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via Batteries News -- ScienceDaily Metal-ion hybrid capacitors combine the properties of capacitors and batteries. One electrode uses the capacitive mechanism, the other the battery-type redox processes. Scientists have now scrutinized the role of anions in the electrolyte. The results reveal the importance of sulfate anions. Sulfate-based electrolytes gave zinc-ion hybrid capacitors outstanding performance and extra-long operability.

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California Is Trying to Jump-Start the Hydrogen Economy

By Ivan Penn and Clifford Krauss The fuel could play an important role in fighting climate change, but it has been slow to gain traction because of high costs. Published: November 11, 2020 at 05:00PM from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/3na6xar

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via Batteries News -- ScienceDaily Lithium-ion batteries are the major rechargeable power source for many portable devices as well as electric vehicles, but their use is limited, because they do not provide high power output while simultaneously allowing reversible energy storage. New research aims to offer a solution by showing how the inclusion of conductive fillers improves battery performance.

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via Batteries News -- ScienceDaily Scientists have developed a new way to decipher the atomic-level structure of materials based on data gleaned from ground-up powder samples. They describe their approach and demonstrate its ability to solve the structure of a material that shows promise for shuttling ions through sodium-ion batteries.

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Dominion claims it's 3rd largest utility owner of solar, continuing its clean energy transition in Virginia

The utility divested some of its natural gas transmission assets and announced the addition of 500 MW of solar earlier this week.

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Where Blue Meets Green: Sustainable Waterfront Homes

By Shivani Vora A look at green waterfront homes in five destinations around the world. Published: November 6, 2020 at 05:00PM from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2JHsJKB

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100% solar, wind and batteries is just the start — the 'super' power they produce will change the world

Imagine hyper abundant clean energy at a marginal cost close to zero, the authors write.

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via Batteries News -- ScienceDaily Engineering researchers have found that alkali metal additives, such as potassium ions, can prevent lithium microstructure proliferation during battery use. They used a combination of microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and computational modeling to discover that adding small amounts of potassium salt to a conventional lithium battery electrolyte produces unique chemistry at the lithium/electrolyte interface, and modulates degradation during battery operation, preventing the growth of microstructures and leading to safer, longer lasting batteries.

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As ‘Blue Wave’ Chances Crash, Wall St. Warms to Divided Government

By Matt Phillips and Kate Kelly Investors pushed up stocks of companies they believed would be protected by a Republican Senate, even if Joe Biden wins the presidency. Published: November 5, 2020 at 05:43AM from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/32dYFNc

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The Election Edition

By Henry Fountain and Lisa Friedman Also this week, the United States exits the Paris climate agreement Published: November 4, 2020 at 11:41PM from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/2I3QsUw

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Utah PSC slashes rooftop solar export rates, triggering doubts about residential solar's future there

Regulators denied PacifiCorp's requests for new fees and an 84% cut to the state's provisional solar tariff — but slashed the export rate anyway, which solar advocates say will add more uncertainty to a flailing market.

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The social business provides solar electricity to Indian villages and offers tourists stargazing through solar-powered telescopes in the Himalayan mountains. Eco-Business: News, Opinion, Jobs, Events, Press Releases and Research for topic Energy

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via Batteries News -- ScienceDaily Underwater backscatter localization could allow for battery-free ocean exploration. The system is akin to subsea GPS and has potential applications in marine conservation, aquaculture, underwater robotics, and more.

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A Glass House in the Mexican Desert

By Michaela Trimble Just outside San Miguel de Allende, this modernist retreat reflects natural beauty in more ways than one. Published: October 30, 2020 at 12:54AM from NYT T Magazine https://ift.tt/2JdhGs9

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Biden win could double annual solar deployments, increase financial impacts to utility customers: S&P

While U.S. utilities are expected to continue a clean energy transition to renewable energy regardless of the election's outcome, policies proposed by Biden could speed up adoption of solar, nuclear and offshore wind.

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National Grid to develop 600 MW offshore wind RFP for Rhode Island

The state had 933 MW of wind and solar as of Q2 2020 as it aims to meet 100% of electricity demand with renewables by 2030.

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Wind remains cheaper, but solar's costs are falling faster, Lazard finds

The average levelized cost of wind, at $26/MWh, has fallen about 5% annually over the past five years, while the average cost of utility-scale solar, at $31/MWh, has declined about 11% a year over the same time period.

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