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U. Maryland and Redox Power partnering to commercialize low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells for distributed generation and transportation

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University of Maryland researchers have partnered with Redox Power Systems LLC to commercialize low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (LT-SOFC) technology for distributed generation—and ultimately transportation—applications at about one-tenth the cost and one-tenth the size of current commercial fuel cell systems.

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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Schweitzer III invented the digital microprocessor-based relay as part of his doctoral thesis. Schweitzer III Employer: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Title: President and CTO Member grade: Life Fellow Alma maters: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; Overcurrent is not the only damage that can occur, though. I was hooked. “I

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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The US Department of Energy announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) latest open funding opportunity. University of California, San Diego. University of Delaware. Vanderbilt University.

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New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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She and her colleagues, including scientists from the University of Maryland in College Park and DENSsolutions, in Delft, the Netherlands, reported their findings in Nature Materials. An array of light beams impinging upon the grid would activate the LSPs.

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Economic Impact Study Finds Grid-Enabled Vehicle Policies in Electrification Coalition Roadmap Would Result in Substantial Economic Benefit for US

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The Roadmap proposes completely transforming the US light-duty vehicle fleet into one in which grid-enabled mobility (grid-enabled vehicles, GEV) is the new conventional standard. Employment in the motor vehicle industry (including motor vehicle parts) would be about 106,000 jobs higher than the base.

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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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The US Department of Energy announced the winners of $32 million in funding for 15 projects as part of the ARPA-E Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy ( BETHE ) program. University of Wisconsin-Madison. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. University of Washington. Earlier post.)

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New protonic ceramic fuel cell addresses power density and stability issues

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Second, we establish that high ohmic losses have been a large part of the cause of poor cell performance to date and design a strategy to address this challenge. Haile’s team will also investigate making the fuel cells reversible, which would transfer electricity back into hydrogen for placement on grid backup.

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