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U of Illinois team models capabilities of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for general aviation aircraft

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Jet fuel and aviation gasoline are easy to store on an airplane. We’re harnessing only a small fraction of that energy but we currently don’t have electrical storage systems that can compete with that. They are compact and lightweight when compared to the amount of energy they provide. Dean, Gabrielle E. C034635.

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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

Cars That Think

A decade ago it became possible to get your electricity in the UK from a department store chain (though with the actual power supplied first by a Scottish utility and— as of 2018 —arranged and managed by Octopus Energy). It's also of note that Tesla is behind the very large battery at Australia's Hornsdale Power Reserve.

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