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A research group from China’s Northeast Electric Power University has proposed a novel advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES) system. The proposed system utilizes a heavy load, an ...

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Gerard Barron, chairman and CEO of The Metals Company, holds a nodule retreived from the seafloor in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean in 2021. The company plans to mine for these ...