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Temperature Extremes and EV Battery Trade-offs

December 10, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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The first production-model Nissan Leaf electric vehicle is scheduled to be delivered to a customer in the San Francisco Bay Area tomorrow. I know if I were on the receiving end, I'd be as excited as a kid on Christmas morning, particularly in a place where having the first Leaf will score its owner many green points. However, if the... [read more]

Vaporizing biomass with sunlight — cool, eh?

March 11, 2010 by Tyler Hamilton
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Check out this story of mine in MIT Technology Review about Sundrop Fuels, a Colorado startup that’s trying to commercialize a process that uses the sun to gasify biomass, instead of burning a portion of the biomass itself to drive the gasification process. The technology is based on research carried out at the University of Colorado,... [read more]

The wonders of ionic liquids, and how they can dramatically raise the bar on energy storage

November 5, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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I have to be honest, up until last week I’d heard a lot about the potential of metal-air batteries — i.e. zinc-air, lithium-air, etc… — but really didn’t know much about the batteries, how they were made, why they are be potentially better, and what challenges need to be overcome for them to unseat the current king of batteries, lithium... [read more]

Renewables powerhouse Iberdrola makes strategic investment in Toronto’s Morgan Solar

October 12, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Since first writing about Toronto-based Morgan Solar a year ago, I’ve grown increasingly fond of this up-and-coming developer and soon-to-be manufacturer of concentrated PV systems. They think out-of-the-box, and they execute quickly. They fine tune until they get it right, and they don’t make a lot of noise until they get it right.... [read more]

Lithium-ion recycling gets early, modest boost from DOE grant

August 15, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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MIT Technology Review has a story, written by moi, about the $9.5 million in DOE funding that went to Toxco Ltd., the California-based battery recycler that is pretty much the only major game in town when it comes to recycling a full range of lithium-based batteries, at least in North America. The company’s lithium-ion recycling... [read more]

Good reads: fusion, fluids, ‘fficiency and much more

August 1, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Been crazy busy this past week but there’s been no shortage of interesting news in the cleantech and green energy space, so I’ll summarize a few of them here instead of doing individual posts. BTW: Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Click to the next page to read about General Fusion’s new infusion of cash, new fluids... [read more]