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APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ PHEVLERs of the future should be made with flex-fuel engines that can use any blend of biofuel to serve all of their liquid fuel needs. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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JULY 6, 2022

The production workshop includes 4 assembly lines and 2 winding lines with a production capacity of 120,000 motors per year, and thanks to its flexible design, could produce 240,000 motors per year. Since 2015, the Cléon plant has been producing the electric powertrain for Renault Zoé, Twingo ZE, Kangoo ZE and Master ZE.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Boeing and NASA researchers are testing a 13-foot-wingspan, 6% scale Blended Wing Body (BWB) model at a subsonic wind tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia. The BWB remains one of many promising concepts for a future NASA X-plane. Earlier post.). NASA’s Aeronautics budget proposes the return of X-planes.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The car will launch in Japan before April 2015, and preparations are underway for launches in the US and European markets in the summer of 2015. Toyota believes hydrogen will be a leading energy source in the future, Kato said. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

In November, Hydro-Québec published a snapshot of its energy resources which presents the company’s forecasts regarding its future electricity needs and the means by which it will meet them. Carbon-netural synthetic hydrocarbon fuels. Renewable natural gas. This offers immense hydroelectric potential.

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MARCH 19, 2015

Toshiba Corporation will participate in the Levenmouth Community Energy Project in Fife, Scotland, a major 4-year project to investigate the potential of hydrogen as a future fuel. The project will run from 2015 to 2020 in a redevelopment area of the Methil Docks in Methil, Fife, Scotland’s third largest council area.

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MAY 31, 2020

Renewables investment has been more resilient during the crisis than fossil fuels, but spending on rooftop solar installations by households and businesses has been strongly affected and final investment decisions in the first quarter of 2020 for new utility-scale wind and solar projects fell back to the levels of three years ago.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

While in conventional electrical machines the cooling fluid flows through a jacket outside the stator, in the case of direct cooling, the oil flows directly along the copper windings. As with the Taycan's electric motors, the hairpin winding contributes to a high yield of power and torque while maintaining compact dimensions.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

have completed wind tunnel testing of a full-scale Boeing 757 vertical tail model equipped with active flow control (AFC) technology. took place at the US Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center’s 40- by 80-foot wind tunnel at Ames in Moffett Field, Calif. modified and refurbished the tail into a wind tunnel model.

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APRIL 29, 2009

On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. by Bill Cooke. Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Earlier post.)]. CAFE mpg US (cars / trucks).

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MARCH 2, 2017

The battery storage solution will account for a significant part of the energy system, in which solar and wind energy will provide the majority of electricity production. The project aims to develop and demonstrate energy solutions of the future.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

LNG will likely remain less expensive than VLSFO in the future and might be less expensive than HFO, depending on how the price of HFO responds to the IMO’s 2020 global sulfur limit (CE Delft et al., 2017) found that container ships, in particular, operated at very low engine loads in the years 2013, 2014, and 2015. Olmer et al.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Although technical and operational efficiency improvements in conventional propulsion systems may lower CO 2 emissions from ships by as much as 20% across the global fleet, such marked gains in efficiency will not stop the steady increase of total emissions from shipping or meet the ambitious reduction targets of the future. Source: DNV.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

With increasing EV sales—97,687 EVs were sold in Europe in 2015, up 48% on 2014—so is the requirement in energy to charge them. This can be used, for example, to store energy generated from on-site renewable generation resources such as solar panels and wind turbines, and then release it as needed at a later time.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Technologies already in use in this industry as an alternative to permanent magnet motors include induction motors in NEVs and induction/synchronous generators in wind turbines. million vehicles, while global wind power installations could increase by 0.4M Molycorp has since declared bankruptcy and closed its operations in 2015.

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JUNE 9, 2016

The US DRIVE Cradle-to-Grave Working Group has published the “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of US Light-Duty Vehicle-Fuel Pathways: A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Assessment of Current (2015) and Future (2025–2030) Technologies” Argonne National Lab Report. Bottom: Future Technology case.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

is responsible for planning and construction of the battery storage facility and for developing and testing marketing strategies for future products for the energy market. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2014; the utility-scale storage system is planned to enter service in 2015. Board of Management.

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

REEs)—dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium and yttrium—were found to be critical in the short term (present–2015). These five REEs are used in magnets for wind turbines and electric vehicles or phosphors in energy-efficient lighting. Materials in clean energy technologies and components. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

solar and wind), water and CO 2 to produce liquid or gaseous fuels with a very low carbon intensity. Initial results presented in 2015 showed lifecycle GHG reduction potential, compared to fossil methane, of 43% using photovoltaic electricity; 75% using wind power; and 83% using hydro power. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

They say the smoke lowered the base of the clouds and increased wind shear, defined as wind speed variations with respect to altitude. In fact, the simulation including the smoke resulted in a lowered cloud base and greater wind shear. Together, those two conditions increased the likelihood of more severe tornadoes. Resources.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Partners Volkswagen AG, Lichtblick SE, SMA Solar Technology AG and the Fraunhofer Institute Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) have submitted the final report from the INEES research project (Intelligent integration of electric vehicles into the power grid for the provision of system services).

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

In 2015, E.ON billion) compared to the previously planned 2015 capex of €4.3 will place a particular emphasis on expanding its wind business in Europe and in other selected target markets. These two missions are so fundamentally different that two separate, distinctly focused companies offer the best prospects for the future.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. High Wind Future: In this scenario, they modified the future case to add wind plants sufficient to produce 20% of generation.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

The global emissions of CO 2 doubled from 1975 to 2015, and are projected to triple by 2040 if we stay on our present course4. Renewable energy future. If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. “If Where are we heading? —Chu et al.

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APRIL 9, 2018

The demand for lithium and cobalt is expected to increase much more, by a factor of 10 to more than 20, as a result of future hybrid and full electric car purchases. The growth factor is based on the medium estimates, using the average of 2045–2050 over the average of 2010–2015.

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MAY 9, 2014

A production line for carbon fiber takes the PAN precursor through two stages (stabilization/oxidation and carbonization) and then to winding. The site expansion, scheduled to be completed by early 2015, will make the plant in Moses Lake the world’s largest carbon fiber plant. Source: SGLACF. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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MARCH 12, 2012

The Obama Administration released a progress report highlighting its achievements in meeting the “all-of-the-above” energy plan outlined in the Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future released last year. —President Obama.

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JULY 19, 2011

The report presents an overview of each technology, including current and projected performance and costs (capital and levelized cost of electricity); major technical issues and future development direction and trends; fuel resource considerations; business issues; and environmental concerns and considerations. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The key question for the future of the oil market is for how long can a surge in US shale supplies make up for the slow pace of growth elsewhere in the oil sector. In 2016, only 13% of all conventional resources sanctioned were offshore, compared with more than 40% on average between 2000 and 2015.

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APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). Hoop winding lamination was concentrated in the inner layers. compared to the conventional FC stack. Konno et al.

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MARCH 4, 2016

In 2015, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project awarded eight studies more than $2.3 Evaluation of Low Noise Integration Concepts and Propulsion Technologies for Future Supersonic Civil Transports; $599,000 over two years to GE Global Research. —NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. Operate three fully integrated CCS demonstrations and six large scale CO 2 storage injections by the end of FY 2015. watt utility, $2.37/watt watt commercial, and $3.10/watt

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The new solar park here is a further green module in this strategy, and will make production at the plant more sustainable in the future. CO 2 emissions by the European new vehicle fleet will be reduced by some 30% during the period from 2006 to 2015—emissions will be below the threshold of 120 grams CO 2 /km for the first time by 2015.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals. Source: 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The partners expect the storage unit to be operational by the end of 2015. In Braderup, located near the German island of Sylt, Bosch has built one of Europe’s largest energy storage systems to temporarily store the energy generated by a wind farm if needed. Bosch is in charge of integrating the batteries and managing the system.

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APRIL 24, 2018

The high-resolution E3SM earth system model simulates the strongest storms with surface winds exceeding 150 mph—hurricanes that leave cold wakes that are 2 to 4 degrees Celsius cooler than their surroundings. With the new system, we’ll be able to more realistically simulate the present, which gives us more confidence to simulate the future.

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