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Government funding for innovations that “could revolutionise British rail travel”

Envirotec Magazine

Government funding of over £5 million has been provided to help launch innovative ideas that could transform rail travel and help decarbonize the rail network. FOAK 2022 saw funding awarded to 24 innovators in all, who received grants of up to £400,000 each. Project title: Lead organisation: Project grant: Levelling up Freight.

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Seeking low carbon alternatives to back-up diesel generators: Grid operator issues callout

Envirotec Magazine

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has launched its first ‘Call for Innovation’ to businesses across the UK, in a bid to find a new low carbon alternative to backup diesel generators. These systems provide NGET with the resilience to recover from a loss of supply event. Products that require minimal civils works to install.

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SDG&E unveils innovative microgrids in grid resilience bid

Smart Energy International

The ability to remotely operate microgrids, says SDG&E in a release, offers real-time monitoring, faster response to grid events, more efficient energy storage management and enhanced grid resilience.

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Registration open for Iceland Geothermal Conference, 28-30 May 2024

ThinkGeoEnergy

During the last decade, the Iceland Geothermal Conference (IGC) has been one of the most attended events in the geothermal world and is now scheduled for the 5th time at Harpa in May 2024. Be part of the discussion and pave the way for a cleaner and more efficient future in heating, cooling, and urban living.

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Brooklyn, New York geothermal project wins Plastics Pipe Institute award

ThinkGeoEnergy

PPI) at its 2023 awards event. A distinct characteristic of the project is that it will be the largest mixed-use development in New York State to incorporate a geothermal system for heating and cooling when it is completed in 2025. The geothermal system of the project will have 321 vertical boreholes drilled 499 feet into the ground.

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Ensuring safe and reliable lithium-ion battery performance

Charged

Poor thermal management may result in thermal runaway events, creating a hazardous fire condition. The purpose behind battery safety is to provide a safe and reliable battery pack operation in all situations, as well as minimize the losses in case of hazardous events such as battery thermal runaway. million and 1.4

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Reliability, uptime and the next generation of EV chargers

Charged

Sponsored by Power Innovations International. Protection from the Environment and Avoiding Outside Air Cooling A primary contributing factor to charging station failures and downtime is the impact of environmental factors, such as dust, liquids, corrosive chemicals, and much more.