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DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

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Synhelion and its partner the University of Florida announced that their joint project has been awarded US$2.7 The project aims to accelerate the large-scale development and deployment of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) technology to produce green hydrogen for industrial decarbonization and electric power generation and storage.

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SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower

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SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019. In late 2021, SpaceX finally began constructing the second iteration of Starship’s first Florida pad. The swing arm contains plumbing and an umbilical device that connects to Starship’s upper stage and supplies propellant, gas, power, and connectivity.

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SpaceX to replicate Starbase, build multiple Starship launch pads in Florida

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Unlike 39A, though, SpaceX has a huge amount of work – and major environmental reviews – ahead of it to turn LC-49 into a site capable of launching a rocket more than twice as powerful as Saturn V. The obvious implication: SpaceX intends to both build and launch Starships out of multiple Florida launch pads.

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Lucid Motors, fresh off $LCID listing, opens first southwest U.S. retail store

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The Scottsdale location officially opened its doors on Saturday, August 7th, offering a retail store in the same state as its assembly facility in Casa Grande, which is just 50 miles away. The store is positioned in Scottsdale Fashion Square and is the company’s ninth location, adding to the growing network of Lucid Studios.

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Parker Hannifin and Autocar Deliver Hydraulic Hybrid Refuse Vehicles to Florida Communities

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Parker Hannifin Corporation, in partnership with Autocar, delivered hydraulic hybrid refuse vehicles to three South Florida municipalities ( earlier post ): City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and Miami-Dade County. The new Autocar E3 refuse vehicles feature Parker’s RunWise hydraulic hybrid drive system. Earlier post.).

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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot

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Stored energy drawn from the electric vehicles’ batteries will help balance the power grid during periods of highest energy demand. Duke Energy and Ford are also collaborating on a complimentary small-scale research and development test in Florida to begin in 2023. Duke Energy Carolinas serves about 2.1

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Novel Li-metal electrode design could lead to more powerful solid-state batteries

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It is described in a paper in the journal Nature, in a paper co-authored by Yuming Chen and Ziqiang Wang at MIT, along with 11 others at MIT and in Hong Kong, Florida, and Texas. The present versions provide at least a 50% improvement in the amount of energy that can be stored for a given weight, with much better cycling stability.

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