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Check out this massive Swiss ‘water battery’ that can power up to 900k homes

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The 900 megawatt (MW) Nant de France pumped storage power plant in Valais, Switzerland, came online in July after 14 years of challenging construction and testing. The gigantic “water battery” is capable of storing enough hydroelectric energy to power as many as 900,000 homes.

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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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Alstom’s hydrogen technology has also been purchased by SNCF (France) and FNM (Italy). The battery is used to store braking energy, to boost acceleration and for auxiliary supply. The only emission from a hydrogen train is water; it produces no harmful particulate or gaseous emissions.

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HySiLabs raises 13€M in Series A; siloxane liquid carriers for hydrogen

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HySiLabs, a France-based developer of a siloxane liquid carrier for hydrogen, announced a €13-million Series A financing led by Equinor Ventures, and joined by the European Innovation Council Fund, EDP Ventures and PLD Automobile, with the support of historical investors Kreaxi, Région Sud Investissement and CAAP Création.

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Study finds twice as many cellulose fibers as microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean

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A study by three French institutes—Ifremer, the University of Bordeaux and the IRD (a public research institution)—has found that the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean is twice as polluted by cellulose fibers as it is by microplastics. This unique set of data casts doubt then over the internal dynamics of the gyre.

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Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

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Despite those periods of excess wind and solar power, because the ability to store electricity for more than a few hours is lacking, dispatchable power from the combustion of fossil fuels continues to bridge gaps in supply. Bloom Energy Servers can be placed virtually anywhere where renewable hydrogen, natural gas or biogas is available.

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McPhy Energy premieres first industrial system coupling electrolysis and solid state hydrogen storage

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McPhy Energy, a France-based developer and manufacturer of solid state hydrogen storage, presented the first system coupling an industrial-scale hydrogen generator with a 100 kg solid state hydrogen storage unit. MWh), is the first in a commercial range reaching up to 500 kg of stored hydrogen (16.5

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Airbus and major airlines partner to explore direct air carbon capture technology

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Airbus and a number of major airlines—Air Canada, Air France-KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Virgin Atlantic—have signed Letters of Intent (LoI) to explore opportunities for a future supply of carbon removal credits from direct air carbon capture technology.

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