Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

The 19 projects, which include two lithium-air efforts, will leverage $7.3 Also, the system can provide backup electricity during an outage and, during normal operation, allow customers to draw on the stored energy to reduce both their peak electric grid demand and the utility charges associated with peak demand. Murray, Jr.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC 4,973,724.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g., Lithium air), but targeted initially at small devices. Batteries today have a number of problems, chiefly, the heavy metal-oxides used inside the battery greatly limit the amount of energy it can store, IBM notes.

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