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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

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A few regions (notably California, Japan and Germany) have committed significant funds to support the next crucial steps forward on infrastructure build-out. Global public support now totals about $1 billion per year, leveraging many times that amount in private funds. These partnerships are bringing key stakeholders together.

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How Smart EV Charging Will Help Promote Renewable Power Generation

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According to Denmark’s national grid , Energinet, in 2019 half the country’s electricity was generated by renewables, while in Germany the figure was only slightly lower at 46%. . A smart EV charger will enable an EV to be charged when weather conditions allow and there is a surfeit of low carbon, low cost power available.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Electrochaea GmbH (Munich, Germany). GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Utility Global (Houston, Texas).

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost.

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