Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:55:14 +0000

Lithium-air EV batteries could help decarbonize aviation, shipping, and railways if only some key technology hurdles can be leaped.

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High School Student Invents Biofuel Solution For Sugar Shortage

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:43:27 +0000

As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.

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$42 Million to Strengthen Reliability, Resiliency, & Affordability of America’s Power Grid

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:40:51 +0000

Funding for 15 Research and Development Projects Across 11 States Will Bolster Efficiency of Grid Operations and Prevent Outages, Supporting … [continued]

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Transformative, Next-Gen Grid Control Technologies Get $42M in Federal Funding

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 02:11:32 +0000

On the grid level, interfaces typically consist of modules, which are made up of semiconductor-driven or semiconductor-controlled devices. Source: POWER/Generated with AI ∙ November 21, 2023 at 7:26 PM

The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated a new “enabling” pathway to achieve and sustain a dramatic transformation of the nation’s evolving grid—through its power electronics fabric, with the realization […]

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A New All-Solid Battery Hits Long Duration Energy Storage Mark

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:28:52 +0000

Solid blocks of carbon form the heart of a new long duration energy storage system aiming to decarbonize industrial processes.

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US Navy Prowls For E-Fuels From The Seven Seas

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 17:38:48 +0000

carbon capture oceans efuels MIT NavyThe US Navy is eyeing e-fuels made from green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to sustain seagoing and land-based operations.

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Revenge Of The Virtual Power Plants, Part Infinity

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:46:12 +0000

virtual power plants sunrun lunar energy gridshareVirtual power plants were virtually unknown just a few years ago, and now the floodgates are open thanks in part to a Trump-era ruling.

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BMW’s Excellent Solid-State EV Battery Adventure

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:05:32 +0000

solid state ev batteries bmwThe solid-state EV battery of the future is not quite there yet, but BMW Group has seen enough to nail down an R&D partnership with the US battery innovator Solid Power.

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The Top 20 NREL Stories Of 2022

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:45:07 +0000

Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As this busy year at NREL draws to a close, we look back at some of the laboratory’s most impactful accomplishments from 2022 […]

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