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I am proposing a new solution to the algae biofuel industry. Using electrical stimulation, I have created biodiesel from algae for $0.96/gallon. Come view this presentation of my project

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Researchers have their sights set on longer lived Li-ion batteries, using EMSL’s TEM resources to help look for ways to counter anode capacity fade. Their work is featured in the March 26, 2012 issue of C&E News. - http://www.emsl.pnnl.gov/news/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=354

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Through extensive testing I've performed over the last 2 months, I've concluded that the method of Low Energy Voltaic Impulse(LEVI) destroys specific protein channels along the cell wall membrane, allowing for lipid bodies (and some cytoplasmic fluids) to be secreted by the cell. By pumping this device with 120 gallons of water I was able to produce 4.35 Liters of lipid bodies which converted to 4.1 Liters of diesel fuel via transesterification. To run down 2 D cell batteries, I needed to perform this test 82 times producing just over 90 gallons of diesel fuel, and the lowest cost fuel conversion price of $0.03

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Some energy storage methods - Include:
* pumped hydropower and compressed air storage
* flywheels
* Superconducting magnets
* Supercapacitors and ultracapacitors
* Batteries
* Advanced electrochemical capacitors -

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Eos says zinc battery recipe is energy game-changer - http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-eos-zinc-battery-recipe-energy.html

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Your next device could be powered by the paper you throw away. - http://news.discovery.com/tech/sony-paper-powered-battery-111215.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

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Nexeon has created the silicon powder that it hopes is the key to creating batteries on a commercial level, which will be used in everything from laptops to cars.
The new technology started in 2004, 53 miles away, in the department of electrical engineering at Imperial College London, when Professor Mino Green found the key to what Nexeon believes is the next generation in lithium ion batteries.
This "magic" dust is a powder created by running silver through particles of silicon to create spikes of matter – what Nexeon calls a hedgehog effect – that is used to help the movement of lithium in the battery cell. The powers of the silicon powder mean that, unlike carbon-only anodes, the batteries created from this will last longer, are lighter, and their rechargeability would not fade over time.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/nexeon-tips-magic-dust-into-our-batteries-6271847.html

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A team of researchers from Northwestern University, have discovered a way to make battery charging far more quicker and efficient. The lithium-ion battery electrode allows 10 times the capacity of today’s batteries and charges 10 times faster. It is expected to be available in the market in 3-5 years. The research titled “In-Plane Vacancy-Enabled High-Power Si-Graphene Composite Electrode for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, was published in the “Advanced Energy Materials” journal.
The researchers achieved this extra-ordinary result by layering silicon between graphene sheets and then creating small holes, up to 10-20 nm wide in the sheets, using chemical oxidation, terming it “in-plane defects” process. This offers the lithium ion a ‘shortcut’ into the anode and can result in faster charging. The research also found that the battery remained highly effective, by nearly 5 times than today’s lithium ion batteries, even after 150 charges, which would mean a usage time of 1-1.5 years.

http://www.cleantick.com/portal/news/pages/1300

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Batteries turn intermittent wind into a steady stream of power - The 98 megawatt (MW) Laurel Mountain wind facility is storing excess energy in a huge 32 MW bank of lithium-ion batteries, the use of which is bringing the price down, while size and performance is improving.
http://www.matternetwork.com/2011/11/w-virginia-wind-farm-proves.cfm

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