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    NoMIS Power Joins ARPA-E DC-GRIDS Consortium, Supplying 3.3 kV SiC MOSFETs for High-Voltage HVDC Submodules

    Dr. Adam Morgan, Co-Founder and CEO of NoMIS Power

    NoMIS Power Corporation, a leader in advanced Silicon Carbide (SiC) power semiconductor technology, today announced its participation as an industry partner in a three-year, $2.5 million project led by Michigan State University (PI: Dr. Omid Beik) to develop high-voltage SiC-based Neutral Point Cl
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    Date:
    05/15/2026
    Corvus Energy and BYD Energy Storage Strengthen Partnership with Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Advance Next Generation Maritime Battery Technology

    Picture from the signing ceremony for the strategic cooperation agreement held at the CIBF exhibition in Shenzhen Marintec China. Yin Xueqin, General Manager of BYD Energy Storage and New Application Battery Division; Jiang Yufeng, Director of the New Battery Product Line; and Dr. Lars Ole Valoen..

    ­Corvus Energy AS, the global leader in zero‑emission maritime energy solutions, and BYD Energy Storage, a global leader in the energy storage sector, today signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement (SCA) that marks a major milestone in the companies’ collaboration. The new agreement builds on a Me
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    Date:
    05/13/2026
    Coal Pollution is Cutting Solar Power Output, Study Finds

    Lead author Dr Rui Song

    ­New research led by the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL) has revealed that pollution from coal-fired power plants is significantly reducing the energy output of solar photovoltaic (solar PV) installations, particularly where these are expanding side by side. The findings have been published to
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    Date:
    05/12/2026
    Electrolysis Technology Powers Vulcan Energy's new Carbon-Neutral Lithium Plant

    Electrolysis Technology Powers Vulcan Energy's new Carbon-Neutral Lithium Plant

    ­NORAM Electrolysis Systems Inc. (NESI), a Vancouver-based clean technology company advancing industrial electrochemical processing, is marking a major international commercialization milestone as construction begins on Vulcan Energy Resources’ Central Lithium Plant at Infraserv Industrial Park Höchst in Fr
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    Date:
    05/08/2026
    CDM Inc. Named Exclusive Global Distributor of the StartStick Portable Ground Power Unit for Military Ground Vehicles

    Startstick portable ground power unit for military ground Vehicles

    ­CDM, Inc., a full line distributor of interconnect products, and manufacturer of engineered cable assemblies and fabricated metalworks, today announced it has been named exclusive global distributor of ABS’s (Aviation Battery Systems LLC) StartStick. Portable and lightweight, the NATO-Spec StartStick GPU mi
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    Date:
    05/08/2026
    EV Li-ion Batteries Market Set to Reach US $320 Billion by 2036

    Global Electric Car Battery Chemistry Market Share 2015-2025. Source: IDTechEx

    ­The market for Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) is set to grow from US$170 billion in 2026 to US$320 billion in 2036, representing a CAGR of 6.5%. This is driven predominantly by growth in battery electric (BEV) cars, especially in China; however, Europe is also seeing increasing adoption, and while th
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    Date:
    05/08/2026
    Renesas Completes Acquisition of Irida Labs to Expand Vision AI Software Capabilities

    Gaurang Shah, Vice President and General Manager, Embedded Processing Product Group

    ­Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that a subsidiary of Renesas has completed the acquisition of Irida Labs, a Greece-based company specializing in embedded software for AI-powered visual perception systems. The ac
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    Date:
    05/08/2026
    Construction's CIOs Sound the Alarm on Data Ownership and AI Readiness

    Marc Schütz, Chief Product Officer at Revizto

    ­New research from Revizto, the leading collaboration platform for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction & Operations (AECO) sector, reveals that 96% of CIOs report concern about data ownership and control across their tech stacks.  The debate is no longer primarily about cost or which tools
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    Date:
    05/07/2026
    Solaris Selects Ballard's FCmove‑SC Engine to Power its Next‑Generation Hydrogen Bus Platform

    Marty Neese, Ballard's CEO and President

    ­Ballard Power Systems announced that Solaris Bus & Coach sp. z o.o., a leading European bus manufacturer and long‑standing Ballard partner, has formally selected Ballard as the fuel cell supplier for its next‑generation hydrogen bus. This selection includes the integration of Ballard's FCmove®â€
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    Date:
    05/06/2026
    Supersonic Success: S and T Scholars Sharpen Wind Tunnel Simulations

    Dr. Davide Viganò examines Missouri S&T’s supersonic wind tunnel. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T.

    Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a more accurate way to predict conditions inside wind tunnels that are used to study how air behaves at speeds up to four times faster than the speed of sound, or over 3,000 miles per hour.    “Traditional approaches to
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    Date:
    05/04/2026
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