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IHS Markit sees supply crunch coming for electrical steel; potential disruptor of OEM electrification plans

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Mild hybrid motors use less than US$10 of high-grade NOES, while battery-electric vehicles will use anywhere between US$60 to US$150 per motor of an extension of high-grade NOES—referred to as xEV grade—which in some configurations can even represent more than US$300 NOES content per vehicle. Concentrated manufacturing footprint.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. Validation and Verification. Validation requires additionality.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

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We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. This method of charging is much slower and much more unsafe than purchasing a purpose built EV charger. Almost all EV chargers on sale today in the UK are “Type 2” Type 2 refers to the type of plug that the charger uses. We want to save money.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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Such a misadventure would undermine the credibility of the responsible space agency and waste capital that could be better spent improving less risky ways to shore up renewable energy, such as batteries, hydrogen, and grid improvements. The challenges for their engineering and assembly are equally gargantuan.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. In the NTSC standard, colors are determined by the phase difference between the color signal and a color reference signal transmitted at the beginning of each line.) But this wastes 2 kilobytes of RAM. ?“A We were using people who were there anyway,” said Ziembicki.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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"Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says. "When I first visited the BYD factory, I was shocked," says Daniel Kim, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst based in Hong Kong, who has been to the fully automated production lines in Japan and Korea. "If we put our staff in Japan or the U.S.,

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