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MARCH 11, 2021

ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

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AUGUST 21, 2021

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), founded by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in cooperation with the University of Ulm, have developed a new lithium-metal battery that offers extremely high energy density of 560 Wh/kg—based on the total weight of the active materials—with remarkably good stability.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have analyzed 20 cryptocurrencies—accounting for more than 98% of the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies—and found that Bitcoin accounts for 2/3 of the total energy consumption of cryptocurrencies. Energy consumption is presented in gigawatt (GW).

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APRIL 9, 2021

MAN Energy Solutions has begun the ‘AmmoniaMot’ project. Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), and due to run for three years from December 2020, project partners include the University of Munich, Neptun Ship Design, WTZ and Woodward L’Orange.

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MARCH 21, 2022

In an open access paper published in Nature Communications , researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia report that their capillary-fed electrolysis cell demonstrates water electrolysis performance exceeding commercial electrolysis cells, with a cell voltage at 0.5 2 and 85 °C of only 1.51 kWh/kg hydrogen (vs. Hodges et al.

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MAY 17, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Arizona State University to lead the seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. EPIXC is funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced NextStar Energy Inc. NextStar Energy will be Canada’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery production plant. Stellantis and LG Energy Solution committed to invest more than $5 billion CAD ($4.1 as the official name of its battery joint-venture company. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 28, 2022

Purdue University and Duke Energy plan to explore the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the campus community’s long-term energy needs. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, SMRs are among the most promising emerging technologies in nuclear power.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

IBM announced that bp has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the use of quantum computing in the energy industry. IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build universal quantum systems for business and science applications. ExxonMobil and Daimler are also IBM Quantum Network Industry Partners.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Fairfax County and Dominion Energy have launched passenger service on Relay—the first publicly funded autonomous electric shuttle and test of driverless technology in public transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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AUGUST 22, 2021

The Scottish Hydrogen Fuel Cell Freight Trial (SHyFT), led by Arcola Energy, has secured funding from the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Road Freight program for the design of a trial of hydrogen fuel cell trucks, supported by a green hydrogen refueling infrastructure in Scotland.

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JUNE 20, 2021

Rolls-Royce is entering new aviation markets to pioneer sustainable power and as part of that mission will be developing energy storage systems (ESS) that will enable aircraft to undertake zero emissions flights of more than 100 miles on a single charge. These modules will deliver market-leading energy density levels.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be a step toward ammonia replacing carbon-based fuels. To be able to complete the ammonia-to-nitrogen reaction under ambient conditions—and get energy—is a pretty big deal.

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MAY 15, 2022

A research team in China has developed a new type of electrolyte for high-energy Li-ion batteries with a self-purifying feature that opens a promising approach for electrolyte engineering for next-generation high-energy Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2025

Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea , had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world s energy transition. But if they succeed, it will mark a bold feat of engineering to boost clean energy and fight climate.

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APRIL 20, 2023

At Auto Shanghai, Chinese battery giant CATL launched what it calls a “condensed battery”—a type of semi-solid state cell with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg. CATL says the cell can achieve high energy density and high level of safety at the same time, opening up a new electrification scenario for passenger aircraft.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $10 million in funding for eight projects working to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. Stanford University. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

The team of scientists, with collaborators from Columbia and Rice Universities as well as Oak Ridge National Laboratory, co-authored an open-access paper published in Science Advances describing the work. C), paving the way for more energy-efficient quantum devices. The potential applications are extremely broad.

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MAY 8, 2023

Yavuz of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Prof. Bo Liu from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Prof. However, it is difficult to impossible to recreate these conditions in the lab, and the approach is additionally energy intensive, as the methane-ice solid requires refrigeration.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The low redox potential and large capacity of magnesium metal anode could also potentially provide an energy density comparable or even greater than that of lithium-ion batteries when paired with high voltage oxide cathodes. It’s the first time a magnesium battery theoretically reached a similar energy density as a lithium-ion battery.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

In February 2022, GTI Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) launched the Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a collaboration to further transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production and help unlock its full potential as an important driver of energy transitions.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). megajoules (MJ) of energy to the target, resulting in 3.15 LLNL’s experiment surpassed the fusion threshold by delivering 2.05

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic production of fuels from CO 2. These could then be burned as needed. Credit: Angewandte Chemie.

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JULY 25, 2020

The fuel cell system alone generates up to 125 kW (170 hp) of electrical energy, says Jürgen Guldner, Head of the BMW Group Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology and vehicle projects. This is fed by the braking energy and the energy of the fuel cell. The aim of the project is the development of flat tank tanks.

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JUNE 4, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $46 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002809 ) to eight companies advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants. For the first 18 months of DOE’s program, CFS milestones focus on its commercially relevant net energy fusion device, called SPARC. Focused Energy Inc.

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MAY 20, 2022

A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic membrane technology to develop a scalable hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from electricity and fuels including natural gas, biogas and ammonia with near zero energy loss.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Frontier Energy, Inc., in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. It will demonstrate infrastructure safety and reliability in a real-world situation.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

The findings are detailed in a paper in American Chemical Society Energy Letters. The work was done in collaboration with NIST, Naval Research Labs, University of Maryland College Park and Brown University. Fuller, Evgheni Strelcov, Jamie L. Weaver, Michael W. Swift, Joshua D. Sugar, Andrei Kolmakov, Nikolai Zhitenev, Jabez J.

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Energy Institute at HAAS

MARCH 24, 2025

If you care about energy markets & policy or the environment, you probably are breathing into a paper bag right now. Universities are the backbone of innovation. I have not been this worried about the future of our planet during my lifetime. And I am somewhat old. In banana years, I would be bread.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy has closed out a £3-million (US$3.4-million) LiNa’s solid-state ceramic electrolyte reduces ionic resistance and removes unproductive mass, unlocking a two-fold performance improvement in energy densities versus alternatives. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

A team led by Professor Cheong Ying Chan at Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology (HKUST) Energy Institute, has proposed a novel cathode design concept for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery that substantially improves the performance of this kind of promising next-generation battery. —Zhao et al. Credit: HKUST.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

The main objective of HyInHeat is the integration of hydrogen as fuel for high-temperature heating processes in the energy-intensive industries. Besides hydrogen-air heating, oxygen-enriched combustion and hydrogen-oxyfuel heating is being implemented to boost energy efficiency and to decrease the future hydrogen fuel demand of the processes.

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JUNE 27, 2021

Researchers at Ariel University in Israel have developed a new type of hydrogen generator for “on-demand” use with fuel cells. The proposed generator is portable and lightweight; has high energy density; is easy to use, refill, and clean; and is designed for long working periods with the capability for restart after prolonged rests.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. The carbon fiber acts as a host for the lithium and thus stores the energy. 1 , an elastic modulus of 25?GPa,

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MAY 17, 2021

The team members are affiliated with an additional 16 organizations: Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System; University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; C.A. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

These highly efficient, clean energy conversion devices require very active catalysts for the chemical reaction—the oxygen reduction reaction, or the “lifeblood” that makes a fuel cell efficiently function. Along with PNNL, researchers from Washington University in St. —Yuyan Shao.

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