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Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Click to enlarge.
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million customers of San Diego Gas and Electric, plus some consumers in Arizona and Mexico. On Thursday afternoon, the San Diego, California region lost both major grid connections, resulting in loss of power for some 1.4
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