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EPFL solar hydrogen system co-generates heat and oxygen

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EPFL researchers have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, in addition to generating hydrogen with unprecedented efficiency for its size. This is the first system-level demonstration of solar hydrogen generation. Holmes-Gentle et al.

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EGEB: Maine governor permanently bans offshore wind in state waters [update]

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Maine’s governor permanently bans offshore wind in state waters in a compromise. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. ION Energy raises $3.6

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EGEB: Maine to ban offshore wind in state waters for 10 years

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Maine bans offshore wind in state (but not federal) waters for 10 years in a compromise. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. ION Energy raises $3.6

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EGEB: Solar panels and California’s canals could make a winning pair

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A new feasibility study combines California’s water canals with solar power. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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This Maryland county is building a huge green hydrogen bus depot microgrid

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The Maryland bus depot will also be the largest transit depot microgrid in the US and the first on the East Coast to produce green hydrogen onsite. A hydrogen FCEB is a zero-emissions vehicle powered by hydrogen and oxygen, emitting only water. That will allow the depot to operate indefinitely in “island mode.” Get started here.

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EGEB: Here’s where global energy consumption is going if we don’t make changes

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US Energy Information Administration releases its International Energy Outlook 2021 report. Maine applies for a lease in federal waters for the US’s first offshore wind research site.

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Harvard hybrid “bionic leaf” converts solar energy to liquid fuel isopropanol

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Scientists from a team spanning Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel. Earlier post.).

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