed in the wind tunnel. Source: DLR.

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MARCH 14, 2014

The scientists aim to cooperate in developing new materials for a wide range of applications, with an initial focus on products for the automotive, construction, detergent and cleaners industries as well as the water and wind energy industries. The initiative marks a further step in BASF’s strategy to expand global research activities.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Through this topic area, the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) will select “seedling” projects for innovative, new ideas that accelerate the development of advanced motor designs and materials in support of the goals of the Electric Drive Technologies (EDT) Consortium, a multi-disciplinary team of national labs and universities.

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APRIL 17, 2021

The aim is to produce around 2 million metric tons of “green” crude iron using hydrogen-generated via wind power. Originally, Uniper explored the idea of constructing a floating import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Wilhelmshaven site. Hydrogen is the only realistic option for decarbonizing this industry.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Researchers at MIT are proposing using a variation on pumped hydroelectric systems for storage of electricity produced by offshore wind farms. 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. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

The simulations, reported in a paper in Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, suggest the potential effectiveness of an initiative by the environmental innovation company ENS Technology to use underground car parks as air purification sites, or “lungs of the city”. The influence of the wind is very clear from this picture.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

The DoD’s goal is to leverage all energy sources for military use such as wind, solar, thermal, hydro, nuclear and hydrogen and increase mission effectiveness and quality of life, while reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The aspirational targets are to eliminate all fossil fuel dependency and achieve a carbon negative Air Force.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

EPIC is a multi-year, research investment program focused on electricity-related innovations, finding new energy solutions and bringing clean energy ideas to the marketplace. University of California, Davis: $1 million to improve the accuracy of short-term forecasting of wind power production in the Tehachapi Wind Resources Area.

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JUNE 29, 2019

The KCP winners, announced during a celebration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Friday, 28 June, were chosen from almost 150 applications from all over the world. CalCEF/Nexus (Oakland, California) is forming a Qualified Clean Energy Opportunity Zone Fund to deploy solar, wind, energy storage and other clean economy assets.

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MARCH 8, 2013

The academic partners contribute not only their expertise in material sciences, modeling and formulation methods, but also provide new ideas for interesting research approaches. The ideas and topics to be researched will be decided jointly by the researchers participating in the initiative. and Dave Weitz, Ph.D. and Mary Boyce, Ph.D.

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APRIL 27, 2024

The blistering late-afternoon wind ripped across Camp Taji , a sprawling U.S. From this perspective, what makes robot funerals unnerving is the idea of an emotional slippery slope. Congress was projected to provide the DOD with US $9.6 military base just north of Baghdad. The Doubt in the Machine But there was a problem.

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MAY 9, 2024

Energy experts have been warning that electricity is likely to get more expensive and less reliable unless renewable power that waxes and wanes under inconstant sunlight and wind is backed up by generators that can run whenever needed. Ideas to put megawatt-scale systems in GEO sometime in the 2030s have been floated but not yet funded.

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JANUARY 11, 2014

The technology could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and sun far more economical and reliable. Solid-electrode batteries maintain discharge at peak power for far too short a time to fully regulate wind or solar power output. —Michael J.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into a copper matrix to improve conductivity and mechanical performance is not a new idea. Electric motors are basically a combination of metals: steel laminations and copper windings. —Li et al.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

In the United States, net neutrality has come to broadly refer to the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should not be able to prioritize or throttle data depending on the data’s source, or charge (either content providers or ISP customers) extra for faster service. Until then, see you next time the pendulum swings back.

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APRIL 21, 2019

The research will develop a foundational framework for characterizing and monitoring LiB packs’ spatially and temporally distributed thermal behavior, building on a multi-disciplinary synthesis of ideas from first-principles modeling, machine learning, distributed estimation, and network systems.

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JANUARY 15, 2023

When it comes online in 2026, Linglong One will have a capacity of 125 megawatts of electricity (MWe)—equivalent to around 40 onshore wind turbines. Even more discouragingly, nuclear’s per-unit cost increased 26 percent between 2009 and 2019—while solar and wind power prices plummeted instead.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2017

The novel concept of a “hydrogen-based” carbon-free data center utilizes hydrogen fuel cells, electrolyzers, storage, solar (photovoltaic) cells and wind turbines. The idea is to have the basic power supply of the data center covered by solar power stations and wind turbines.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

The company will assess credit and offset solutions in the coming years as the most efficient, equitable and inclusive ideas mature. While electric vehicles themselves do not emit tailpipe emissions, it is critical that they be charged with electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar.

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APRIL 30, 2013

The main idea is to introduce a multi-terminal device called motor/generator set to act like a motor in traction mode and like an isolated generator/transformer in charging mode. All machine windings are used in traction mode and are then reconnected in charging mode through a simple switching device.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

CABLES is one of a set of projects supported by an ongoing funding opportunity for a range of the most innovative and unconventional ideas across the energy technology spectrum, exploring high-risk R&D that could lead to the development of disruptive technologies. Illinois Institute of Technology.

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JULY 25, 2018

Recent years have seen major developments in distributed energy resources (DER), intermittent resources (wind and solar), and storage.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Inspired by the damping mechanisms which sustain trees under wind and seismic loads, researchers at The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan are investigating the potential for the development of energy harvesting systems that efficiently convert the same motion- and wind-based excitations into electric power.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Conference of Mayors Climate Action Agreement to honor or exceed the Kyoto Protocol, and where forward thinking policies have been adopted like Hermosa Beach’s recently passed rooftop wind ordinance. Harman with South Bay community leaders outside the Green Idea House home site of Robert and Monica Fortunato. .

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Perhaps most importantly, though, they’re essential components of the permanent magnets used in the motors of most electric vehicles and many appliances, and also in the generators in most wind turbines. Wind turbines, too. And the intention of Congress clearly was to develop an indigenous U.S. So magnets go into motors.

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JULY 15, 2015

However, regional expansion of wind and photovoltaic generation plants leads to increasingly larger load fluctuations. One of the ideas behind the plant and its location was to obtain the CO 2 required for methanation from the biogas plant.

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APRIL 7, 2011

million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010. The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010.

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