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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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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.

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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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French electricity producer CNR and Renault enter partnership on recharging with renewable power, end-of-life battery secondary use

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The Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR), France’s leading producer of 100% renewable electricity, and Renault signed a partnership agreement at the Lyon International Motor Show. Move In Pure uses the random share of CNR’s production to store electricity in the vehicles via a remote controlled system.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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The world’s largest pumped-energy-storage station—a technique that stores energy by pumping it uphill to a reservoir—is set to complete phase two of its construction in 2023. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In the future, 100% of additional purchased electricity will come from verifiable renewable sources, such as wind- and hydropower. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. This corresponds to about three quarters of the required electricity in the German plants.

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IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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Conventional coal-fired plants, which make water boil to generate steam that activates a turbine, have an efficiency of about 38 percent. Ultrasupercritical plants operate at temperatures and pressures at which the liquid and gas phases of water coexist in equilibrium. We don’t have enough solar energy and wind energy.”