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Toyota and public and private partners in Japan to trial renewable CO2-free hydrogen supply chain

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Major corporate and public sector partners in Japan are launching an effort to test a full carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. In addition, the project will be supported by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. Emeritus, Yokohama National University) and Dr. Yoji Uchiyama (Prof.

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MOL joins “Wind Hunter Project” for combination of sails and fuel cells on ships

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Graduate School of Frontier Sciences of The University of Tokyo; West Japan Fluid Engineering Laboratory Co., During periods of strong wind, the power generation turbine will produce power by rotating turbines in water, using some of the vessel’s propulsion to generate electric power. The group held its first meeting this month.

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Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

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Despite those periods of excess wind and solar power, because the ability to store electricity for more than a few hours is lacking, dispatchable power from the combustion of fossil fuels continues to bridge gaps in supply. Bloom Energy Servers can operate on pure hydrogen or a combination of natural gas and hydrogen.

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Japan-US team develops novel catalyst for reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions using CO2, formate and formic acid

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The gases can thereby be stored and transported as a liquid, and used later in carbon-neutral energy applications, simply by adjusting the pH. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a novel catalyst that uses CO 2 and hydrogen to store energy in formic acid.

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Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto

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Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe, and a crucial element in the creation of our most precious resource: water. Recently, industry has turned to green hydrogen, created by running an electric current through water with an electrolyte. Put this in a car and you have a fuel-cell electric vehicle.

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Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. In theory, the decomposition potential of water is 4.27

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Japanese team developing direct-injection hydrogen internal combustion engine for heavy-duty trucks

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Researchers from Tokyo City University and the National Traffic Safety and Environment Lab in Japan are developing a multi-cylinder direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) for application in heavy-duty vehicles. The university said it will seek to commercialize the vehicle.

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