The move from Vattenfall, which will see the device fitted as part of its project to convert the Reuter thermal coal power plant in Spandau into a power-to-heat plant, will mark the first real-world trial of a full-scale battery. Vattenfall will measure the amount of salt used, how quickly the storage medium reacts and how easily it can be controlled before deciding whether to use salt batteries in other projects.

“We’ve just signed a collaboration and research agreement with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as a university in Jerusalem. And they will be working on a research leading towards the printing of solar cells,” he said.

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Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the market by countries, by type, by application and by manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;

Climate experts who track China’s massive infrastructure and trade scheme say that in its first five years the initiative has overwhelmingly supported fossil fuels infrastructure while giving short shrift to renewables and low-carbon technology.

• SalesLoft, an Atlanta-based sales engagement platform, raised $70 million in Series D funding. Insight Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including HarbourVest Partners.

Alice is an all-electric aircraft designed to take nine passengers up to 650 miles at a cruise speed of 240 knots. It’s state-of-the-art technology leverages an IP portfolio that includes thermal management and autonomous landing, as well as distributed electric propulsion, airframe design, industry-leading battery technology and cutting-edge composite body frames.

In fact, the underground drainage work has started in Kurichi and Kuniamuthur, the officials point out.

Unlike radar or sound waves, LiDAR doesn’t dissipate as it travels back to its scanner, so not only can a moving object be recognized, the position of the object is visible, indicating its direction. Editor’s Note: For more on radar vs. LiDAR, check out the “Technology Toe-to-Toe” featured in our October issue: www.securityinfowatch.com/12431036.

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“It’s not super-exciting yet in terms of applications from the outside looking in,” Caldwell says. “But it’s like we asked for a cold drink of water and got shot in the face with a firehose; it’s a matter of figuring out how we are going to take in this data, first using it internally, and then putting in policies and procedures to make it available for use by the public, including application developers.”

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