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Maxwell supplying ultracapacitors for light rail braking energy recuperation system; 2.8% energy savings

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is supplying ultracapacitors for an energy-saving braking energy recuperation system that American Maglev Technology (AMT), is installing on light rail vehicles operated by the Portland, Oregon area’s Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (TriMet). Maxwell Technologies, Inc. TriMet won a $4.2-million

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EnerDel Entering Utility-Scale Energy Storage Market

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EnerDel will build the batteries for five 1MW power systems that will be used by Portland General Electric (PGE) to help manage peak demand and smooth the variations in power from renewable sources. Earlier post.) The PGE project will be built in Salem, OR, where it will serve both residential and commercial customers.

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EnerDel, ITOCHU Announce Second Smart Grid Battery Storage Project

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US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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These models are designed to satisfy physically insightful assumptions while also having sufficient fidelity to capture higher-order effects directly from vehicle state measurements. We propose a prototype with special designs for propulsion and thruster configuration to cope with the vast differences in the fluid properties of water and air.

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Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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This, the Sandia team said, is because their multi-megawatt power requirements and potentially long run times would necessitate multiple MW-class fuel cell units and impractically-large stores of hydrogen. Portland, Ore.; These include all the bulk liquid tankers, reefer vessels, both dry and break bulk carriers. Los Angeles, Calif.;

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EV Chargers for All!

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There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. I asked about installing charging stations in our garage and was invited to bring the issue up before the HOA (homeowners association) board, where all good ideas go to die,” he said. “I

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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The 16 kWh battery pack is located beneath the vehicle’s interior floor (sub-floor) and the chassis (body frame) inside a specially-designed stainless-steel protective battery case. Battery pack. Regenerative brake control. The synchronous permanent magnetic motor with neodymium magnet weighs 108 lb (49 kg) and is water-cooled.

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