The DEMO reactor is expected to be the first application of fusion for electricity generation in the near future. To this aim conceptual design activities are progressing in Europe (EU) under the lead of the EUROfusion Consortium in order to drive on the development of the major tokamak systems. In 2014 the activities carried out by the magnet system project team were focused on the Toroidal Field (TF) magnet system design and demonstrated major achievements in terms of concept proposals and of consolidated evaluations against design criteria. Several magnet system R&D activities were conducted in parallel, together with broad investigations on High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) technologies. In this paper we present the outcomes of the work conducted in two areas in the 2014 magnet work program: (1) the EU inductive reactor (called DEMO1) 2014 configuration (power plant operating under inductive regime) was the basis of conceptual design activities, including further optimizations; and (2) the HTS R&D activities building upon the consolidated knowledge acquired over the past years
The electrification of the light vehicle fleets would be a reality in the coming decades. It is being studied through pilot experiences and surveys, how this change in the technology would affect the users driving behaviour. Obviously, new challenges appear, for instance the battery charging, which would be certainly different to the current needs and timings for filling up the internal combustion engine vehicles tanks. Analysis of real electric vehicle usage data is a key point in the development of the electric mobility. A large collection of electric vehicles and charging points have been monitored during three years and the results about the driving and charging patterns are shown in this work. These results may help to develop future charging infrastructure location and to evaluate the electric vehicle integration into the grid.
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