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Russian Nuclear Power Corporation to Enter EV Battery Business

Guest Contributor — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:40:48 +0000

News that Rosatom Corporation, owned by the Russian state is planning to begin lithium mining operations with the purpose of selling it, has just surfaced. It appears that the company also intends to extract and sell other metals that are used in the production of batteries. The decision seems to have been a result of […]

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China Needed to Help Pay For Russia’s Hyperloop Project

Courtney Lepping — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 03:34:12 +0000

The Russian government seeks China’s financial support of the possible $500-million Russian hyperloop project. In trying to convince China to lend aid, Russia said of the 70-kilometer transportation line that it would benefit both countries. The Russian hyperloop project would run along the Pacific Coast from Russia’s port of Zarubino to China’s Jilin province. The […]

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Electric Vehicle Chargers Coming to all Russian Gas Stations

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:57:19 +0000

Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev signed an order requiring that all the country’s fueling stations include chargers for electric vehicles. According to The Moscow Times, the chargers will need to be installed by November of 2016. The country hopes to incentivize Russian citizens to buy electric vehicles, since only approximately 500 people in the country have […]

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Big Hole in Russia Appearing Due to Climate Change

Benji Jerew — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:20:36 +0000

Thanks to ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that human activity is pumping into the atmosphere, climate change is increasing average temperatures globally. In the arctic, some point to disappearing ice shelves and methane plumes as proof that climate change is happening. In the permafrost of the Russian steppe, people point at […]

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Would You Know Climate Change from a Hole in the Ground?

Benji Jerew — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:28:34 +0000

Climate change is affecting many different parts of the world, apparently in ways we do not yet fully understand, and may never understand. How about expanding and rupturing gas pockets in the permafrost of the northern Russian steppe? There’s a new hole in the Russian Yamal Peninsula, which has some people baffled, “Was it another […]

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Russia Sends Floating Nuclear Power Plants In The Arctic

Mila Luleva — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:26:33 +0000

Russia’s nuclear power-generating ships, designed to power offshore oil-drilling platforms in the Arctic, are ready to become fully operational by 2016. The ships will be equipped with KLT-40 reactors that can power 200,000 homes and can be modified to desalinate 240,000 cubic meters of water per day. Each ship will hold two reactors, which together […]

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Russia Pushing Natural Gas Vehicles More Than Hybrid Technology

Benji Jerew — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:40:31 +0000

What would make you consider an alternative-fuel vehicle, like natural gas or hybrid, over a convention gasoline-powered vehicle? There are generally two reasons. First, the price of gasoline keeps going up. The more it costs to drive a mile to work, the less you have in your pocket at the end of the week. Second, […]

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Russia’s First Hybrid Car, Yo-Mobil, Delayed – Again

Benji Jerew — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:41:30 +0000

Yo-Avto, the maker of the Yo-Mobil hasn’t sold a single unit. Russia’s first hybrid vehicle, and those who have pre-ordered theirs, will have to wait. Here in the United States, mention hybrid and Prius immediately comes to mind. Actually, do this pretty much anywhere in the world, because Toyota Prius is the world’s best-selling hybrid vehicle, […]

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Can Russian Wind Turbines Power Europe?

Mila Luleva — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:16:51 +0000

Massive Arctic region in the northwest part of Russia might be built up with wind farms thanks to the RUSTEC project. The energy will be transported to Europe through Norway and Finland, helping the continent to meet their renewable energy goals. It is known that as the speed of wind increases, the ratio of generated […]

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Fuel Cell Laptop Battery from Russia

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:34:56 +0000

The Russian scientists invented a laptop battery that lasts 10 hours on a consumption of 20W. The battery represents in fact a fuel cell created using nanotechnologies. According to the scientists led by Lev Trusov, by the end of 2009 fuel cells will be launched into production with 10 thousand monthly units. The project has […]

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