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Tribal company and Oregon battery startup create unique partnership in pursuit of clean energy

GeekWire

Puyallup Tribe of Indians Photo / Hailey Palmer) A startup developing long-duration batteries is teaming up with a Pacific Northwest tribe to build innovative energy storage devices. A Skip Tech employee mixes a chemical solution for battery cell testing at the company headquarters in Portland, Ore.

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GM announces plans to make mobile power generators using hydrogen fuel cells

The Verge

“Hydrotec power generators can quickly be deployed for disaster relief,” said Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s Hydrotec division, in a call with reporters, “or it can provide backup for the electrical grid in areas that are experiencing rolling blackouts.”.

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Why a “room-temperature superconductor” would be a huge deal

Vox

Batteries — from a Duracell AA all the way to a Tesla lithium-ion battery capable of holding approximately 100 kWh — store energy chemically, and can convert it to usable electricity. That necessarily involves some energy loss and inefficiency. It’s just an electric current that keeps going and going and going indefinitely, with no loss.

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EPA Issues Urgent Alert for Water Utilities to Enhance Cyber Defenses

SecureWorld News

I applaud the EPA for recognizing the criticality of water treatment, storage, and distribution facilities. Section 1433 is a starting point; however, critical infrastructure systems are usually dated, and operational technologies like chemical monitoring solutions present a significant risk," Aiello said. "To

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