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13 years to limitless energy...

Excellent, Hydrogen v Electric, the fight begins.


More likely, at least in the shorter term, different applications.

What most people don't get is that it is hydrogen/electric (smaller battery) that is competing with battery based passenger vehicles. Of course most people that discuss this have a city based unrecognized bias in their opinions. Living in Canada, both from a solar generation standpoint (latitude) and from a distance standpoint (larger hydrogen tanks are easier to install than larger or higher capacity batteries) we understand the logistical problems and the focus is already starting to shift.

This doesn't begin the debate about the availability of the minerals needed to produce batteries and that hydrogen is the most common substance available from literally anywhere.
 
Clean Transport
Could Hydrogen Be The Victor In UK’s Hydrogen vs. Electric Truck Probe?
By
David Waterworth


Published
14 hours ago
By Harry Morgan, Rethink Energy, as abridged by David Waterworth

The UK government has launched a £200 million investigation into the future of its road freight. Over a three-year period, it will look to understand economic advantages of hydrogen and electric trucks, as well as the infrastructure required to decarbonize a sector that is responsible for around 5% of the country’s total carbon emissions.


The rest is here: https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/2...ctor-in-uks-hydrogen-vs-electric-truck-probe/
 
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Jeff Bezos backing £300m British project to create limitless energy: ‘UK the best at it'
JEFF BEZOS is backing a $400million (£320million) British fusion project to create limitless energy because the UK "still has the best" nuclear physicists.
By Callum Hoare
14:02, Sun, May 22, 2022


The Amazon founder signalled a huge vote of confidence in Britain through General Fusion – a Canadian private firm he invests in. They announced last year that their new facility will be built at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, home to the UK's national fusion research programme.
 
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https://www.mclarenapplied.com/news...reement-next-generation-drivetrain-technology

McLaren Applied to be key technical partner for Kincsem Hyper GT and SUV
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Pauline McFerran, Digital Content Executive
McLaren Applied today confirmed a new collaboration with BAK Motors, the Swiss-based parent company to new luxury automotive brand Kincsem. Under the terms of the deal, McLaren Applied will develop and supply drivetrain components, including inverters and motors, for the Kincsem Hyper GT and SUV - the world's first nano-photonic light activated solid-state hydrogen hybrid hyper-car.
 
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Any idea how many tonnes of copper are needed to faciltate one 1 mgw wind turbine ?
Any idea which country has huge amounts of copper ?
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62619313

Why an old train could point to a clean energy future
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Image source, H2M
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The Green Goat is getting a green refit
By Chris Baraniuk
Technology of Business reporter

An old diesel freight train in British Columbia, Canada is about to get a new lease of life.
Local firm Hydrogen in Motion (H2M) is currently converting the Green Goat locomotive to run on a mix of hydrogen and battery power.
The so-called switcher locomotive performs tasks such as transporting small loads of lumber or animal feed at rail yards.
If all goes to plan, H2M will have the engine running by the end of this year, or early next.
"With the successful demonstration of this we would be looking at much larger trains as well," says H2M president and chief executive Grace Quan. "We'd be looking at converting entire fleets."
Hydrogen, which emits water but no carbon dioxide when burned, is often touted as a fuel of the future.

There are already a few hydrogen-powered trains out there, such as the ones currently being rolled out in the German state of Lower Saxony. The technology made its debut there in 2018.
In the UK, a hydrogen locomotive, HydroFlex2, is undergoing testing in Long Marston, Warwickshire.
But current methods of storing hydrogen in tanks, as a highly pressurised gas or extremely cold (cryogenic) liquid, are expensive and potentially unsafe. Scientists have long aimed to find ways of storing hydrogen in more inert solid forms.
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