building powered by AA batteries Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:44:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 University Of California to Be Powered by 1.1 Million AA Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-of-california-to-be-powered-by-1-1-million-aa-batteries-20111115/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-of-california-to-be-powered-by-1-1-million-aa-batteries-20111115/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:44:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21158 The new University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering found a new way to power the first floor of the building by installing a 1.1 megawatt bank of high-end lithium-ion batteries. Considering that the average AA battery generates around 1 watt-hour of electricity, there should be some 1.1 million such batteries installed. In other […]

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