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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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This project will complete key engineering design and demonstration tests to enable cost-competitive, carbon-neutral production of synthetic jet fuel and diesel using nuclear energy from existing light water reactors.

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AKASOL introducing Gen 3 battery systems with increased energy density

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The high gravimetric energy density in the same space as the predecessor system leads to significant efficiency improvements and an increased range. This will be followed by a plant in Hazel Park, USA, in 2023, said Holger Dilchert, Head of Sales On-Highway at AKASOL. —Sven Schulz, CEO of AKASOL. GWh in the course of 2022.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Water and oxygen are the only by-products. This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles). In parallel with the e-gas plant in Werlte, Audi also operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, USA, for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in collaboration with Joule.

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Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

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nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. Compared to other water use sectors (e.g. A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e.,

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.

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Exxon Mobil beginning development of ultra-deepwater Julia oil field in Gulf of Mexico

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The field was discovered in 2007 under 7,087 feet (2,160 meters) of water and is now estimated to have nearly six billion barrels of resource in place, according to Exxon Mobil. Malo production facility operated by Chevron USA Inc.

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Visteon opens high-tech testing lab in Bulgaria | Autocar Professional

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Products like instrument panels and infotainment systems for leading European automakers are subjected to a wide range of tests simulating a variety of real-world disturbances and extreme situations in and outside of the vehicle. The lab uses state-of-the-art equipment specifically sourced from Germany, Austria, the USA, and Asia.