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Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

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Elli, a brand of the Volkswagen Group, and MITNETZ STROM have launched a nationwide pilot project for smart grid integration of electric vehicles. An algorithm uses price incentives to compare the cars’ charging plans with regional electricity output from renewable energies and the available capacities in the distribution grid.

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Fusion Fuel and Ballard Power commission H2Évora, Portugal’s first solar-to-green hydrogen facility

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Fusion Fuel ( earlier post ) completed the interconnection of its H2Évora plant to the Portuguese electric grid and has successfully commissioned the facility. We are thrilled to finally be able to commission our H2Évora project, Portugal’s first fully integrated solar-to-green hydrogen plant.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. —Rodney Keith, manager for the advanced concepts group working on the Brayton cycle technology. Maybe it’s just a pontoon bridge, but it’s definitely a bridge.

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Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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million) ammonia cracker prototype designed to produce green hydrogen at industrial scale. The ammonia cracker system will provide the potential to produce green hydrogen at scale, wherever and whenever it is needed. We have just 13 years to deliver a net-zero electricity grid for the UK. million (US$4.24 Source: CSIRO.

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Godzilla goes green: Nissan unveils mega Hyper Force concept – just don’t call it a GT-R

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Nissan has opened a window into its electric performance future, pulling the covers off a 1000kW monster it calls the Hyper Force concept at the Japan Mobility Show. But perhaps the biggest hint to the Hyper Force being a future GT-R is its race modes, which include GT for Grand Touring, and R for Race.

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DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $64 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0002057 ), “Critical Components for Coal FIRST Power Plants of the Future.”.

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Honda unveils Urban EV Concept, production version in 2019; electrified technology for every new model launched in Europe

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President and CEO, Takahiro Hachigo unveiled Honda’s new electric vehicle, the Urban EV Concept, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Urban EV Concept is built on a completely new platform, and sets the direction for the technology and design that will appear on a future battery electric Honda production model.

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