Caption: The first webinar in a two-part series aimed at giving members of the MIT community the opportunity to learn about and offer their thoughts on the benefits and challenges of working in collaboration with other organizations was held last month. Credits: Image: Kelley Travers/MIT Energy Initiative
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MIT is committed to driving the transition to a low-carbon world, throwing the full weight of its research forces into transformative technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But “MIT can’t solve climate change alone,” said Maria T. Zuber, MIT s vice president for research and the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, speaking at a virtual symposium in late March.
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The cost of lithium-ion batteries has been dropping, but they re still expensive.
Startups with alternatives to the stalwart technology are starting to see more funding.
These companies will have to prove their technology can replace traditional lithium-ion tech at scale.
As Ford, Volkswagen, General Motors, Tesla, and the rest of the auto industry denizens prepare an onslaught of electric vehicles for the coming decades, they face a problem as stubborn as it is longstanding: The lithium-ion batteries that traditionally power these vehicles are expensive. And while costs have been steadily dropping over the last decade, continuing to cut the cost of batteries is the primary obstacle to delivering truly affordable EVs and completing the shift away from internal combustion without sacrificing the bottom line.
Hydrogen-electric powered aircraft firm backed by Bill Gates moves to Gloucestershire
Backed by Bill Gates, millions of pounds of government money, and GFirst LEP, a firm developing the world’s first commercial zero-carbon passenger plane is moving to the Cotswolds and creating jobs.
ZeroAvia, due to touch down in Gloucestershire to develop the world’s first market-ready 19-seat hydrogen-electric powered aircraft.
ZeroAvia, which has won £12 million of government funding to develop its ‘world’s leading’ innovations, has announced it is to open a major facility at Cotswold Airport at Kemble.
The UK-based Anglo American company will use Kemble to develop its HyFlyer II project, a hydrogen-electric powered aircraft which emits only water vapor during flight.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, Japan’s Sumitomo Corp, and automaker Hyundai Motor Co have invested $22 million in an Israeli green hydrogen startup called H2Pro. H2Pro is a startup that aims to develop hydrogen generators based on the E-TAC (Electrochemical–Thermally Activated Chemical) process.
Bill Gates Invests in Green Hydrogen Startup
Unlike current methods to make green hydrogen such as alkaline water electrolysis, H2Pro takes a two-step approach in its hydrogen generation process. Instead of electric energy,
H2Pro uses thermal energy for releasing the oxygen gas at the anode.