By HDK / Published on Mon, 2009-08-17 13:59
President Obama announced on August 5 2009 the start of 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The aim of the projects is to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of electric vehicles, batteries, and components for the next generation of advanced vehicles. The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles made in the US, and shows that the US is willing to invest in the vision of electric cars.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Wed, 2008-04-30 19:18
Decentralised production means greater stability problems for the electricity system. This paper investigates a wide range of storage solutions. Rather than just looking at storage capacity or economics, it considers the very different technical characteristics of storage options in terms of available power, efficiency, durability and reliability.
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By Fernando Nuno / Published on Tue, 2008-04-08 20:54
In the context of Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services, cogeneration and advanced technologies on energy conversion take a relevant role in the energy landscape.
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By Isabelle Heriakian / Published on Wed, 2008-04-02 16:01
In this interview, Keiichi Hirose from NTT Facilities, presents the first trial to take place in Japan in the area of power quality concepts and solutions. This field demonstration of a multiple power quality supply system is leaded by NTT Facilities. It has developed and installed a multiple power quality supply system that has the capability to feed four classes of alternative current (AC) and one of direct current (DC) power while meeting various customer requirements. The system also has three types of distributed generator (DG): gas engine sets, fuel cells, and photovoltaic panels.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Sat, 2007-07-07 11:58
The elusive promise of hydrogen fuel cells seems to be always '10 years ahead', but via Independent.ie, we learn what to look forward to if '10 years ahead' materialises:
"Our target is to produce a hydrogen fuel-cell car for $50,000 by 2015," says Peter Froeschle, a senior manager at DaimlerChrysler, which has already spent more than €1bn (£675m) developing its fleet of prototypes, " though we don't expect the operation to be profitable until 2020."
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Thu, 2007-05-10 16:22
The Energy Technology Essentials series from the IEA has recently been extended with three new issues on Nuclear Energy, Hydrogen Production and Distribution and Fuel Cells.
The issue on Nuclear energy portrays a very good characterisation of the nuclear power production facilities, including fourth generation reactors and adressing costs, barries and potential. It also includes coverage of waste reprocessing and disposal.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Wed, 2007-04-11 07:30
Deutsche Telekom and NTT test sites
Telecommunication operators Deutsche Telekom AG (Germany) and NTT Facilities (Japan) are both gearing up to install new DFC(R) power plants in order to evaluate their potential for supplying 24/7 base load power.
A 250kW HotModule will be installed at a Deutsche Telekom Server Computer Centre in Munich. It will be supplied by CFC Solutions GmbH. The unit will provide a permanent and secure supply of electrical energy to the centre, along with thermal energy for cooling the server rooms. Despite running on natural gas from the local distribution network, the installation will be CO2 neutral. For each unit of natural gas consumed, biogas (96 per cent methane) will be bought from a nearby biogas production plant and fed to the natural gas network after undergoing a cleaning process.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Wed, 2006-11-01 06:53
A 100 kW fuel cell train has been successfully tested in Japan recently. It is the Japanese Railway Technical Research Institute, RTRI, who is behind this achievement. The have an extensive list of interesting objects on their Research agenda of which fuel cell technology is one. The concept of the present development includes making full use of the energy in a system that also saves the energy from braking.
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