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ITM Power launching enhanced Power-to-Gas range; two new reference plants in Germany

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ITM Power announced two new reference plant sales in Germany to two Technical Universities; both orders are based on the HPac platform for use in Power-to-Gas applications. The reference plant is particularly important for ITM Power in the German market and with those organizations which advise the Germany Energy Ministry.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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That is, PHEVLERs can store electricity whenever sun and wind-generated electricity is plentiful, and then can send stored power back into the smart grid at times when more electric power is needed. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid. References. [ 1 ] DeMauro, Catherine J. and Andrew A.

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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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These stages, spanning what is often referred to as “the valley of death,” include the development of prototypes to demonstrate viability in the marketplace and the initial implementation of the first full-scale systems by early adopters in the marketplace. Innovation doesn’t just emerge out of thin air. —Richard Lester.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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AQDSH 2 refers to the reduced form of AQDS. The whole world of electricity storage has been using metal ions in various charge states, but there is a limited number that you can put into solution and use to store energy, and none of them can economically store massive amounts of renewable energy. Cell schematic.

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Smart Grid draft plans revealed

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Produced by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the 90-page document outlines 80 initial standards and 14 priority action plans referencing all stages of the system including the large utility companies, individual homes, electronic devices and plug-in electric vehicles.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Electric Island did what we hoped it would do, which was to kick off a movement towards knowing what was possible and what needed to be done. If you don’t build something like that, people can’t refer to it. What Tesla did with their Supercharger network was really difficult because no one else had ever done anything like that.

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MIT team calls initial performance results of magnesium-antimony liquid metal battery “promising”

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Sadoway and Bradwell, along with Dr. Luis Ortiz, are also founders of Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications. Earlier post.).

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