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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. On the roof of “Factory 56” there is a photovoltaic system which supplies the shop with self-produced green electricity. However, today’s production grids are powered by alternating current—which has to be converted.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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In contrast, electricity produced by offshore wind power typically requires multiple conversions and transmission across long distances before it’s fed into the grid or an electrolyzer onshore, processes that siphon off power and reduce efficiency. That variability will also strain the electrical systems.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris. Cornell University.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. You dont have to plug it in. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon. Why Pay More for a PHEV?

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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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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. Electric Vehicles, University of Delaware). Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth. Content QM Power and its partners will develop a new type of electric. motor with the potential to efficiently power future.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

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Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan boldly proclaims that electric vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. The International Energy Agency predicts that EVs will make up more than 60 percent of vehicles sold globally by 2030. A massive effort will be needed to make this happen.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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Hardware built with WBG devices has the potential to be smaller, lighter, and much more energy-efficient, with applications across valuable sectors including transportation, information technology, the grid, and consumer electronics. —ARPA-E Acting Director Dr. Eric Rohlfing. Cree Fayetteville. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

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