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Business Titans Urge Lawmakers on Energy Innovation Spending

September 14, 2011 by Teryn Norris
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On Tuesday, a group of the nation’s most formidable business leaders — including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Bank of America Chairman Chad Holliday – gathered in Washington, DC to deliver a full-throated warning to lawmakers: increase the federal government’s investment in energy innovation or risk losing out on a $5 trillion global industry. [read more]

Oceanlinx commission final demonstration wave power plant, related news round-up

October 23, 2009 by Big Gav
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IEEE Spectrum has an article on wave power company Oceanlinx, who have commissioned their final demonstration unit before commencing construction of a commercial facility - This Renewable Energy Source Is Swell (via Cleantechnica).The ocean is a potential treasure trove for renewable energy—one NASA study estimated more than 91 000... [read more]

30-plus minute interview with Dick Weir of EEStor

July 21, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Q&A with Dick Weir, CEO of Eestor Inc. @ Yahoo! Video Mr. Weir probably had no clue the person interviewing him would post this on the Internet, but it appeared just a few hours ago. Weir talks about the history of EEStor, how he hooked up with Ian Clifford at ZENN Motors, the relationship with Lockheed, and the status of EEStor’s... [read more]

Concentrated solar power goes mainstream: Lockheed-Martin to build large CSP plant with thermal storage in Arizona

May 28, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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What is the best evidence that concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) aka solar baseload is indeed a core climate solution with big near-term — and very big medium-term — promise?  One of the country’s biggest companies, Lockheed-Martin, with 2008 sales of $42.7 billion, has jumped into the race to build the biggest CSP plant with... [read more]

Lead-acid versus EEStor

January 24, 2008 by Tyler Hamilton
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Here are a couple of pieces that appeared recently in Technology Review: one relates to EEStor's recent announcement with Lockheed Martin and what it means for the company, while the other is a look at a new type of hybrid lead-acid battery with an integrated supercapacitor that claims to last four times longer than conventional lead-... [read more]

EEStor partners with Lockheed Martin; Topfer returns

January 9, 2008 by Tyler Hamilton
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Well, well, well... finally some news on the EEStor front. The Cedar Park, Texas-based energy storage startup announced today is has signed an agreement with defense contractor Lockheed Martin. The agreement gives Lockheed "exclusive international rights" to "integrate and market Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) from EEStor Inc.... [read more]