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Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

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Recycled tire waste is already used as a component of Portland cement, but graphene has been proven to strengthen cementitious materials, concrete among them, at the molecular level. While the majority of the 800 million tires discarded annually are burned for fuel or ground up for other applications, 16% of them wind up in landfills.

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Daimler Truck North America and partners to form JV for nationwide charging network for MD and HD commercial vehicles

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Daimler Truck affiliate DTNA offers not only the expertise of developing electric trucks (start of production of battery electric Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 in 2022/23), but also the experience of providing consultant services to its customers, the large fleet operators in North America.

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif.

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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. In all, the use of clean energies accounted for 68% of the production at the Aguascalientes A1 Plant. Nissan Motor Co.,

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EnerDel, ITOCHU Announce Second Smart Grid Battery Storage Project

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In November, EnerDel was selected to supply the batteries that will power a DOE-funded smart grid energy storage project by Oregon's Portland General Electric (PGE) that will help manage peak demand and smooth the variations in power from renewable sources like wind and solar.

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Chevrolet Spark EV: speedy, smooth and quiet; the importance of motor control

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Chevrolet is hosting a series of media drives this week for the production version of its new Spark EV ( earlier post ). The stator comprises a steel core that supports the motor winding, while intensifying and directing the magnetic fields between winding and rotor; GM uses bar wound configurations in its permanent magnet motors.

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