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A Sharper Focus for Photovoltaics

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Sharper Focus for Photovoltaics:
A California startup, with strong venture backing, says it can slash the cost of solar power with its concentrator technology.

 

Large-Scale, Cheap Solar Electricity

Friday, June 23, 2006

Nanosolar, a startup in Palo Alto, CA, announced plans to build a production facility with the capacity to make enough solar cells annually to generate 430 megawatts. This output would represent a substantial portion of the worldwide production of solar energy.

 

Device Burns Fuel with Almost Zero Emissions

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices — with next to no emission of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO), two of the primary causes of air pollution. 

GreenFuel's patented Emissions-to-Biofuels™ (E2B™) process harnesses photosynthesis to grow algae, capture CO2 and produce high-energy biomass.
 

New Flywheel Technology Nears Commercial Production

January 17, 2007

 

Energy storage system designed to maintain grid reliability and help California meet ambitious renewable energy goals.
 
 

Battery Breakthrough?

Monday, January 22, 2007

A Texas company says it can make a new ultracapacitor power system to replace the electrochemical batteries in everything from cars to laptops.

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Finally some more news from EEStor, the incredibly secretive hypercapacitor funded by hotshot venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.