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Poland NCBJ report concludes small modular reactors unlikely to play key role as basic electricity source in Poland

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High Temperature Reactors that might co-generate electricity and heat) is pursued jointly with some partners from the country and abroad (Mining & Metallurgy Academy AGH in Cracow, Prochem, Warsaw University of Technology). On the other hand, SMR reactors may be valuable supplements to power system workhorses in special circumstances.

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BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis

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The BMW Group works together with worldwide partners throughout the value chain, ranging from scientific institutions and universities to established companies and start-ups. The company is also using battery storage systems to steadily optimise power supply at its plants around the world.

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Toshiba to supply Li-ion battery energy storage system for frequency regulation project in US

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The US has seen the emergence of a power trading through a frequency regulation market as a mechanism for preventing instability in the power grid resulting from the feed-in of increasingly and widely used renewable energy sources, such as wind power and photovoltaic generation.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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1 ] The average daily driving distance in the USA is 30 miles (48 km), so PHEVLERs are vehicles with at least 60 miles (97 km) of electric range. from University of California, Davis and years of experience as an agricultural researcher. PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ About the authors. Dr. Andrew A.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe but, on earth, it must normally be extracted from water or organic compounds. It’s time to debunk a number of myths.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. USA Today ) 6/23/06 "General Motors Corp., USA Today ) 1/13/08 By 2010, we will accelerate our global plug-in hybrid R&D program. When pressed, all Mr.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Bolivia is no friend of the USA. The time has never looked better to begin a turn towards distrubuted power and the smart grid, which is something that R.

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