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Energy and environmental costs of flying around closed airspaces

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A recent article by Jacopo Prisco has documented the impact that closed airspace over Russia has on a one specific flight—a Finnair nonstop flight from Helsinki to Tokyo (Narita), using an Airbus A350-900. The basic facts from the Prisco’s article are summarized in the table below. Thus, the current route has about 9.2

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From Phoenix to Vegas on Solar Power (Mostly)

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In another recent article, I shared a video from Aptera about the companys first road trip from Flagstaff to California. Its a lot less energy than. But, as we all know, it takes a fair amount of juice to carry something as big as a car from A to B.

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UCSD team offers roadmap of four challenges for solid-state battery commercialization

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The article summarizes the team’s work to tackle these challenges over the past three years, which have been reported in several peer-reviewed articles published in various journals. The roadmap outline that the researchers describe in their review article includes: Creating stable solid electrolyte chemical interfaces.

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SLAC invention could make particle accelerators 10 times smaller

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Particle accelerators generate high-energy beams of electrons, protons and ions for a wide range of applications, including particle colliders that shed light on nature’s subatomic components, X-ray lasers that film atoms and molecules during chemical reactions and medical devices for treating cancer. inches long.

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Energy crisis slowing NIO's expansion in Europe, says William Li

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Soaring energy costs are an obstacle to NIO's rollout of battery swap stations in Europe, and slower-than-expected planning approvals are also hindering the rollout. The post Energy crisis slowing NIO's expansion in Europe, says William Li appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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JAIST team investigates how self-repairing polymer can improve durability of silicon anodes

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Now, researchers from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have investigated a poly(borosiloxane) (PBS) coating to stabilize the capacity of silicon anodes, paving the way for better and more durable Li-ion batteries for electric cars and renewable energy harvesting. 0c02749.

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Co-Optima team publishes details on its boosted SI engine research and figure of merit

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Co-Optima researchers recently detailed the findings of this research in an open-access paper in the journal Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. The Co-Optima initiative is sponsored by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Vehicle Technologies and Bioenergy Technologies offices. —Szybist et al.

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