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TU/e student team unveils solar-powered family car for World Solar Challenge

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The Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) presented the world’s first solar-powered family car. This is the car being entered by the student team in the Cruiser class of the World Solar Challenge that starts in Australia in October 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Japan team evaluates battery-assisted low-cost hydrogen production from solar energy

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The joint research team designed an integrated system capable of adjusting the amount of battery charge/discharge and the amount of electrolysis hydrogen production in relation to the amount of solar power generated. The findings are published in a paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2018.11.119 ).

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NREL researchers evaluating blockchain for transactive energy applications

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The Congressional Research Service last year noted increasing interest among producers of distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as rooftop solar—to sell electricity to neighbors. Cutler, a senior researcher in NREL’s Integrated Applications Center, said the emergence of blockchain technology requires a newly designed market.

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Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

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The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) a contract for two M501JAC power trains for the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) in Delta, Utah. The power plant is connected to the Los Angeles power grid by an existing high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line.

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Panasonic to begin mass-production of long-life Li-ion battery system for solar-powered homes in Europe

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This marks the first time for the company to produce in volume such a system designed for Europe. kWh and a battery management system designed to control charge and discharge of the battery in accordance with customer needs. In so doing, Panasonic aims for a leading position in providing a solution to protect the power grid system.

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DOE offers $2.1B conditional commitment loan guarantee to support California solar thermal power plant

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billion loan guarantee to support Units 1 and 2 of the Blythe Solar Power Project, sponsored by Solar Trust of America, LLC. The concentrating solar thermal power plant includes two units comprising a combined 484 megawatt (MW) generating capacity, an eight-mile transmission line and associated infrastructure.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

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In 1954, architect Wallace Harrison designed a plan that gave major airlines their own terminals. The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. MW of fuel cells and 1.5

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