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Green Motion catamaran wins Mansura Medal in Offshore division

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The gasoline engine could be started electrically and the yacht was equipped with electric lighting, cooking and water heating systems. The hybrid power train delivered 9 knots under gasoline power, between 5 and 8 knots under electric power and 11 knots under both.). The “Green Motion” was the winner in the Offshore division.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Using built-in fuel cells, the device absorbed the lactate in the sweat and combined it with atmospheric oxygen to generate water and pyruvate. A team of biologists built a custom Kinefox GPS tracker that wildlife—including this European bison test subject—can recharge simply by moving around as usual. volts for about 60 hours.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards. The startup Kyoto Group , based in the Netherlands, is targeting this industrial use of heat with their thermal storage system, which stores energy in the form of molten salt. Some companies have landed on thermal storage.

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Mercedes-Benz Introduces the Battery-Powered A-Class E-CELL; Production Run of 500

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The vehicles will be leased to selected customers in several European countries, including Germany, France and the Netherlands. Fluid cooling with a water-glycol mixture ensures a stable operating temperature supporting the high degree of efficiency and the longevity of the energy storage.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? The route of my journey From the Netherlands to Mauritania by public transport On the early and foggy morning of January 2nd, I jumped on the Eurostar to Paris, ready for a new adventure.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

EcoFys by Amberjac/EnergyCS, March 2007 (Maastrich, Netherlands), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk Sonoma County Water Agency "Sparky" by Hymotion, May 2007, (Santa Rosa, CA), contact: sherwood@scwa.ca.gov Wisconsin Public Power Inc. Burbank Water and Power 2007 Prius by Energy CS, May 2007, (Burbank, CA). Jim Tech Ltd.

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