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Bloom Energy Debuts SOFC Fuel Cell System for Distributed Generation

Green Car Congress

Bloom Energy Corporation staged a high-profile event announcing the availability of the Bloom Energy Server, a patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for distributed power generation. Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA). Tags: Brief. The event was hosted at eBay Inc., Diagram of a solid oxide fuel cell.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Cars That Think

These types of post-mortem interactions aren’t just feasible with today’s technology, they’re already here. And I think this is what we’ll talk about a little bit in today’s conversation in the sense that there’s no real way to know where data go once they’re created about you. I talk about facial recognition technology.

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EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Truly a technological marvel, getting 100+ MPG. We were also intrigued with the realtime Google map of Spirit's current location, a thing I hope to have someday for my almost teenage daughter. The ladies did not find the motorhead conversation all that amusing and Mary preferred to discuss her animals.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

Cars That Think

The PR2 was the first of many assistive technologies developed through Robots for Humanity, and Henry was eventually able to use the robot to (among other things) help himself shave and scratch his own itch for the first time in a decade. Caregivers are super busy and have no interest in (and often no aptitude for) technology,” he explains.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. The PTC varies by technology but is in the range of $0.021/kWh and can generally only be claimed for first ten years after the facility is placed into service. Earlier post.).

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Followed Google Maps to hit Hosur road - and from then on the Maps was switched off. We realised quite early that the Tigor’s fast tag had a zero balance - so we ended up paying double the toll on the first three gates. A SOS call to Jayasuriya resulted in 1000 Rs appearing on the tag - and from then on it was easy going.