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Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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The aqueous cathode could be individually stored in tank, reducing the volume of the battery and increasing the design flexibility of the battery structure. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials with potential to replace the more costly cobalt materials.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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This project will develop and implement an Energy Internet microgrid, located in a large mixed-use infill development site in Austin, Texas. The 1 MW/4hr system will store potential energy in the form of compressed air in above-ground industrial pressure facilities. Pecan Street Project (TX). 16,080,554. Seeo, Inc (CA). 10,792,045.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050. ÂșC in 2020, and 2.3

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Then consider that in order to actually go any farther than the neighbood store, one still had to have ANOTHER car. So just use a portable electric generator in the trunk, from the hardware store to charge the batteries while you drive. run the hardware store and buy a new one. They make them all wrong. but even that is wrong.

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