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Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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It selectively filters the hydrogen while blocking other gases, allowing it to be used as a fuel and converted as needed, at the time of re-fueling. It can be used for storing large amounts of hydrogen in a liquid form that builds on existing global supply chain infrastructure.

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Volkswagen global EV production network grows with launch of second German site in Emden

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Volkswagen has invested around €1 million in converting the Emden plant with its 8,000 employees. Emden’s maximum production capacity at the end of 2022 will be 800 units per working day, depending on the supply situation. As a result, Volkswagen is creating the conditions in 2022 for building 1.2

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NNL and DNV partner to explore large-scale nuclear production of hydrogen for UK gas network

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Converting national and regional natural gas networks to hydrogen could be a powerful decarbonization solution by distributing the gas to millions of individual users across the country, where it can be burnt without releasing carbon dioxide. —Hari Vamadevan, Regional Director, UK & Ireland, Energy Systems, at DNV.

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ABB commissions world’s highest capacity HVDC Light underwater power link

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The 500-megawatt (MW) HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) Light transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into commercial operation. The new link also facilitates power trading between the two countries and connects Ireland to the European grid.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. The upshot is that a portion of the green electricity will have to be converted to other types of energy appropriate for specific applications. Experts call this Power-to-X (PtX).

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Ford now offering dual dry-clutch PowerShift and E85 options for new Focus in Europe

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This is the first application of the advanced dry-clutch PowerShift transmission in Ford’s European product range, and replaces the conventional 4-speed torque-converter automatic which was available with gasoline engines in the previous Focus model. New Ford Focus models with the 125PS (123 hp, 92 kW) 1.6-liter Earlier post.)

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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And with that EV story— so last time I was home in Ireland, one of the stories was— so they had bought this fleet of buses to put in Dublin to replace these double-decker buses, electric double-deck, to help Ireland hit its carbon targets. As I say, these power adapters that convert AC to DC, they get more efficient.

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