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Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.
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Mainspring calls its machine a linear generator, because it converts linear motion into electricity. meters long, weigh 62 kilograms, and store 3 kilowatt-hours. EnerVenue If you don’t discharge and then recharge them all the way, lithium-ion batteries can last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles. The Menlo Park, Calif.,
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Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Rechargeable metal-air batteries.
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Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. AC Propulsion cofounder Wally Rippel converted a Volkswagen microbus into an electric vehicle while he was still a student at Caltech. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6
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New research by MIT scientists suggests that carbon nanotubes could be used to create elastic energy storage systems with energy densities that could be three orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional steel springs, and comparable to Li-ion batteries with potentially more durability and reliability. Hill et al. Click to enlarge.
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streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. The team will.
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Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.
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