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Video Friday: RACER Heavy

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Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE ICRA 2024 : 13–17 May 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! Paper ] Charge Robotics is building robots that automate the most labor-intensive parts of solar construction.

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Berkeley Lab solar-to-fuel system for CO2 to ethanol and ethylene; light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

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Solar to chemical energy conversion could provide an alternative to mankind's unsustainable use of fossil fuels. Schematic of a solar-powered electrolysis cell which converts carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon and oxygenate products with an efficiency far higher than natural photosynthesis. —Gurudayal et al. to 1-sun illumination.

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Volkswagen AG coordinating new €6M EU research project on drop-in biocatalytic solar fuels

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Technology validated in relevant environment. Technology demonstrated in relevant environment. System prototype demonstration in operational environment. Actual system proven in operational environment. IFP Energies nouvelles, France. Technology validated in lab. System complete and qualified.

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Renault aims to be first European carmaker to recycle batteries on mass scale

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“In Europe, there is currently… nobody who can claim to recycle used batteries in a closed-loop to reproduce nickel, cobalt and lithium to make new batteries,” said Jean-Philippe Bahuaud, CEO Renault’s environment unit, called The Future Is Neutral (TFIN), which was launched in 2022. Get started here.

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“Project Volt Gas Volt” proposes long-term financing plan to support widespread implementation of power-to-gas systems

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Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Further, they note, France is unique in that its nuclear plants cannot use all the electricity they could generate, for lack of demand. Lepage and Bell propose establishing a 30-year “Green Redemption Fund” in France to support VGV.

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Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. However, soot does not only have a negative effect on human health, it also contributes to global warming by absorbing solar radiation. Environ. , At 5240 meters, the station is currently the highest measuring station in the world. Andrade, M.,

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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Both these wind turbine and solar generation options for the added electrical power generation capacity have substantial demands for steel, aluminium, cement and glass. Professor Frances Wall, Professor of Applied Mineralogy at Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter.