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Kinder Morgan invests in new “crude-by-rail” project; 210,000 barrels per day

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has entered into a long-term agreement with Mercuria Energy Trading Company Inc., to construct a 210,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude-by-rail project at the Greens Port Industrial Park on the Houston Ship Channel. The project will allow Mercuria Energy Trading, Inc. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. It will provide U.S.

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Texas goes big on solar + storage that can power 41,000+ homes

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“Texas needs every available megawatt, and low-cost renewable energy has proven critical as it continues to reach new production heights in ERCOT,” said Judd Messer, Texas vice president of Advanced Power Alliance. That includes a 100 MWh standalone battery storage project in Rosenberg, near Houston, expected to come online next month.

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Saft to supply Li-ion batteries for EcoCrane hybrid RTG cranes

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Saft has been awarded a contract by MJ EcoPower Hybrid Systems to supply lithium-ion batteries for four new hybrid-powered mobile RTG (Rubber Tired Gantry) cranes serving Houston Harbor in Texas. Saft is supplying a fully integrated energy storage solution including battery management systems.

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Alset EHomes Is Building Homes With Tesla Solar … And A Tesla Vehicle Included

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Alset EHome will construct the community with Tesla’s solar panels and Powerwalls in Northpark Community in Porter, Texas, which is a suburb of Houston. The community […].

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5 Big Ideas for High-Temperature Superconductors

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“Over the past 15 years, the emphasis has moved toward using [these materials] less as high-temperature superconductors and more as high-field superconductors,” says Venkat Selvamanickam , who directs the Applied Research Hub of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. tesla magnetic field in 2014.

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ARPA-E awarding $100M to second SCALEUP cohort of 8 projects

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Kent Houston Offshore Engineering will advance two disruptive floating offshore wind turbine technologies that are integrated with a NASA-developed passive control system. Quidnet Energy, Inc. will scale its Geomechanical Pumped Storage (GPS) to a commercial system at CPS Energy, the largest U.S. municipal utility.

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Toyota, UH researchers improve performance of high-energy magnesium-ion batteries

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Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems.

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