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Mitsubishi Motors, NewMotion, Nuvve in vehicle-to-grid pilot in Netherlands with Outlander PHEV

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MMC is partnering forces with NewMotion , one of Europe’s largest providers of smart charging solutions for electric driving; grid operator TenneT in Netherlands; and Nuvve , a leader in V2G technology and grid service deployments. There are more than 25,000 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEVs available in the Netherlands. Earlier post.).

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VanadiumCorp beginning work on next-generation vanadium redox flow batteries for ships

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announced that commercial development work has commenced for the first phase of key design and engineering of next-generation vanadium redox flow-battery systems (VRFB Battery) for marine propulsion applications. VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. Champagne.

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Wärtsilä and partners to pursue greater fuel efficiency for shipping in 3-year EU-funded project SeaTech

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The SeaTech project consortium has been formed to develop two symbiotic ship engine and propulsion innovations that when combined, could lead to a 30% reduction in fuel consumption. The proposed engine power generation innovation is built around achieving ultra-high energy conversion efficiency.

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Statoil signs US$5M partnership agreement with University of Texas

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International energy company Statoil and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have signed an Energy Partnership agreement providing the university with an annual funding of US$1 million for 5 years. Statoil technology is world leading in many areas. —Bill Maloney, executive vice president for Statoil in North America.

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Evonik develops novel anion exchange membrane for electrolytic production of hydrogen; CHANNEL project

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In addition to Evonik, which is providing the AEM membrane, the other project partners are Shell (Netherlands; hydrogen user), Enapter (Italy; plant engineer for the electrolyzer), Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany; R&D on membrane-electrode assemblies), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; catalysts), and SINTEF, an independent (..)

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TriboForm Engineering launches tribology simulation software for metal-forming processes; Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Škoda launch customers

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TriboForm Engineering , a spin-out from the University of Twente in The Netherlands, introduced its TriboForm software at Triboforum 2016 , a triennial industry conference. Tribology is a branch of mechanical engineering that describes the contact between materials under different conditions.

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Video Friday: Baby Clappy

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DLR RMC ] DEEP Robotics has signed a strategic agreement with Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University for cooperating on further research to seek various possibilities in drones and quadruped. With NSF's support, a team of Stanford University mechanical engineers has found a way to target drug delivery…to better attack that headache.

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