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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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Norsepower Rotor Sails delivered 8.2% fuel savings in year-long sea trials

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together with project partners Maersk Tankers, Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd., As part of the test, the aggregated total fuel saved from 1 September 2018 to 1 September 2019 was 8.2% Norsepower Oy Ltd., The Rotor Sails were installed onboard Maersk Pelican in August 2018.

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200,000 BMW i3 EVs produced in Leipzig over nearly 7 years

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The Life module made of CFRP is part of a vehicle architecture specific to BMW i and designed for electric mobility from the outset. The high-tech material CFRP is, for example, now also contributing to intelligent lightweight construction in the BMW 7 Series.

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DOE to award $12.5M to improve efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks as part of new tech track for US-China initiative

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These are: Advanced internal combustion engine and powertrain systems. Wind/weather and GPS-based cruise control and intelligent routing. The principal DOE coordinator of CERC activities within DOE, and internationally with the Chinese, is DOE’s Office of International Affairs (IA).

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C clean-tech legislation. What was the maximum share of wind that we could have in the system without blowing it up—5 percent or 20 percent or 30 percent?

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. GrafTech International; Heil Trailer International; Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; Hills, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Earth Day and the Importance of Green Energy

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In this celebration, we acknowledge the future of green technology is not only healthier for the planet and its residents, but more high-tech than more archaic, higher polluting options. Earth Day and Green Tech. These new choices are often termed “green tech.”. It uses the power of wind pushing turbines to collect energy.

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