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SkyEyesDesign
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HenryTo
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Thanks SED, what industry do you toil in, if you don't mind my asking?
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SkyEyesDesign
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I take my hat off to A123, as a man still working a 9-5, I have great respect for companies that take pride and enjoy thier work. The results are always evolutionary.
GE has invested heavily to A123 and THINK (european electric car manufacturer). A123 is planning an IPO sometime next year, that will be interesting.
http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/05/ge-invests-in-think-electric-car-and-a123/ |
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Hi SED,
Thanks for the article, and welcome to the forum! Please keep us updated on your research.
In the meantime, it looks A123 Systems is winning the race in the lithum-ion field:
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=specialsections&sc=batteries&id=20570
| Quote: | It is the quickest electric motorcycle in the world. On a popular YouTube video, the black dragster cycle nearly disappears in a cloud of smoke as the driver does a "burn-out," spinning the back wheel to heat it up. As the smoke drifts away, the driver settles into position and hits a switch, and the bike surges forward, accelerating to 60 miles per hour in less than a second. Seven seconds later it crosses the quarter-mile mark at 168 miles per hour--quick enough to compete with gas-powered dragsters.
What powers the "Killacycle" is a novel lithium-ion battery developed by A123 Systems, a startup in Watertown, MA--one of a handful of companies working on similar technology. The company's batteries store more than twice as much energy as nickel-metal hydride batteries, the type used in today's hybrid cars, while delivering the bursts of power necessary for high performance. A radically modified version of the lithium-ion batteries used in portable electronics, the technology could jump-start the long-sputtering electric-vehicle market, which today represents a tiny fraction of 1 percent of vehicle sales in the United States. A123's batteries in particular have attracted the interest of General Motors, which is testing them as a way to power the Volt, an electric car with a gasoline generator; the vehicle is expected to go into mass production as early as 2010. |
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MIT students create solar dish that is hot enough to melt steel.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12153
It will be interesting to see who emerges as the dominant player(s) in the solar field. Personally, I think the photo-voltaic panels will eventually win out but I can see a place for the solar collectors in specialized circumstances i.e. the desert.
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rffrydr
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Nature givith and nature taketh away--thereby giving once again.
Pine-beetle destoyed forests resurected as source of energy/ethanol.
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PGE investing in centralized solar "utlility." Overnight steam storage allows "continuous" operations--yet key attraction: price. Not that it's cheap but solar has an ace up its sleeve: the sun is a fixed cost imput, zero. This has the remarkable attraction of allowing planning for 10year horizons. NatGas can't touch that.
http://www.pge.com/mybusiness/energysavingsrebates/solar/csi/
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