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CEA spins out two SMR start-ups: Hexana and Stellaria

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Hexana aims to implement a fast neutron and sodium-cooled reactor, integrating a high-temperature storage device. This installation will be based on a set composed of two small reactor units (400 MW th each) supplying a heat storage device, useful to best manage the variations in electrical power needed by industries.

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DOE awards Cummins $5M for automation of electrolyzer cell and stack assembly

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Cummins has been awarded $5 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for the automation of solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and stack assembly. This project furthers the company’s efforts as a leader in alternative power and a pioneer in green hydrogen technologies.

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Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

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Flowchart of Molten Sodium Upgrading process. The technology, developed by Ceramatec and managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has been licensed to Western Hydrogen of Calgary for upgrading bitumen or heavy oil from Canada. Source: Field Upgrading. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Nouryon, Tata Steel, Port of Amsterdam to study feasibility of largest green H2 cluster in Europe; 100 MW water electrolysis facility

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Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Tata Steel and the Port of Amsterdam have joined together to study the feasibility of a large green hydrogen cluster in the Amsterdam region. The three parties consider green hydrogen as vital for reaching climate targets and building a more circular economy—e.g.,

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Ballard conditionally awarded C$7M by SDTC for fuel cell distributed power generation

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The first application of this new lower cost distributed generation solution is expected to be a six-megawatt (6MW) CLEARgen system at the ERCO Worldwide (ERCO) sodium chlorate plant in North Vancouver, British Columbia. ERCO is the specialty chemicals division of Superior Plus Corp.

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What are the types of batteries used in EV? | EV Basics

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The reason why electric vehicles are developing rapidly is that they rely on batteries as their power source. As the core of electric vehicles, batteries have naturally become the focus of research and development by global car companies. Today I will tell you about the types of batteries used in electric vehicles.

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Pedego Electric Bikes and SiGNa Chemistry Demonstrate Battery-Fuel Cell Solution for Electric Bicycles

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Pedego Electric Bikes and SiGNa Chemistry have developed an ultra-high-performance range extender for electric bicycles. A key innovation is the use of sodium silicide to liberate hydrogen from water as needed by the hybrid fuel cell. For every 1.5 Riders can carry additional cartridges which are real-time hot-swappable.

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