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VTT Launches European NEMO Project for Cellulosic Ethanol

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Total cost of the project will be €8.2 The NEMO project seeks to provide the most realistic but widely applicable technologies for delivering the biomass sugars and then fermenting the sugars that could be exploited broadly by European industry. The NEMO project, which has received funding of €5.9 million (US$8.4 million (US$11.7

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La Poste testing hydrogen fuel cell range extenders in Renault Kangoo Z.E. mail delivery vehicles

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The Franche-Comté region borders on Switzerland, with the Vosges mountains to the north and the Jura to the south.). —Jean-François Courtoy, Industrial Director at La Poste in Franche Comté. Cell assembly is also simplified, lowering the cost of mass production by more than 50%. Click to enlarge. New bipolar plates.

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DynoTRAIN could establish virtual testing as a valid route to rail vehicle certification

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DynoTRAIN gathered 22 partners from 7 European countries and is coordinated by UNIFE, the European rail industry. Major European railway operators, rolling stock manufacturers, universities and research centres worked on the project. If you build a fleet of vehicles to sell, the cost of a full train would be spent on certification.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

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Madni sat at the helm of BEI Sensors and Controls, overseeing a product line that included a variety of sensor and inertial-navigation devices, but its customers were less varied—mainly, the aerospace and defense electronics industries. defense industry. 1972, University of California, Los Angeles, both in electrical engineering; Ph.D.,

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New German High-Energy Li-ion Battery Consortium Headed by BASF; 21M Investment from German Government

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Under the leadership of BASF Future Business GmbH, eighteen partners from industry and science have formed the cross-sector consortium “HE-Lion” to develop and bring to market safer, more affordable high-energy lithium-ion batteries over the next four to six years for use in plug-in hybrid automobiles and electric-vehicles. Source: BASF.

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New flexible MOF for enhanced adsorbed natural gas storage on vehicles

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An international team of researchers led by a group at the University of California, Berkeley has developed a flexible metal-organic framework (MOF) material for enhanced adsorption and desorption of natural gas (CH 4 ). Last year, however, a study by UC Berkeley’s Berend Smit found that rigid MOFs have a limited capacity to store methane.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles.