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TFSI engine produces 96 kW (131 PS) and generates 200 N·m (147.5 The cylinder head, injection system, turbocharger and catalytic converter were modified accordingly for the CNG engine. When the fuel is burned in the engine, it only releases as much CO 2 as the biomass from which it was produced bound while growing.
GE unveiled the FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant, engineered to deliver a combination of flexibility and efficiency in power generation. The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant. The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant is rated at 510 megawatts and offers fuel efficiency greater than 61%.
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—Dane Christensen, a mechanical engineer in NREL’s Residential Buildings Research Group and a principal investigator on a blockchain pilot project. —Tony Markel, a senior engineer in the Energy Systems Cyber-Physical Security Research Group at NREL. An illustration of two connected homes sharing electricity. Source: NREL.
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Under normal conditions, this stabilizing technology will be particularly important as the powergrid is expected to rely more and more on variable renewable resources such as wind and solar technologies. —PNNL lead engineer Michael Kintner-Meyer. These technologies will result in a triple-win.
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Phil Ansell, an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, modeled the life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of liquid hydrogen production required to meet the fuel needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) with today’s electric grid mix.
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to provide EV conversion technology and integrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-site (V2S) networking solutions under the Aloha Micro Grid program for the U.S. Army’s Tank and Automobile Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC).
The plan for the UNIFI Consortium is to unify the integration and operation of synchronous machines and inverter-based resources in electric powergrids. —Ben Kroposki, director of NREL’s Power Systems Engineering Center and UNIFI Consortium Organizational Director.
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By securing the necessary IP infrastructure and funding from two important new-energy investors, LMBC can explore scale-up engineering and commercialization efforts. Affordable grid-level energy storage is the linchpin for massive deployment of renewable energy on the electric powergrid.
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