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CSIRO joins US sCO2-based power generation project STEP demo

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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science research agency, has 2 -based-power-generation-project/">joined the Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) of the Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) project known as STEP Demo.

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Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

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The precise control technology of the heliostat field was developed by Synhelion and guarantees optimal use of land resources and building materials. Synhelion’s industrial demonstration plant will produce several thousand liters of fuel per year.

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Vulcan successfully develops, tests and demos in-house lithium extraction technology VULSORB

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Vulcan Energy Resources Limited has successfully developed , tested and demonstrated its own in-house lithium extraction sorbent, VULSORB, for sustainable lithium extraction from the Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field and the Zero Carbon Lithium Project. Earlier post.).

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JAEA and MHI begin hydrogen production demo project using High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR)

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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), a national research and development agency, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Japan’s Strategic Energy Plan (Cabinet approval in October 2021) sets as a policy the establishment of elemental technologies for hydrogen production using high temperature gas-cooled reactors. Background.

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Japan launches first global hydrogen supply chain demo project; liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology

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Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha—have launched the “Advanced Hydrogen Energy Chain Association for Technology Development”(AHEAD) along with the world’s first Global Hydrogen Supply Chain Demonstration Project. The hydrogen demo project is a stepping stone for commercialization of projects post 2020.

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Hitachi and Demansys to demo CrystEna Energy Storage System for grid frequency regulation and capacity services

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and Demansys Energy LLC reached an agreement to perform a demonstration project utilizing Hitachi’s “CrystEna” (Crystal+Energy) compact 1 MW container-type energy storage system in the market for frequency regulation and capacity services, and that site installation work will soon commence. Hitachi America, Ltd.,

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MIT proof-of-concept demo of ionic wind propulsion for aircraft

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Undistorted camera footage from flight 9, with position and energy from camera tracking annotated. The team flew the plane a distance of 60 meters (the maximum distance within the gym) and found the plane produced enough ionic thrust to sustain flight the entire time. They repeated the flight 10 times, with similar performance. Sped up 2x.

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