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Royal Academy of Engineering and Highview create 5-year research chair in liquid air energy storage

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LAES has the potential to drive the development of variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, due to its ability to convert excess/off-peak electricity into multi megawatts hours of stored energy. Highview’s LAES process. Click to enlarge. MWh LAES pilot plant to Birmingham. —Prof.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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New plants in Germany and Europe are planned with a CO 2 -neutral energy supply from the start: Already, the entire electricity demand of the smart plant in Hambach (France) is obtained from renewable energy sources. In Jawor (Poland), a new CO 2 -neutral engine plant is being built. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

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The technology is designed to recover waste heat from residential hot water heaters and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Matthew Summers of Summers Consulting LLC will receive $95,000 to optimize biofuel production from organic waste through DNA and RNA molecular testing.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Biomass Energy (5 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Conventional Energy (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE. Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc.,

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Such cities would become self-contained units, their buildings gleaning energy from the powerful weather systems sweeping across their roofs and feeding it down to homes below and vehicles in the streets. Electric cars in the garages would double as battery packs for when energy supplies are scarce. Cheers — Al Louard 11.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow). Of course when on a trip the other options would be desirable.