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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

Technologies include energy storage with molten salt and liquid air or cryogenic storage. Molten salt has emerged as commercially viable with concentrated solar power but this and other heat storage options may be limited by the need for large underground storage caverns. Lithium batteries: the future of storage.

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Solartaxi visits AeroVironment

Revenge of the Electric Car

This summer Swiss visionary Louis Palmer and his friendly team made several stops in Southern California on their global whirlwind tour with their spectacular Solartaxi Electric Vehicle. He wants to show people that solutions already exist to resolve the Global Warming crisis. Stefano readies for a Solartaxi test drive.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. trough with molten salt system, this technology can reduce. Global R&D). vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. electrical battery is being charged.

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