efficient energy storage Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:01:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 ARPA-E’s Super Efficient Battery to be Developed in Manhattan https://www.greenoptimistic.com/advanced-green-super-efficient-battery-funded-by-arpa-e-20130812/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/advanced-green-super-efficient-battery-funded-by-arpa-e-20130812/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:01:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=40487 The City University of New York (CUNY), Energy Institute, developed a new highly efficient zinc-manganese rechargeable battery. The invention is funded by the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E), and it will be manufactured in a new facility owned by the Urban Electric Power (UEP) company in the Manhattanville Factory District. Since its beginning, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/advanced-green-super-efficient-battery-funded-by-arpa-e-20130812/feed/ 0 40487 The Liquid Air Energy Storage: An Alternative to Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/liquid-air-energy-storage-20121002/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/liquid-air-energy-storage-20121002/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:58:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26339 The problem of excess energy storage might just have been resolved, as, according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), liquid air is a strong competitor of batteries and hydrogen. Wind farms generate electricity at any time, therefore, when not used, this electricity can cool air to a cryogenic state.  When needed, the air can […]

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