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Hybrid biomass flow battery stores electricity and produces valuable chemicals at the same time

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

Rechargeable batteries store electricity in their electrode materials, while redox flow batteries use chemicals stored in tanks attached to the electrodes. Researchers have now developed a battery system based on a hybrid cell, which not only stores and provides electricity but also produces valuable chemicals in a flow system.

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NREL scientists advance solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) production

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Hydrogen has emerged as an important carrier to store energy generated by renewable resources, as a substitute for fossil fuels used for transportation, in the production of ammonia, and for other industrial applications. A conceptual solar thermochemical hydrogen production platform. Illustration by Patrick Davenport, NREL.

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Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2014

Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. Driving the system using a solar-based heat source (100% renewable). Concept of the NCF process. Click to enlarge.

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Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2022

In the event of an extended power outage, such as a public safety power shutoff, electricity stored in the microgrid’s battery storage system can provide back-up power at VTA’s Cerone bus yard to allow the agency to continue operating battery-electric buses, serving riders and providing emergency transport if needed.

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Solar Power Powered Charging

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen and Bloom Energy have successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies: Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Solar Green

KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have created a solar panel that produces hydrogen gas from moisture in the air. Twenty of these solar panels could provide electricity and heat for one family for an entire winter. A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity.

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Kia and Hyundai to introduce solar roof charging on selected vehicles: HEV, BEV and ICE

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor plan to introduce solar roof charging technology on selected Hyundai Motor Group vehicles. The solar charging technology is being developed to support the vehicle’s main power source, improving mileage and reducing CO 2 emissions. The third-generation system is currently in testing.

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Solar Hyundai Kia Charging

German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

million) STORE&GO research project. This stored energy is then available as backup whenever there is an insufficient supply of solar and wind power. The wind-to-gas pilot plant “WindGas Falkenhagen” was constructed in 2013 to store wind energy in the natural gas grid.

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Toshiba integrated hydrogen energy system starts operation at Toranomon Hills Business Tower in Tokyo

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2020

The overall system is controlled by Toshiba’senergy management system H2EMS, which carries out power generation and power storage with associated operation of a 30-kW solar power system and batteries.

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Rheinmetall presents solutions in South Africa for producing, storing and transporting green hydrogen

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

At this year’s Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Rheinmetall AG is presenting turnkey, mobile modular solutions for producing, storing and transporting CO 2 -free hydrogen. The concept is based on electrolysis; electricity necessary for this is produced with solar panels.

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The Home Depot is putting rooftop solar on its stores

Electrek

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Home Depot is going to install 13 megawatts of rooftop solar on 25 of its stores. more… The post The Home Depot is putting rooftop solar on its stores appeared first on Electrek.

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Store Solar Installation

Dept of Interior approves plan for largest solar project in US; 690 MW Gemini Solar with 380 MW battery system

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2020

The Department of the Interior (Department) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have approved a proposal to construct and operate the largest solar project in United States history. The authorized solar facilities include 34.5 The authorized solar facilities include 34.5 The authorized solar facilities include 34.5

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Ford and Sunrun partnering to advance home energy management using F-150 Lightning

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ford is partnering with solar company Sunrun to enhance home energy management, leveraging the onboard battery capability of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. Sunrun will also offer home solar options to customers in select areas who are interested in leveraging more renewable energy.

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F-150 Ford Energy Extended Range

EV Batteries Are Perfect For Storing Solar Power

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Time shifting is one of the keys to the solar power revolution. continued] The post EV Batteries Are Perfect For Storing Solar Power appeared first on CleanTechnica. It allows renewable energy created during one part.

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Store Solar Power Powered

CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For more than 20 years, California has aggressively supported the rooftop solar market through its Net Energy Metering (NEM) program in Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) territories. NEM has enabled 1.3 An independent third-party evaluation of NEM 2.0

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

The wireless device could be scaled up and used on energy farms similar to solar farms, producing clean fuel using sunlight and water. Harvesting solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into fuel is a promising way to reduce carbon emissions and transition away from fossil fuels. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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Seven-Eleven Japan, Toyota launching next-gen convenience store project in 2019; fuel cell trucks and generators

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Seven-Eleven and Toyota entered into a basic agreement in August 2017 regarding considerations toward energy conservation and carbon dioxide emission reduction in store distribution and operation. Specifically, the Group plans to increase renewable energy use in stores to 20% and reduce CO 2 emissions by 27% compared to FY 2013 by 2030.

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Store 2019 Toyota Japan

Toyota and DIFFER partner on direct solar production of hydrogen from humid air, rather than water

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research ( DIFFER ) is partnering with Toyota Motor Europe (TME) to develop a device that absorbs water vapor, and splits it into hydrogen and oxygen directly using solar energy. One of these sustainable fuels is hydrogen, which can be used to store renewable energy.

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Water Hydrogen Solar Toyota

Here’s why rooftop solar should be installed on big-box retail stores right now

Electrek

JANUARY 20, 2022

US big-box retail and grocery stores have enough rooftop solar potential to power more than 7.9 more… The post Here’s why rooftop solar should be installed on big-box retail stores right now appeared first on Electrek. million homes – utilizing all that unused space for clean energy is a no-brainer.

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Wärtsilä gas engines to burn 100% hydrogen

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

During the energy sector’s transition to carbon neutrality, wind, solar, and battery storage will form an increasing share of power systems. There will, however, also be a need for renewable fuels to enable long-term storage in persistent low wind and solar weather conditions.

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Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2020

and Iwatani Corporation announced that Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), which had been under construction in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture since 2018, has been constructed with a solar-energy-powered 10MW-class hydrogen production unit, the largest in the world, at the end of February.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Power Grid Japan

VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar

The Driven EV News

JUNE 12, 2024

Volkswagen plans to install large battery storage capacities in northern Germany to store wind and solar power, using mostly second-hand EV batteries. The post VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar appeared first on The Driven.

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NREL: Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Hybrid systems of floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the technical potential to produce a significant portion of the electricity generated annually across the globe, according to an analysis by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). 2020.08.080.

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The hydrogen will be stored in an underground salt dome at the site, using technology that has been in operation for the past 30 years to supply hydrogen to US refineries in the Gulf Coast of the United States. The ACES project will use renewable power to produce hydrogen through electrolysis.

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Los Angeles Hydrogen Renewable Gas

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2014

Quinones are naturally abundant, inexpensive, small organic molecules, and similar to molecules that store energy in plants and animals. The technology could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and sun far more economical and reliable. Background.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. This means that storing and distributing energy is as important as its generation.

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Store Solar Building Oil-Sands

Toyota introduces home storage battery system based on EV battery technology

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

Toyota believes that using this system will encourage the use of solar power. The system supports supplying power from electrified vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV, FCEV) at 100V AC, and can use electricity stored in electrified vehicles as a backup power source during power outages. O-Uchi Kyuden System configuration diagram.

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Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

For the implementation of a sustainable energy economy, the greatest challenge is the weather-depending, fluctuating electricity production of wind and solar power plants. To store the green electricity in a highly scalable way, it must be converted into chemical energy.

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Water Hydrogen Store Wind

DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2023

million from the US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). The project aims to accelerate the large-scale development and deployment of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) technology to produce green hydrogen for industrial decarbonization and electric power generation and storage.

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Florida Solar Hydrogen Production

Israeli team develops decoupled PEC water-splitting system for centralized production of H2

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2020

The highest reported solar to hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency for such a system composed of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers powered by an InGaP/GaAs/GaInNAsSb triple-junction solar cell was 30%, tested over 48 h. Despite the high efficiency, the device’s complexity and cost makes its upscale potential impractical.

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Water Production Hydrogen Solar

Hyundai Home officially launching in 16 states; solar, energy storage and charging

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hyundai Home gives homeowners in select states an easy way to produce, store, and use their own energy to power their lives at home and on the road. Hyundai has partnered with Electrum to develop a one-stop online marketplace to connect homeowners in select states to solar panels, energy storage systems, EV chargers and local installers.

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Energy Storage Hyundai Solar Energy

Toyota launches hydrogen production and refueling facility in Australia

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

Power for the electrolyzer is drawn from a combination of an 87kW solar array, a 100kW battery storage and the grid, depending on what’s available at the time.

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Australia Hydrogen Toyota Production

Lowe’s is putting rooftop solar on 174 of its stores

Electrek

APRIL 19, 2023

Lowe’s announced today that it’s going to put rooftop solar on 174 of its stores and distribution centers in the US, including 20 sites currently in operation. more… The post Lowe’s is putting rooftop solar on 174 of its stores appeared first on Electrek.

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Store Solar

Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2018

A promising way of storing solar energy is via chemical fuels, in particular hydrogen as it is considered as a future energy carrier. The greatest challenge is to develop a suitable technology for large scale and cost effective solar fuel production to compete with fossil fuel. —Pawar and Tahir. Govinder S. Pawar & Asif A.

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Water Low Cost Hydrogen Solar

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The US Department of Energy is funding a demonstration of Sunvapor ’s solar steam and thermal battery technology to lower further the Carbon Intensity (CI) of the renewable dimethyl ether (DME) produced by Oberon Fuels at its Maverick Innovation Center in Brawley, California.

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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

In addition, the international research and development team is working on the low-cost iron-salt battery, the properties of which make it particularly suitable for ensuring base load capability for wind and solar farms. Vanadium redox flow battery cell. The cells of a vanadium redox flow battery each consist of two half cells.

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Tesla’s Solar Roof and Solar Panels to be sold exclusively with Powerwall batteries

Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2021

In recent comments on Twitter, Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s Solar Roof and traditional solar panels would now be sold only as an integrated product with the Powerwall, the company’s popular residential battery system. Solar power will feed exclusively to Powerwall. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 22, 2021.

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Wallbox and Kia America partner on bidirectional EV charging; Quasar 2 and EV9

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2023

Users who have solar panel installations can also store excess solar energy in their EV during low usage periods and then harness this energy at another time, including peak periods, to reduce their reliance on the grid and accelerate the uptake of renewable energy.

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Kia America Charging Grid

Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Process (STEP), developed by Professor Stuart Licht and his group at GWU, solar UV–visible energy is focused on a photovoltaic device that generates the electricity to drive the electrolysis, while concurrently the solar thermal energy is focused on a second system to generate heat for the electrolysis cell.

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Carbon CO2 Range Solar

IKEA is kicking off a solar car park push in the US

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

IKEA today announced that it’s adding solar car parks, more solar on store rooftops, and battery energy storage systems to seven of its US stores. more… The post IKEA is kicking off a solar car park push in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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Solar Energy Storage Store Cars

Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2019

Despite those periods of excess wind and solar power, because the ability to store electricity for more than a few hours is lacking, dispatchable power from the combustion of fossil fuels continues to bridge gaps in supply. At peak times, some US states and countries already have more renewable power than their grids can handle.

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Renewable Hydrogen Energy Power

Tesla Opens Its First Store In Puerto Rico

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Tesla has opened its first store in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día reports. The showroom opened in the Plaza Las Américas shopping center in the capital city of San Juan. This marks Tesla’s first official physical point of sale in the US territory, the article noted. If you are in the area, you can find […].

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Puerto Rico Store Tesla Sale

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind and solar grow from 7% of generation today to 48% by 2050. —Matthias Kimmel, NEO 2019 lead analyst.

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Tesla Megapacks picked for solar project in Chile

Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale storage systems have been selected for yet another solar energy and storage project, this time set to be installed in Chile. Check out the Teslarati Marketplace: [link] [link] [link] The post Tesla Megapacks picked for solar project in Chile appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Hybrid biomass flow battery stores electricity and produces valuable chemicals at the same time

NREL scientists advance solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) production

Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

Kia and Hyundai to introduce solar roof charging on selected vehicles: HEV, BEV and ICE

German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

Toshiba integrated hydrogen energy system starts operation at Toranomon Hills Business Tower in Tokyo

Rheinmetall presents solutions in South Africa for producing, storing and transporting green hydrogen

The Home Depot is putting rooftop solar on its stores

Dept of Interior approves plan for largest solar project in US; 690 MW Gemini Solar with 380 MW battery system

Ford and Sunrun partnering to advance home energy management using F-150 Lightning

EV Batteries Are Perfect For Storing Solar Power

CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

Seven-Eleven Japan, Toyota launching next-gen convenience store project in 2019; fuel cell trucks and generators

Toyota and DIFFER partner on direct solar production of hydrogen from humid air, rather than water

Here’s why rooftop solar should be installed on big-box retail stores right now

Wärtsilä gas engines to burn 100% hydrogen

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) completed in Japan; aiming for low-cost green hydrogen production; P2G

VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar

NREL: Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV

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

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Toyota introduces home storage battery system based on EV battery technology

Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

Israeli team develops decoupled PEC water-splitting system for centralized production of H2

Hyundai Home officially launching in 16 states; solar, energy storage and charging

Toyota launches hydrogen production and refueling facility in Australia

Lowe’s is putting rooftop solar on 174 of its stores

Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

Tesla’s Solar Roof and Solar Panels to be sold exclusively with Powerwall batteries

Wallbox and Kia America partner on bidirectional EV charging; Quasar 2 and EV9

Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

IKEA is kicking off a solar car park push in the US

Bloom Energy announces hydrogen-powered energy servers to make always-on renewable electricity a reality

Tesla Opens Its First Store In Puerto Rico

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

Tesla Megapacks picked for solar project in Chile

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