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Policy Options for Expanding and Modernizing the US Power Grid

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Source: Yang, 2009. CCPP researches carbon-mitigating technology, infrastructure, institutions and systems to inform lawmakers and business leaders as they lay the foundation of a low-carbon economy. Chi-Jen Yang (2009) Electrical Transmission: Barriers and Policy Solutions. Click to enlarge.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.).

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? European Environment Agency, 2009. [ 1 ] Swart, R.

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First 800-kV High-Voltage Direct-Current Link in China Now Fully Operational; Transmission of Hydro Power to Pearl River Delta

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Siemens Energy and the utility China Southern Power Grid have put into operation the second pole of a world-record high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) system. In December 2009, the link had also set the world record for first DC operation ever at a voltage level of 800 kV DC.

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Mantra Venture Group and KC Cottrell Sign LOI for CO2 Electroreduction Reactor; CO2 to Products

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Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KC Cottrell will enter into a strategic alliance to engineer, build, test, and deploy a 100 kg-per day Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor. With completion scheduled for December 2009, the company is now looking for an end-use for the concentrated CO 2.

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US and Japan collaborating on smart grid project in Hawaii; EV operation and charging, including grid-balancing services

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the University of Hawaii, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, whose involvement is based on the Japan-US Clean Energy Technologies Action Plan, agreed to following the Japan-US heads of state summit held in November 2009. Smart Grid Model at a Substation with One Distribution Grid Level in Kihei (Hitachi). Hitachi Ltd.

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Shipping industry eyeing hydrogen fuel cells as possible pathway to emissions reduction; work by Germanischer Lloyd and DNV

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The project used a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), developed by MTU in Germany and modified for operation in a marine environment. Viking Lady began operations on the North Sea in April 2009, and, in September of the same year, had the 330 kW MCFC power pack installed. Fuel cell integration in the propulsion system.

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