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Chemours investing $200M to expand Nafion production in France

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The Chemours Company will invest $200 million to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion ion exchange materials to be located at Chemours’ manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. Earlier post.). —Mark Newman, President and CEO at Chemours.

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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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Alstom’s hydrogen technology has also been purchased by SNCF (France) and FNM (Italy). The battery is used to store braking energy, to boost acceleration and for auxiliary supply. The only emission from a hydrogen train is water; it produces no harmful particulate or gaseous emissions.

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Hydrogenics and Alstom Transport to develop and commercialize H2 fuel-cell commuter trains in Europe; €50M, 10-year agreement

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Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules, signed a 10-year exclusive agreement to supply Alstom Transport with hydrogen fuel cell systems for Regional Commuter Trains in Europe. The power module does not require onboard water for humidification.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Taking legal action over the ZEV mandates would be a repeat of the late 1990s: automakers filed a federal lawsuit that led California to water down its ZEV requirements beginning in 2001, thus effectively ending most automakers electric vehicle (EV) programs for more than a decade. presence in Indianapolis.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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“These properties provide the possibility to design smaller, less complex, and lower-cost fusion systems that are quicker to build and easier to take apart for maintenance.” The largest by far is Iter , a collaborative international effort to build a massive tokamak in Cadarache, France.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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The Concorde went on to serve various destinations, including some in the United States, flying at supersonic speeds only over water. That continued until 2003, when British Airways and Air France retired their fleets, together amounting to just 12 aircraft. Boom has stated that its plane will go supersonic only over water.