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ARENA providing $950k in funding for renewable hydrogen production project in Queensland

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million pilot project will involve the installation of a 220 kW electrolyzer and a 100 kW solar array at BOC’s Bulwer Island gas facility to produce green hydrogen via electrolysis, and will utilize the industrial gas equipment and infrastructure onsite. The electrolyzer will have the capacity to produce 2400 kilograms of hydrogen per month.

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bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

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The companies will explore supply options for both blue and green hydrogen, as well as power from wind and solar generation through the use of power purchase agreements. The steel and energy industries have of course long been closely linked. —William Lin, bp’s executive vice president regions, cities and solutions.

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Shell and Sumitomo Corporation invest in LO3 Energy to develop blockchain-based community energy platform

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In 2017, Shell and fellow energy majors BP and Statoil, along with trading houses Gunvor, Koch Supply & Trading, and Mercuria; and banks ABN Amro, ING and Societe Generale, announced a collaboration to develop a blockchain-based digital platform for the energy commodity trading industry. Earlier post.).

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Victoria to Begin 5-Year EV Trial; Scoping Study for EV Standards in Australia

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The government of the state of Victoria, Australia is developing a five-year trial of electric vehicles—the most comprehensive trial of EVs in Australia so far. The Victorian Government had earlier undertaken a Scoping Study for electric vehicle standards in Australia. Click to enlarge.

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Sandy solution for renewable energy storage; Thermal Energy Storage System

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Australia-based Latent Heat Storage has developed a low cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. Renewable energy sources generally spill energy due to supply and demand mismatches, so we’ve designed the TESS device to capture this ‘spilt’ energy for later use or release to the grid.

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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The project in Nepal was supported by funds Kiani raised through the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Her team collaborated with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), an organization that couples tourism with humanitarian technology to provide solar energy in off-grid communities.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid. The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. Islanding lets microgrids continue to supply electricity to users even when the main grid is down. percent to 2.8