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Hyundai Home officially launching in 16 states; solar, energy storage and charging

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Hyundai Home gives homeowners in select states an easy way to produce, store, and use their own energy to power their lives at home and on the road. Hyundai has partnered with Electrum to develop a one-stop online marketplace to connect homeowners in select states to solar panels, energy storage systems, EV chargers and local installers.

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Hydrogen embrittlement in ferritic steels creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation

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A review of various methods, published in Applied Physics Reviews has improved the understanding of the structure, property, and performance of ferritic steels that are subjected to mechanical loading in a hydrogen environment. Holzlechner, G. Eliezer, T. Boellinghaus, and W.E.S. Ling Martin, Matthew Connolly, Frank W.

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DOE estimates EV battery pack costs in 2022 nearly 90% lower than in 2008

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2017 – Steven Boyd, DOE, Vehicle Technologies Office, 2017 Annual Merit Review, Batteries and Electrification R&D Overview , 18 June 2018, PowerPoint presentation, p. 2016 – David Howell, DOE, Vehicle Technologies Office, 2017 Annual Merit Review, Electrochemical Energy Storage R&D Overview , 20 June 2017, PowerPoint presentation, p.

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

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The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has published The Hydrogen Safety Review for Gas Turbines, SOFC, and High Temperature Hydrogen Production to review and summarize the unique safety challenges involved with the production, transportation and storage of hydrogen.

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US DOE releases Grid Energy Storage report

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Grid Energy Storage report to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. of total electric production capacity) of grid storage, 95% of which is pumped storage hydro. Europe and Japan have notably higher fractions of grid storage.

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EV maker CODA files for Chap. 11 bankruptcy; restructuring business around energy storage

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has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Petition Nº 13-11153) to enable the reorganization of its business solely around energy storage based on its Li-ion battery systems. Struggling electric vehicle manufacturer CODA Holdings, Inc.

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.