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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 Batteries, fuel cells and solar-energy conversion devices have emerged as a class of important technologies that increasingly rely on electrodes derived from nanoparticles. © LPI / EPFL. Click to enlarge.

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Mercedes unveils VISION EQXX electric halo car; range and efficiency

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Ultra-thin solar panels on the roof feed the battery system for up to 25 km of extra range. The substantial increase in energy density comes in part from significant progress in the chemistry of the anodes. Those who paid attention in physics class will know that heat is an energy form in a new guise. Solar power.

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New Electrostatic Nanocapacitors Offer High Power and High Energy Density

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Our primary target is as part of a hybrid battery-capacitor system for electric cars. Lee and Rubloff emphasize that they are developing the technology for mass production as layers of devices that could look like thin panels, similar to solar panels or the flat panel displays we see everywhere, manufactured at low cost.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

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Geothermal is particularly attractive since it’s a “forever&# renewable power source much like wind and solar - but without the intermittency of those clean energy sources. I believe the new asset class is batteries,” he said. Hawaii's 30 MW geothermal power plant. This means it is a “base load&# energy.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. Think has also established partnerships in the U.S.