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Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for supercapacitors

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UC Riverside (UCR) engineers have developed a way to recycle PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Energy Storage. Mihri Ozkan & Cengiz Ozkan/UCR).

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VYCON delivers flywheel kinetic wayside energy storage substation (WESS) for LA Metro

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VYCON, a designer and manufacturer of flywheel kinetic energy storage systems, has completed delivery of its kinetic energy storage system at the Los Angeles Metro Red Line Westlake/MacArthur Park station.

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NETL publishes review of safety challenges of production, transportation and storage of hydrogen

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The Review is part of NETL’s Hydrogen Safety Field Work Proposal to support the US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s strategic vision for safe, widespread and large-scale production and utilization of hydrogen as a carbon-free energy storage medium.

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WGSI releases blueprint for low-carbon energy future; ecosystem approach

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The Waterloo Global Science Initiative ( WGSI )—a non-profit partnership between Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Waterloo—has released the Equinox Blueprint: Energy 2030. The Equinox Blueprint is a report from the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 held in June 2011 in Canada. Source: WGSI.

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Dearman-led consortium awarded $3.1M to develop waste-heat-recovery system using liquid air engine

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The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. Earlier post. ). Earlier post.) Other IDP10 awards. million (US$4.37

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Siemens demos long-term stability of high-temperature electrolytic cells; role in energy storage systems

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A future high-temperature electrolyzer could also be coupled with a system for synthesizing chemicals such as methane (e.g., The resulting waste heat could be used to generate the water vapor needed for high-temperature electrolysis. an e-gas system).

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thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

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In the future thyssenkrupp’s electrolysis plants will be able to act as large-scale buffers to stabilize the power grid and compensate fluctuations quickly and flexibly. —Christoph Noeres, Head of the Energy Storage & Hydrogen unit at thyssenkrupp. thyssenkrupp and E.ON

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