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DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

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million for a program to reduce the cost and complexity of deploying direct-current (DC) fast electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI). Ready access to low-cost, fast charging infrastructure is essential for fleet electrification and broader electric vehicle (EV) adoption.

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New Na-ion battery combining intercalation and conversion could be promising low-cost energy storage system

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Scheme of the new full sodium-ion battery, which combines an intercalation cathode and a conversion anode. This battery system combines an intercalation cathode and a conversion anode, resulting in high capacity, high rate capability, thermal stability, and much improved cycle life. (In Credit: ACS, Oh et al. Click to enlarge.

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EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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EPFL scientists have developed an Earth-abundant and low-cost catalytic system for splitting CO 2 into CO and oxygen—an important step towards achieving the conversion of renewable energy into hydrocarbon fuels. This is the first time that such a bi-functional and low-cost catalyst is demonstrated.

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Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

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This result demonstrates the potential for highly efficient, electrically driven production of hydrogen from an ammonia carrier with earth-abundant transition metals. This discovery paves the way for sustainable, low-cost hydrogen that could be produced locally rather than in massive centralized plants. —Yuan et al.

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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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In this first test flight, one of the airplane’s turbine engines was replaced with Universal Hydrogen’s fuel cell-electric, megawatt-class powertrain. The powertrain does not use a battery—the fuel cells drive the electric motor directly—reducing weight and cost significantly. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. unusually high electrical conductivity and Raman spectra of these materials demonstrated in the linked Data in Brief paper are that of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and are due to the morphology as demonstrated by TEM.

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TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. To this end, TEPCO HD and Toyota have jointly developed a stationary storage battery system that can be used in combination with existing power conversion systems (PCS) by connecting multiple storage batteries for electric vehicles.

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