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UK Electricity Prices compared to Europe

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Interesting article in the I newspaper comparing the cost of Electricity in the UK with the rest of Europe. Their research gives the UK a cost of 41 Euro Centre / kWh This is well above the EC average. The cost of electricity, including taxes, was 48.94 c€/kWh), followed by Italy (38.09 c€/kWh), Denmark (37.40

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Gel polymer electrolyte for stabilizing sulfur composite electrodes for long-life, high-energy Li-S batteries

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Researchers in Sweden and Italy have devised a simple strategy to address the issues currently hampering commercialization of high-energy density Li-sulfure batteries, including. The challenges with an increased energy density and reduced cost of secondary batteries can only be tackled by new battery chemistries.

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Navigant forecasts global natural gas fleet of 34.9M by 2020

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The increase is largely driven due to a combination of low-cost natural gas and sustained higher prices for gasoline and diesel in many countries, Navigant suggests. The differential in the cost of the fuels determines the payback on this additional equipment (currently between 2.5 and 6 years, depending on the vehicle).

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Snam and RINA team up to accelerate the development of hydrogen sector

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Italy-based Snam, a global energy infrastructure company, and RINA, a global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the hydrogen sector, in order to realize the significant potential of hydrogen as a fundamental energy carrier.

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New Li-S battery shows cycle performance comparable to that of Li-ion batteries along with more than double the energy density

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A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge. 1 and 2500 Wh kg ?1.

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Mad Power thoughts

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The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. Gas is so last-century, you know!

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VisLab: 3D computer vision for autonomous driving

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Dr. Alberto Broggi of the University of Parma and a spinoff company, VisLab , in Northern Italy believes 3D computer vision is an affordable and aesthetically acceptable way to capture much of the same data. Our approach is based upon low cost and highly integrated sensors ,” according to Dr. Broggi.

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