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Aug 3, 2016
Battery Innovator Secures International Testing Agreements
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: energy, nanotechnology
Very BIG DEAL for battery life improvements.
A QUEENSLAND company working to improve lithium-ion batteries has secured agreements with two international manufacturing companies to test its technology.
Nano-Nouvelle has a tin-based material with a 3D nanostructure that could replace layered graphite-copper in the anode of Li-ion batteries, with the potential to improve energy storage capacity by 50 per cent.
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Hydrogen is widely regarded as a promising and clean alternative energy source. The traditional source of hydrogen (H2) for fuel cell use is water, which is split into H2 and oxygen (O2). But O2 is a low-value product.
So, this week in ACS Central Science (“Electrochemical Partial Reforming of Ethanol into Ethyl Acetate Using Ultrathin Co3O4 Nanosheets as a Highly Selective Anode Catalyst”), researchers report a new approach and a new catalyst that can produce not just hydrogen but also valuable chemicals, including the most common ingredient in nail polish.
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Aug 3, 2016
Foreign rail firms shunted as ‘Made in China’ mantra gathers pace
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: energy, government, sustainability
Made in China motto is gaining speed in China.
SHANGHAI Foreign firms say they are struggling to gain access to China’s vast railway market as the country, seeking to transform its domestic industry into an export powerhouse, tightens the bidding criteria on rail tenders.
The complaints echo similar concerns raised in other industries including technology and renewable energy, and highlight what some foreign companies see as an uneven playing field when operating in China.
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Aug 3, 2016
Gogoro starts an electric scooter-sharing program in Berlin — By Sean O’Kane | The Verge
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: energy, environmental, transportation
“Gogoro is bringing 200 of its stylish all-electric scooters to Berlin. Starting today, anyone over 21 with a valid driver’s (or motorcycle) license will be able to rent one of the scooters as part of a new scooter-sharing program”
Aug 2, 2016
Tesla is building an electric minibus based on the Model X
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: climatology, economics, Elon Musk, energy, robotics/AI, sustainability
Elon Musk has been a busy man lately as he works to transition the world to renewable energy and sustainable transportation with the goal of decarbonizing the global economy to meet the challenge of climate change. To meet that goal, Tesla will need to address “high passenger-density urban transport” – and Musk just confirmed plans to create a fully autonomous electric Minibus using the Model X chassis.
Aug 2, 2016
Tethers Unlimited Signs Contracts with NASA and Millennium Space Systems to Deliver HYDROS™ Water-Propelled Thrusters
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: economics, energy, satellites
Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) announced that it has signed a Public-Private Partnership with NASA to deliver a HYDROS™ propulsion system for a CubeSat mission. Concurrently, TUI has signed an associated contract to provide three HYDROS thrusters sized for Millennium Space Systems’ (MSS) ALTAIR™ class microsatellites to support three different flight missions. Total contract value for the two efforts is $2.2M.
The HYDROS propulsion system uses in-space electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen and oxygen gas, which it then burns in a bipropellant thruster. This water-electrolysis method allows small satellites to carry a propellant that is non-explosive, non-toxic, and unpressurized. The hydrogen and oxygen generated on-orbit will enable high-thrust and high-fuel-efficiency propulsion so these small satellites can perform missions requiring orbital agility and long-duration station-keeping.
The partnership with NASA is a cost-sharing program funded under NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s “Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies” Program. In this effort, TUI will conduct lifetime and environmental testing of prototypes of HYDROS systems sized for CubeSats and microsatellites and then deliver a flight unit HYDROS thruster intended for testing on a CubeSat mission as part of NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstration Program, at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.
Jul 30, 2016
Iran, Russia discuss creation of satellite, free trade zone
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: economics, energy
Baku, Azerbaijan, July 30.
By elena kosolapova, farhad daneshvar – trend:
Russian companies are interested in the Iranian market, said Russia’s Energy Minister and Co-chair of the Russia-Iran Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation Alexander Novak.
Jul 30, 2016
Tesla Launches Gigafactory | Tesla Motors
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, Elon Musk, energy, environmental, physics, solar power, transportation
“Building the world’s largest factory to accelerate a sustainable energy future.”
Tag: Tesla
Jul 29, 2016
This Is the Enormous Gigafactory, Where Tesla Will Build Its Future — By Jack Stewart | Wired
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: Elon Musk, energy, solar power, transportation
““The factory is the machine that builds the machine,” Musk says, sitting in the lobby of his new building.”
Tag: Tesla