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Milwaukee Tool Transforms Itself Into an Innovation Company

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Back in 2013, Milwaukee Tool embarked on an ambitious new direction for its products by giving their tools wireless connectivity. Milwaukee Tool knew that they were introducing something that would require a behavior change in their users. Along the way, they changed Milwaukee Tool into an innovation company. Milwaukee Tool.

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AFE to Use Plasma Gasification of Waste in 25MW Power Project in Milwaukee

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Alliance Federated Energy (AFE) last week announced the development of “Project Apollo,” a $225-million, 25MW energy project located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Project would turn Milwaukee trash into energy”, JSonline , 2 February 2010. Project Apollo plans to utilize Westinghouse Plasma Corp.’s

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Johnson Controls endowing University of Wisconsin System for energy storage research

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is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Part of the funding will support the creation of The Johnson Controls Energy Storage Research Lab at UW-Madison. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Johnson Controls partners with UW-Madison on battery lab

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Johnson Controls is partnering with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a new battery laboratory at the Wisconsin Energy Institute on the campus. The company’s donation to the facility includes advanced battery testing technology, which will allow students, faculty and engineers to study and to optimize energy storage systems.

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Johnson Controls funds two research projects with U Wisconsin to enhance fuel efficiency of start-stop vehicles and next-gen EVs

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When the engine is off, the vehicle’s electrical system draws energy from the AGM battery to power all electrical loads in the vehicle. Deyang Qu, Johnson Controls endowed professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee), will supervise the project.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Papers from BMW and Hydrogen Energy Research Lab show that sufficiently lean hydrogen combustion in properly designed combustion chamber results in close to zero NO x. ID-Technologies is a Swiss engineering company specialized in energy technologies. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. ID-Technologies, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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million grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) MOVE project. and Milwaukee and the Advanced Hydraulics group in Eden Prairie, Minn. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.). The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas.

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