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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? This means that storing and distributing energy is as important as its generation. What if, rather than storing electricity, a “battery” could store heat instead?

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Wärtsilä and partners to cooperate in wind-to-hydrogen-to-electricity project; other power-to-X fuels

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The project will be based in Vaasa and will focus on enabling a new way to store renewable energy. The system will use renewable energy to produce hydrogen to be stored and reprocessed. The stored hydrogen can be utilized both in energy production and transportation applications.

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BMW Group hosts first conference on Quantum Computing for Automotive Challenges

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With the BMW Group Quantum Computing Challenge, we provided well-described industry reference problems representing the automotive industry. Quantum Computing is one of the most promising future technologies in the automotive sector. Andre Luckow, Head of Innovations & Emerging Technologies at BMW Group IT.

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Viritech partners with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar

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Pininfarina HAS re-interpreted the Apricale’s initial reference design to create a vision of the future of zero-emissions performance motoring. Viritech, an engineering company developing hydrogen powertrain solutions, is partnering with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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The Future of Assistive Technology. So, what does the future have in store for AT? Wired Magazine refers to this layered reality as the "Mirrorworld." Help build the future of assistive technology! We'll likely see more and better commercial technologies designed for entertainment. Kevin Kelly of. Visit CSUN's.

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Lamborghini, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce: The most efficient debuts at Monterey Automotive Future

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In spite of developments in energy and length for battery-powered automobiles, ICE engines store the majority of vehicle gross sales international. Pricing has but to be introduced at the untouched automobiles, however, for reference, a 1997 RUF BTR2 offered for $720,000 at a Gooding & Co. public sale in Might.

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ULEMCo and Revolve demonstrate 45% thermal efficiency for 100% hydrogen engine

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A recent report from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)-sponsored Committee on Climate Change (CCC) on the future role of hydrogen in a low carbon economy referred to hydrogen in vehicles as potentially playing an important role for heavy-duty vehicles (e.g. buses, trains and lorries).

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