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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. This means that storing and distributing energy is as important as its generation. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

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Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. But a year ago at the International Symposium on Physical Design , things got out of hand. The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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Shell and Uniper to work together on blue hydrogen production facility in the UK

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Blue hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced by the reformation of natural gas, with the CO 2 produced as a result of this process being captured and stored using CCS technology. The hydrogen produced could be used to decarbonize industry, transport and power throughout the Humber region.

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ZF joins Open Manufacturing Platform

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The OMP technology framework and community are designed to nurture the development of smart-factory solutions across the sector. The OMP aims to provide community members with a reference architecture with open-source components based on open industrial standards. Earlier post.). Central auditability and dashboards.

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Viritech partners with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar

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Pininfarina HAS re-interpreted the Apricale’s initial reference design to create a vision of the future of zero-emissions performance motoring. Viritech, an engineering company developing hydrogen powertrain solutions, is partnering with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar.

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LOTTE, Sumitomo of Americas and Syzygy Plasmonics to partner on photocatalytic cracking of ammonia to produce hydrogen

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Plans include importing green ammonia that can be readily transported and stored before it is converted into clean hydrogen with expectations of generating 1.2 Among other climate-focused goals, the company is setting the stage to advance the hydrogen economy in Korea. million tons of hydrogen per year domestically by 2030. Earlier post.).

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CARB approves new requirements to further reduce air pollution from Transport Refrigeration Units

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The 2022 amendments will require a variety of actions designed to reduce the pollution these units produce, and accelerate their transition to zero-emission technologies. Beginning December 31, 2023: Owners of refrigerated warehouses and distribution centers, grocery stores, seaport facilities, and intermodal railyards (building size of ?20,000

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