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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

Green Car Congress

There would probably not be any production in Israel if the Dead Sea were not already being exploited for other commodities. Based on silicothermic reduction of magnesium oxide, the Pidgeon process is cheap but has a high energy demand: 366 MJ/kg Mg , compared to other common metals.

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Fuji Pigment unveils rechargeable Aluminum-air battery; targeting initial commercialization this spring

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In addition, aluminum is the most recycled metal in the world and is economically cheap. Highlighting this potential, Alcoa and Israel-based Phinergy in February 2014 entered into a joint development agreement to develop further Phinergy’s aluminum-air batteries. Earlier post.). A, or more. Electrochem.

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Israel carves playground as automobile era powerhouse

Baua Electric

Israel had enough of era experience prior to finding the automobile trade. All the way through a lot of its historical past, antagonistic neighbors have surrounded Israel. Participants of the gang needed to create the cheap and a advertising and marketing plan.

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EPFL/Technion team develops “champion” nanostructures for efficient solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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Researchers from EPFL in Switzerland and Technion-Israel Institue of Technology have developed nanoparticle-based ?-Fe Avner Rothschild at Technion in Israel, developed an approach for correlating the spatial distribution of crystalline and current-carrying domains in entire nanoparticle aggregates. © LPI / EPFL. Click to enlarge.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. Walkout at UN conference after Iran.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Aren’t we just exchanging one nonrenewable resource for another? How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society?

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