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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

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Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters.

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ZF has produced 2M electric motors; mild-hybrid to full-electric drives

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The technology company supplies automotive manufacturers with electric motors for different vehicle types—from hybrid and electric axle drives for electric passenger cars to electric central drives for commercial vehicles. The hairpin bar winding will not be the last innovation of the current winding technology.

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MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

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A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Their hybrid technological and economic analysis is based on a detailed inventory of California’s power system. Gençer and Drake D. —Drake Hernandez.

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Mercedes-AMG reveals performance hybrid and battery-electric AMG derivative strategy

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Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. When developing our new E PERFORMANCE hybrid strategy, it was therefore immediately clear that we would pursue an independent concept for AMG.

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New Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE 680hp hybrid with technology transfer from Formula 1

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The new Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE hybrid (combined fuel consumption, weighted: 6.9 The AMG-specific E PERFORMANCE hybrid drive. a P3 hybrid. l/100 km / 34 mpg US; combined CO 2 emissions, weighted: 156 g/km; combined electric energy consumption, weighted: 11.7 In the new Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE, the 2.0-liter

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NREL acquires fuel cell hybrid vehicles from Toyota to support hydrogen infrastructure, production, and vehicle performance studies

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently received four fuel cell hybrid vehicles—advanced (FCHV-adv) ( earlier post )—on loan from Toyota through a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.

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Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

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electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars). Vegetation appears red, grassland is light brown, rocks are black, and water surfaces are green. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design. NASA’s Terra satellite acquired these false-color views of the mine in the Nei Mongol Autonomous Region.

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