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Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group generate power from used motor oil

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Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group have successfully powered-up the Phoenix 10, producing grid-tied electricity from the clean combustion of used motor oil. The Phoenix 10 is a novel renewable power system designed specifically for the small business owner. Earlier post.)

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Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Purchase Order for Two 10kW Waste Oil Gensets

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Cyclone Power Technologies has received a purchase order from its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) for two waste oil power generators. The new Phoenix 10kW waste oil generator will be powered by Cyclone’s WHE-25 engine—a compact, scalable waste heat engine—using a specially designed, clean emissions combustion chamber.

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Cyclone Power Technologies to Design Generator System Running on Waste Motor Oil

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has received a work order from Phoenix Power Group LLC (PPG) to develop a prototype electric generator system that will be powered by Cyclone’s heat-regenerative, external combustion engine running on waste oil. PPG is a current licensee of Cyclone, holding exclusive rights for generators running on waste oil.

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Fastcharge consortium presents prototype for 450 kW charging station; Porsche research vehicle charges at 400 kW

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Porsche AG, as well as operators Allego GmbH, Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH (charging technology) and Siemens AG (electrical engineering). For the connection to the public power grid in Jettingen-Scheppach, a loading container with two charging connections was realized in the project: one connection has a charging capacity of max.

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Bush Uses Alternative Fuels

Plugs and Cars

The plug-in hybrid and Phoenix showing on the White House lawn seems a flash in the pan. Certainly not part and parcel of a serious exploration of the potential of grid electricity as an alternative to oil. Unfortunately, the President can't even muster feigned enthusiasm at these events.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

This is your Lightning eMotors, Motiv, Phoenix Motors—early days. We did a capacity study in the area and we realized that there was a very tight industrial zone right outside of LAX, where we had this huge interest from customers, and there was seven megawatts of available power that was sitting on the grid at that time. Get in line.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. We have oil! Simmons ; "Hot, Flat & Crowded by Thomas L.